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Dr Xiaoan Mao

Dr Xiaoan Mao

  • Position: Lecturer
  • Areas of expertise: experimental fluid mechanics; heat exchangers; thermal fluids; photocatalysis; nano-materials; continuous flow reaction; thermoacoustic energy technologies
  • Email: X.Mao@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 4807
  • Location: 411 Chemical and Process Engineering Building
  • Website: Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID

Profile

Dr Xiaoan Mao has current research activities in a number of areas loosely related to thermal sciences and materials for energy use as shown below.

He is a member of Energy Institute and a Chartered Engineer.

 

Open position for PhD applicants. Email to enquire.

Research interests

  • the fundamental heat and mass transfer in oscillatory flows and their applications for the development of thermoacoustic systems for waste heat recovery, power generation, heat pump and cooling
  • separation of gaseous mixture under oscillatory flow condition
  • process enhancement in continous flow reaction
  • nano-materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production and water treatment
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Research groups and institutes

  • Energy Leeds
  • Sustainable Low Carbon Futures
  • Computational Science and Engineering
<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>