Dr. Lixin Cheng

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsChemical and Thermal Process Engineering
KeywordsMacro- and micro-cale two phase flow, Modelling, flow boiling, Nanofluids two phase and heat transfer, Heat transfer enhancement

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CitySheffield
InstitutionSheffield Hallam University
InstituteDepartment of Engineering and Mathematics
Homepagehttps://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/lixin-cheng

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dieter MewesInstitut für Verfahrenstechnik, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2004

Programme(s)

2003Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2015Lixin Cheng: Nanofluid Two Phase Flow and Heat Transfer . In: Vincenzo Bianco, Oronzio Manca, Sergio Nardini and Kambiz Vafai, Heat Transfer Enhancement with Nanofluids. CRC-Taylor and Francis, 2015. 365-388
2015Lixin Cheng: Progress in Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal and Fluid Sciences. Nova Science Publishers, 2015
2014Lixin Cheng: Frontiers and Progress in Multiphase Flow I . Springer Publishers, 2014
2014Lixin Cheng: Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux Phenomena of Nanofluids. In: Sarhan M. Musa, Nanoscale Flow: Advances, Modeling and Applications. CRC Press-Taylor and Francis Group, LLC, 2014. 1-30
2014Lixin Cheng: Editorial: Great Achievement to the Field of Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal & Fluid Sciences over the Past Five Years and Future Development. In: Int. J. Micoscale and Nanoscale Thermal and Fluid Transport Phenomena, 2014, 149-150
2014Lei Liu and Lixin Cheng: Effect of a Polymeric Additive on Non-boiling Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Upward Gas-Liquid Two Phase Flow in a Vertical Smooth Tube. In: International Journal of Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal & Fluid Transport Phenomena, 2014, 233-255
2014Lixin Cheng: Evaluation of Correlations for Supercritical CO2 Cooling Convective Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Macro- and Micro-Scale Tubes. In: International Journal of Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal & Fluid Transport Phenomena, 2014, 113-126
2014Lixin Cheng: Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux Phenomena of Nanofluids in Microscale Channels. In: International Journal of Micoscale and Nanoscale Thermal & Fluid Transport Phenomena, 2014, 201-214
2014Lixin Cheng, Qincheng Bi, Huixiong Li, Haijun Wang, Frank Z.H. Yang and Tom X. Chen In Celebration of Professor Ting-Kuan Chen on His 80th Birthday. In: International Journal of Micoscale Nanoscale Thermal & Fluid Transport Phenomena, 2014, 151-153
2013Lixin Cheng: Advances in Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal and Fluid Sciences. Nova Science Pub. Inc., 2013
2013Lixin Cheng, Lei Liu: Boiling and Two Phase Flow Phenomena of Refrigerant-Based Nanofluids: Fundamentals, Applications and Challenges. In: International Journal of Refrigeration, 2013, 421-446
2013Lei Liu, Lixin Cheng: Effect of a Polymer Additive on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Behaviors of Upward Air-Water Flow in an Inclined Smooth Circular Tube. In: Heat Transfer Engineering, 2013, 1099-1111
2013Xiang Zhang, Lei Liu, Lixin Cheng, Qiuyue Guo, Ningsheng Zhang. Experimental Study on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Air-Water Two-Phase Flow with the Effect of Polyacrylamide Additive in a Horizontal Smooth Circular Tube. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2013, 427-440
2013Lixin Cheng: Fundamental Issues of Critical Heat Flux Phenomena during Flow Boiling in Microscale-Channels and Nucleate Pool Boiling in Confined Spaces. In: Heat Transfer Engineering, 2013, 1011-1043
2012Lixin Cheng, Dieter Mewes: Advances Advances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer, Vol. 4.. Bentham Science Publishers, 2012
2012Lixin Cheng, Dieter Mewes: Advances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer, Vol. 3.. Bentham Science Publishers., 2012
2012Lixin Cheng, Lei Liu, Dieter Mewes: Drag Reduction with Surfactants and Polymeric Additives in Multiphase Flow. In: Lixin Cheng, Dieter Mewes, Advances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer. Bentham Science Publishers, 2012. 149-174
2012Lixin Cheng: Frontier Research in Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal and Fluid Sciences. Nova Science Publishers, 2012
2011Lixin Cheng, Lei Liu: Analysis and Evaluation of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Frictional Pressure Drop Prediction Methods for Microscale Channels. In: International Journal of Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal & Fluid Transport Phenomena, 2011, 259-280
2011Lixin Cheng: Critical Heat Flux in Microscale Channels and Confined Spaces: A Review on Experimental Studies and Prediction Methods. In: Russian Chemical Journal-Journal of Mendeleev’s Russian Chemical Society, 2011, 85-98
2010Lixin Cheng, Hanfeng Zou Evaluation of Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Correlations with Experimental Data of R134a, R22, R410A and R245fa in Microscale Channels. In: International Journal of Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal & Fluid Transport Phenomena, 2010, 363-380
