OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Thermal Engineering is 78. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigation of film boiling over tandem arrangement of elliptical cylinders in vertical cross-flow of saturated liquid	322
Analysis on the compression process of multi-stage wobble plate compressor under full pressure condition	306
A displacer coupled thermoacoustic cooler driven by heat and electricity	285
Exergy destruction and heat transfer of parabolic trough collector using porous medium: Machine learning algorithms	272
Editorial Board	266
Experimental investigation of phase change material integrated vapor compression refrigeration system	190
Internally stowed, radially deployed radiator panels for passive CubeSat thermal control	190
Study of recirculating water-based and carbon-based working fluids on the combustion flow field and the cycle performances of semi-closed CO2-capturing Brayton-derived cycles	187
Analytical approach for energy retrofit of waste gas-to-energy units	173
Editorial Board	170
A COMMENT ON “LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION AND FRACTAL ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN POROUS MEDIA”	166
Investigation the performance of the recompression Brayton cycle with different N2O-based binary mixtures for a nuclear power spacecraft	161
Experimental investigation of a novel gas bypass in two-pass microchannel evaporator for performance enhancement	153
Thermal contact resistance on cylindrical flux channel with high contact ratio	150
Editorial Board	149
Experimental study of the effect of load and rotational speed on the electrical power of a high-speed ORC microturbogenerator	146
Sub-atmospheric pressure effects on bubble dynamics in counter current flow diverging microchannel heat sink	141
A correlation to calculate time constant of thermocouples	139
Multi-objective optimisation for wind resistant air-cooled condenser operation	127
Enhancing hydrate reservoir temperature by microwave heating: Research on different types of microwave radiation antenna	125
Large-Eddy Simulation of two secondary air supply strategies in kraft recovery boilers	122
Experimental investigations of flat T-shaped copper and titanium heat pipes	120
Analysis of supercritical heat transfer in horizontal helical tube with internal roughness	119
The efficiency of using simple heat pipes with a relatively low thermal conductivity for cooling transmit/receive modules	117
Hook-shaped structures to improve pool boiling heat transfer	109

A novel data-driven reduced-order model for the fast prediction of gas-solid heat transfer in fluidized beds	109
An effective and lightweight battery thermal management system with incremental contact area: A numerical study	107
Applied thermal process for a hydronic snow-melting system in the coldest provincial capital of China	103
Thermal management characteristics of electric vehicle driving motor with oil spray cooling based on spray locations and oil types	103
Thermodynamic and economic analysis of hierarchical gas–gas nuclear power plants and CHPs with high-temperature reactors and helium as the circulating medium	103
Sustainability of direct air-side free cooling data centers in China: An assessment based on operational optimization	102
Modeling condensation of Methane-Water vapor mixtures in the Hedbäck nozzle: A comparative study of 2D and 3D geometries	102
Analysis of active heat storage and release characteristics of embedded capillary dual-effect PCM plate based on solar thermal energy and sky radiation cooling	99
Investigation of the heat transfer performance of a new double-layer channel heat sink	99
Computational study of the performance of different gases in convergent-divergent type vortex tube	98
Phase change energy storage using boron nitride/carbonized loofah sponge	98
Direct numerical simulations of cooling flow and heat transfer in supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle coupled with solar energy	95
Effect of immersion cooling design optimization on thermal management for lithium battery module	95
Experimental and numerical study of stator end-winding cooling with impinging oil jet	94
Energy effectiveness analysis of desiccant coated heat exchanger based on numerical method	94
Parametric study and application of a data-mining model in 2D and 3D micro-fin tubes	93
Advancing heat management in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells through hybrid nano-composite phase change materials	93
Investigation on latent heat energy storage using phase change material enhanced by gradient-porosity metal foam	92
A numerical simulation of tube geometry effect on the performance of regenerators in Organic Rankine Cycle systems using the Volume of Fluid method	92
Numerical modeling of a novel hybrid system composed of tubiform solid oxide fuel cell and segmented annular thermoelectric generator (SOFC/SATEG)	92
Single-objective and multi-objective optimization of the thermally integrated-pumped thermal energy storage system based on the novel optimization method coupling the orthogonal design and intelligent	91
Numerical simulation and performance evaluation of filter-equipped solar chimney power plants	91
Lattice Boltzmann mesoscopic modeling of flow boiling heat transfer processes in a microchannel	91
Visual observations of steam–air submerged horizontal jets at low mass flux	90
Experimental study on pool boiling enhancement by unique designing of porous media with a wettability gradient	90
Optimizing discharge pressure control in carbon dioxide heat pumps using particle swarm optimization	89
High accuracy transient thermal modeling for high-burst motor thermal management system based on phase change materials	89
Application of grayscale analysis in heat transfer topology optimization: A study on the impact of filter radius on numerical stability and thermodynamic performance	89
Thermal performance of flat plate heat pipe array with surface wettability modification: An experimental and simulation study	89
Data-driven dimensional analysis of critical heat flux in subcooled vertical flow: A two-stage machine learning approach	89
Influence of flow straightener structure on energy separation performance of Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube based on energy and exergy analyses	88
Performance of high-temperature lightweight multilayer insulations	88
A numerical simulation study on optimizing the heat storage process of interrupted fin latent heat storage units	87
A dynamic control strategy for improving combustion chamber sweep efficiency during the in-situ combustion	87
Experimental investigation of spray cooling on steel plates with periodic micropillar structures: Two-stage quenching phenomenon	87
The interaction between cross-flow induced vibration and convection heat transfer in tube bundle at subcritical Reynolds number	86
Numerical study of an infrared suppression (IRS) device with cooling hole configuration on the mixing tube	85
Efficient transient thermal analysis of chiplet heterogeneous integration	85
Boiling sodium and melting salt: Evaluation and optimisation of a novel solar–thermal system concept	84
Thermodynamic analysis of a parabolic trough power plant integrating supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle and direct contact membrane distillation	83
Anisotropic and homogeneous model of heat transfer for self-heating ignition of large ensembles of lithium-ion batteries during storage	82
A multi-fidelity simulation approach for adaptive cycle engine performance analysis by integrating 3D model of variable geometry turbine system	82
Influence of hydrophobic coatings on fouling mechanism of combined fouling in enhanced tubes	82
Optimization design and experimental research on cooling performance of U-shaped latticework cooling structure with perforations used for gas turbine blade	82
Thermal behaviour assessment and electrical characterisation of a cylindrical Lithium-ion battery using infrared thermography	81
Experiments on thermal performance of heat pipes using nanoparticle layer as the wick	81
Investigating the heating and air conditioning provision capability of a supermarket to neighboring buildings: Field measurement analysis and economic evaluation	81
Accurate evaluation on peak shaving capacity of combined-heat-and-power thermal power units based on physical information neural network	81
Performance interaction assessment of automobile exhaust thermoelectric generator and engine under different operating conditions	80
Detailed comparison of physical fining methods in an industrial glass melting furnace using coupled CFD simulations	79

An experimental investigation of subcooled pool boiling on downward-facing surfaces with microchannels	78
Acoustic sensing for investigating critical heat flux enhancement during pool boiling on electrodeposited copper foams	78
Extended Coherent Flame Model applied to an optical single-cylinder engine fueled with ethanol	78
Research on liquid-kerosene ignition in an axisymmetric variable geometry combustor with a cone-strut flameholder	78
Preparation, thermal properties and charging/discharging characteristics of sodium acetate/stearic acid/octadecyl alcohol composite as phase change materials	78