Dr. Danlei Yang

Research Fellow

Cranfield University

Research Interest

 

Intelligent Energy Systems & Digitalisation: 
Development of digital twin and the application of AI for the optimisation and predictive maintenance of complex energy systems.

Renewable Energy & Advanced Storage: 
Performance analysis and implementation of offshore floating photovoltaic systems, wave energy converters, alongside large-scale compressed air energy storage. 

Next-Generation Thermodynamic Cycles: 
Investigation into S-CO₂ power generation, integrated energy storage technologies, and the design of novel thermodynamic systems.

Thermal Management & Heat Transfer: 
Researching thermal energy storage (TES) solutions, passive/active heat transfer enhancement, and high-efficiency heat exchanger design.

Reactive Flow & CFD Modelling: 
Advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations for fluid-structure interaction in offshore platforms, multi-phase flow in thermal-fluid systems and combustion processes.