2010Lixin Cheng: Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal and Fluid Transport Phenomena: Rapidly Developing Research Fields. In: International Journal of Microscale Nanoscale Thermal & Fluid Transport Phenomena, 2010, 3-6
2009Lixin Cheng, Gherhardt Ribatski, John R. Thome: Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Patterns and Flow Pattern Maps. In: Chinese Mechanics Abstract, 2009, 1-37
2009Lixin Cheng, Dieter Mewes (Ed.): Advances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer (e-book series) Vol. 1. Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2009
2009Lixin Cheng, Dieter Mewes (Ed.): Advances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer (e-book series) Vol. 2. Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2009
2009Lixin Cheng, John R. Thome: Cooling of Microprocessors Using Flow Boiling of CO2 in a Micro-evaporator: Preliminary Analysis and Performance Comparison. In: Applied Thermal Engineering, 2009, 2426-2432
2009E.P.Bandarra Filho, Lixin Cheng and John R. Thome: Flow Boiling Characteristics and Flow Pattern Visualization of Refrigerant/Lubricant Oil Mixtures. In: Int. J. Refrigeration, 2009, 185-2002
2009Jesus Moreno Quiben, Lixin Cheng, Ricardo J. da Silva Lima and John R. Thome: Flow Boiling in Horizontal Flattened Tubes: Part I - Two-Phase Frictional Pressure Drop Results and Model. In: Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2009, 3634-3644
2009Jesus Moreno Quiben, Lixin Cheng, Ricardo J. da Silva Lima and John R. Thome: Flow Boiling in Horizontal Flattened Tubes: Part II - Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Results and Model. In: Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2009, 3645-3653
2009Lixin Cheng: Nanofluid Heat Transfer Technologies. In: Recent Patents on Engineering, 2009, 1-7
2009Lixin Cheng: Single-Phase Incompressible Fluid flow in Mini- and Micro-Channels. In: Donald Matos, Cristian Valerio, Fluid Mechanics and Pipe Flow: Turbulence, Simulation and Dynamics. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. 343-364
2009Lixin Cheng, John R. Thome: Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer of Sub- and Super-critical CO2 in Macro- and Micro-channels. In: S. Martin, J.R. Williams, Multiphase Flow Research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. 543-620
2008Lixin Cheng, Gherhardt Ribatski, John R. Thome: Analysis of Supercritical CO2 Cooling in Macro- and Micro-channels. In: International Journal of Refrigeration, 2008, 1301-1316
2008John R. Thome, Lixin Cheng, Gherhardt Ribatski, Lui F. Vales Flow Boiling of Ammonia and Hydrocarbons: A State-of-the-Art Review. In: International Journal of Refrigeration, 2008, 603-620
2008Lixin Cheng, Enio P. Bandarra Filho, John R. Thome,: Nanofluid Two-Phase Flow and Thermal Physics: A New Research Frontier of Nanotechnology and Its Challenges. In: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2008, 3315-3332
2008Lixin Cheng, Gherhardt Ribatski, Jesús Moreno Quibén, John R. Thome: New Prediction Methods for CO2 Evaporation inside Tubes: Part I - A Two-Phase Flow Pattern Map and a Flow Pattern Based Phenomenological Model for Two-Phase Flow Frictional Pressure Drops. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2008, 111-124
2008Lixin Cheng, Gherhardt Ribatski, John R. Thome: New Prediction Methods for CO2 Evaporation inside Tubes: Part II - An Updated General Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Model Based on Flow Patterns. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2008, 125-135
2008Lixin Cheng, Gherhardt Ribatski, John R Thome Two-Phase Flow Patterns and Flow-Pattern Maps: Fundamentals and Applications. In: ASME Applied Mechanics Review, 2008, 050802-1-050802-28
2007Lixin Cheng, Dieter Mewes, Andrea Luke: Boiling Phenomena with Surfactants and Polymeric Additives: A State-of-the-Art Review . In: Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2007, 2744-2771
2007Lixin Cheng: Modeling of Heat Transfer of Upward Annular Flow in Vertical Tubes. In: Chemical Engineering Communications, 2007, 975-993
2007Lixin Cheng, Tingkuan Chen: Study of Vapor-Liquid Two-Phase Frictional Pressure Drop in a Vertical Heated Spirally Internally Ribbed Tube. In: Chemical Engineering Science, 2007, 783-792
2006Lixin Cheng and Tingkuan Chen: Enhanced Heat Transfer Characteristics of Upward Flow Boiling of Kerosene in a Vertical Spirally Internally Ribbed Tube. In: Chemical Engineering Technology, 2006, 1233-1241
2006Lixin Cheng, Gherhardt Ribatski, Leszek Wojtan and John R Thome: New Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Model and Flow Pattern Map for Carbon Dioxide Evaporating inside Horizontal Tubes. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2006, 4082-4094
2006Lixin Cheng, Dieter Mewes: Review of Two-phase Flow and Flow Boiling of Mixtures in Small and Mini Channels. In: International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2006, 183-207
2006Lixin Cheng, Tingkuan Chen: Study of Single Phase Flow Heat Transfer and Friction Pressure Drop in a Spirally Internally Ribbed Tube. In: Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2006, 588-595