Heat transfer enhancement technologies; 
Flow stability and turbulence; 
Thermal engineering and heat transfer in  academic & engineering fields

2003 ~ 2008  Ph.D, State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, Peking Univ.

   

2008 ~ 2011  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, Peking Univ.

Hydrodynamic Stability and Turbulence

The Elements of Computational Fluid Dynamics

   

1. Yu Zhang, Yuhui Cao*, A numerical study on the non-Boussinesq effect in the natural convection in horizontal annulus. Physics of Fluids 30(4): 040902, 2018 (Editor's Pick)

2. YuhuiCao*, Variable property solution for the natural convection in horizontal annuli: Effect of the temperture difference ratio. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 112 (2017): 805-809

3. YuhuiCao*, Y. Zhang, Investigation on the natural convection in horizontal concentric annulus using the variable property-based lattice Boltzmann flux solver.  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 111 (2017): 1260-1271  

4. YuhuiCao*, Variable property-based lattice Boltzmann flux solver for thermal flows in the low Mach number limit. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 103 (2016): 254-264  

5. Yuhui Cao*, Xin-Rong Zhang, A numerical investigation on how to efficiently utilise carbon dioxide in convection-based energy systems, International Journal of Global Warming, 10(4): 404-422 (2016)

6. Yuhui Cao, Xin-Rong Zhang, Flow and heat transfer characteristics of supercritical CO2 in a natural circulation loop.International Journal of Therma Sciences 58 (2012): 52-60

7. Xin-Rong Zhang, Yuhui Cao*, A lattice Boltzmann model for the natural convection with a large     temperature difference.Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics 11(5): 269-278, 2011 

8. Yuhui Cao,et al.Investigation of convection-based energy systems using supercritical carbon dioxide as a working fluid.International Journal of Energy Research 35 (2011): 346-357

9. Xin-Rong Zhang*, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yuhui Cao, Hydrogen production from solar energy powered supercritical cycle using carbon dioxide.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 35 (2010): 4925-4932  

10. Yuhui Cao, Jun Chen, Zhen-Su She,The nature of near-wall convection velocity in turbulent channel flow.Acta Mechanica Sinica 24: (2008): 587-590 

11. Yuhui Cao, et al. Compressibility effects in turbulent boundary layers. Chinese Physics Letters 25(9): 3315-3318, 2008 

12. 曹玉会，基于变物性的格子-玻尔兹曼通量求解器，《工程热物理学报》38(10): 2213-2219，2017

13. 张宇，曹玉会，Rayleigh-Benard热对流中non-Boussinesq效应的数值研究，《气体物理》2(5): 11-17，2017

14. 曹玉会，张信荣，格子Boltzmann方法用于模拟超临界CO2 自然对流的研究，《工程热物理学报》32(12): 2120-2123(2011)

15. 张信荣，金国周，曹玉会，孟炳良，王越,超高温热泵机组在印染废水余热回收中的应用。《地源热泵》，总第47期，2010年7月。 

16.曹玉会，陈军，郝鹏程，佘振苏，不可压槽道湍流中的流动结构分类。《气体物理-理论与应用》，1：41-43 (2006)。 

Advanced energy-saving techniques

Renewable energy system using natural working fluids

Hydrodynamic stability and turbulence

Yuhui Cao, Xin-Rong Zhang, et al. “Effects of operating temperature and loop inclination on the system performance of supercritical CO₂ - based natural circulation loops.” 9th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Shanghai, China. Aug. 24-27, 2010. 

Yuhui Cao, Xin-Rong Zhang, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, “Experimental study on convective heat transfer of nanofluids in a solar energy system.” 12th International Conference on Magnetic Fluids, Sendai, Aug. 1-5, 2010. 

Yuhui Cao, Xin-Rong Zhang, “Study on the CO₂ natural circulation loop heat transfer performance under supercritical pressure.” 5th International Ege Energy Symposium and Exhibition (IEESE-5), Denizli, Turkey. Jun. 27-30, 2010. 

Xin-Rong Zhang, Yuhui Cao, Jia Fu, “Flow distribution and heat transfer performance of supercritical carbon dioxide in a solar collector.” 5th International Ege Energy Symposium and Exhibition (IEESE-5), Denizli, Turkey. Jun. 27-30, 2010. 

Yuhui Cao, Xin-Rong Zhang, “Supercritical carbon dioxide natural convection in closed cavities.”The 3rd International Workshop of Energy Conversion, Kyoto, Japan, IWEC2009-0024: 115-118, 2009. 

Yuhui Cao, Xin-Rong Zhang, “The natural convection of supercritical carbon dioxide in a square cavity.”The 6th International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science, Guozhou, China, July 2009.