Dr Lei Chai
Research Fellow
Elliott Jaques 087
- Email: lei.chai@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265834
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Lei Chai obtained his PhD in Thermal energy and power engineering at Beijing University of Technology in 2012 and then worked as a Lecturer at Chinese Academy of Sciences for 2 years and as a Postdoctoral Researcher Assistant at Queen Mary University of London for 3 years. Lei Chai has published over 60 scientific papers on experimental and numerical investigations on CO2 power and refrigeration systems, energy storage devices and systems, heat transfer enhancement and novel heat exchangers, boiling and condensation, hydrogen energy, function materials and applications, etc. Since June 2017, Lei Chai has worked as a Research Fellow at Centre for Sustainable Energy use in Food chains (CSEF), at Brunel University London.
Qualifications
- PhD, Thermal energy and power engineering, Beijing University of Technology
- BSc, Oil & gas storage and transportation engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China)
Responsibility
- Undertake research relevant to the projects in the area of thermal systems and energy conversion technologies, for example thermal to electrical power, heat to cooling, energy storage etc., including both experimental and numerical investigations.
Newest selected publications
Chai, L. and Tassou, SA. (2022)
'Performance Analysis of Heat Exchangers and Integrated Supercritical CO
Rose, JW. and Chai, L. (2022) 'Condensation on a Vertical Plate With Sinusoidal Microfins'. Journal of Heat Transfer, 144 (12). ISSN: 0022-1481 Open Access Link
Cheng, L., Chai, L. and Guo, Z. (2022) 'THERMAL ENERGY, PROCESS, AND TRANSPORT INTENSIFICATION - A BRIEF REVIEW OF LITERATURE IN 2021 AND PROSPECTS'. Heat Transfer Research, 53 (18). pp. 1 - 25. ISSN: 1064-2285 Open Access Link
Chai, L. and Tassou, SA. (2022)
'A Review of Heat Transfer of CO
Chai, L. and Tassou, SA. (2021) 'Modeling and Evaluation of the Thermohydraulic Performance of Compact Recuperative Heat Exchangers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Waste Heat to Power Conversion Systems'. Heat Transfer Engineering, 43 (13). pp. 1067 - 1082. ISSN: 0145-7632 Open Access Link