PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

[1] Xintong Zhang*, Sarath R. Adapa, Tianshi Feng, Ka Man Chung, Dimitri A. Madden and Renkun Chen. “Impact of Janssen Effect on Thermal Transport in Granular Flow.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 239 (2025): 126623. [Link]

[2] Sarath R. Adapa, Xintong Zhang*, Tianshi Feng, Jian Zeng, Ka Man Chung, Kevin J. Albrecht, Clifford K. Ho, Dimitri A. Madden, and Renkun Chen. “Heat Transfer Coefficients of Moving Particle Beds from Flow-Dependent Thermal Conductivity and Near-Wall Resistance.” Solar Energy 282 (2024): 112960. [Link]

[3] Xintong Zhang*, Sarath Adapa, Tianshi Feng, Jian Zeng, Ka Man Chung, Clifford Ho, Kevin Albrecht, and Renkun Chen. “Micromechanical origin of heat transfer to granular flow.” Physical Review E 109, no. 4 (2024): L042902. [Link]

[4] Ka Man Chung, Tianshi Feng, Jian Zeng, Sarath Reddy Adapa, Xintong Zhang, Andrew Z. Zhao, Ye Zhang, Peiwen Li, Youyang Zhao, Javier E. Garay, and Renkun Chen. “Thermal conductivity measurement using modulated photothermal radiometry for nitrate and chloride molten salts.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 217 (2023): 124652. [Link]

[5] Jian Zeng, Xintong Zhang, Ka Man Chung, Tianshi Feng, Haowen Zhang, Ravi S. Prasher, and Renkun Chen. “Moisture thermal battery with autonomous water harvesting for passive electronics cooling.” Cell Reports Physical Science 4, no. 2 (2023). [Link] 

[6] Jian Zeng, Ka Man Chung, Xintong Zhang*, Sarath Adapa, Tianshi Feng, Yu Pei, and Renkun Chen. “Thermal conductivity modeling of monodispersed microspheres using discrete element method.” Journal of Applied Physics 130, no. 16 (2021). [Link] 

[7] Wilfried Coenen, Xintong Zhang, and Antonio L Sánchez. “Lubrication analysis of peristaltic motion in non-axisymmetric annular tubes.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 921 (2021): R2. [Link]

Book Chapters

[8] Jian Zeng, Ka Man Chung, Xintong Zhang, Tianshi Feng, Sarath Adapa, and Renkun Chen. “Characterization and Understanding of Thermal Transport in Stationary and Moving Particle Beds for Concentrating Solar Power.” Annual Review of Heat Transfer 25 (2022). [Link] 

Conference Proceedings

[9] Xintong Zhang, Sarath Reddy Adapa, Zhiwen Ma and Renkun Chen. “Probing Thermal Transport in Fluidized Bed Using Modulated Photothermal Radiometry.” ASME Energy Sustainability Conference. 2024. [Link] *Outstanding Student-led Paper Award (Top 3%)

[10] Xintong Zhang, Jian Zeng, Ka Man Chung, Sarath Reddy Adapa, and Renkun Chen. “Modeling of Packing Structure and Thermal Conductivity of Particle Beds using Discrete Element Method.” In: ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. 2021.