Publications

Selected peer-reviewed publications in heat transfer, thermal energy storage, multiphase flow, and thermal management.

2026

Epsomite (MgSO₄·7H₂O) particle-bed heat absorption: Dehydration solid-phase metamorphosis including caking under heated air flow

Fan Lu, Massoud Kaviany

Journal of Energy Storage, 169, 122588 (2026)

2025

Axial-vapor-flow induced, low-liquid-saturation heat-pipe effect in wet insulation: Simulation and experiment

Fan Lu, Massoud Kaviany, Bryan Veyera, John Williams

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 244, 126857 (2025)

Analytic thermal conductance for square channel, flat plate oscillating heat pipe: CFD simulations of Taylor liquid film and experiment

Fan Lu, Lorenzo Franceschetti, Kyle Krippner, Massoud Kaviany, Takuro Daimaru

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 241, 126711 (2025)

2024

Heat, mass and momentum transport in wet mineral-wool insulation: Experiment and simulation

Fan Lu, Massoud Kaviany, John Williams, Thomas Addison-Smith

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 228, 125644 (2024)