Lin, Wenye

Overview

Dr. Wneye Lin is an associate research fellow in Sustainable Buildings Research Center (SBRC), University of Wollongong (UOW). Wenye kept his research interests in the fields of building energy efficiency, renewable energy in built environment, and optimization of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, and indoor environment quality. He obtained his BEng degree in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering from Central South University, China, and his MSc degree in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics from Chinese Academy of Science, China. He studied in UOW and obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2018. Science 2017, he joined UOW as an associate research fellow in SBRC, and served as the HVAC team coordinator in the Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME) 2018 project.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Integrating photovoltaic thermal collectors and thermal energy storage systems using phase change materials with rotary desiccant cooling systems Published in Sustainable Cities and Society
2017	Thermal performance evaluation of an integrated photovoltaic thermal-phase change material system using Taguchi method Published in Energy Procedia

Research Overview

- Sustainable and low energy technologies in built environment
- Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCMs) in buildings
- Building performance simulation
- Dynamic modelling of building energy systems
- Solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems
- Design optimization of building energy systems
- Analysis of indoor environment quality (IEQ) using data mining
- Mechanical vapour re-compression (MVR) systems for waste heat recovery
- Distributed waste heat recovery technology using thermocompressor

Member Of

Team UOW (Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018) Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) team coordinator 2017 - 2018
Team UOW (SD China 2013) Tour guide and translator 2013

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2023	A characteristic-oriented strategy for ranking and near-optimal selection of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in building applications Published In Journal of Energy Storage
2023	Thermal effects of dew on cool roofs and conventional roofs in building performance simulations Published In Energy and Buildings
2022	A data-driven strategy using long short term memory models and reinforcement learning to predict building electricity consumption Published In Applied Energy
2022	Experimental performance evaluation and model-based optimal design of a mechanical vapour recompression system for radioactive wastewater treatment Published In Energy Conversion and Management
2022	Membrane fouling in direct contact membrane distillation for liquid desiccant regeneration: Effects of feed temperature and flow velocity Published In Journal of Membrane Science
2022	Multi-objective optimization of a direct contact membrane distillation regenerator for liquid desiccant regeneration Published In Journal of Cleaner Production
2022	Performance Enhancement and Life-Cycle Cost Savings of Supercooled Water Ice Slurry Generation Systems Using Heat Regeneration Published In Sustainability (Switzerland)
2021	A dynamic simulation platform for fault modelling and characterisation of building integrated photovoltaics Published In Renewable Energy
2021	An unsupervised data mining strategy for performance evaluation of ground source heat pump systems Published In Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
2021	Corrigendum to ��Experimental investigation and life-cycle cost analysis of a cold storage enhanced vacuum cooling system using ice slurry�� [Sustain. Energy Technol. Assess. 45 (2021) 101074] (Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (2021) 45, (S2213138821000849), (10.1016/j.seta.2021.101074)) Published In Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
2021	Development of a Bayesian based adaptive optimisation algorithm for the thermostat settings in agile open plan offices Published In Energy and Buildings
2021	Experimental investigation and life-cycle cost analysis of a cold storage enhanced vacuum cooling system using ice slurry Published In Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
2021	Experimental investigation and two-level model-based optimisation of a solar photovoltaic thermal collector coupled with phase change material thermal energy storage Published In Applied Thermal Engineering
2021	Performance investigation and sensitivity analysis of shell-and-tube phase change material thermal energy storage Published In Journal of Energy Storage
2021	Thermodynamic optimization with multi objectives and parameters for liquid air energy storage system based on the particle swarm optimization (PSO) Published In Journal of Energy Storage
2020	A data-driven strategy to forecast next-day electricity usage and peak electricity demand of a building portfolio using cluster analysis, Cubist regression models and Particle Swarm Optimization Published In Journal of Cleaner Production
2020	A review of heat and mass transfer mechanisms of dehumidifiers and regenerators for liquid desiccant cooling systems Published In Science and Technology for the Built Environment
2020	Mathematical modelling and experimental investigation of solar air collectors with corrugated absorbers Published In Renewable Energy
2020	Optimal design of a thermal energy storage system using phase change materials for a net-zero energy Solar Decathlon house Published In Energy and Buildings
2019	A review of heating, ventilation and air conditioning technologies and innovations used in solar-powered net zero energy Solar Decathlon houses Published In Journal of Cleaner Production
2019	Benchmarking thermal performance of buildings and identifying preferred thermal conditions with highly deployable IoT devices Published In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
2019	Investigation on the feasibility and performance of transcritical CO2 heat pump integrated with thermal energy storage for space heating Published In Renewable Energy
2019	Multi-objective optimisation of thermal energy storage using phase change materials for solar air systems Published In Renewable Energy
2019	Optimal design and size of a desiccant cooling system with onsite energy generation and thermal storage using a multilayer perceptron neural network and a genetic algorithm Published In Energy Conversion and Management
2019	Performance analysis of heat pump dryer with unit-room in cold climate regions Published In Energies
2019	Preparation, thermal characterization and examination of phase change materials (PCMs) enhanced by carbon-based nanoparticles for solar thermal energy storage Published In Journal of Energy Storage
2019	Using IoT to understand occupant thermal preferences in large open plan offices
2019	Using fuzzy clustering and weighted cumulative probability distribution techniques for optimal design of phase change material thermal energy storage Published In Journal of Cleaner Production
2018	Integrating photovoltaic thermal collectors and thermal energy storage systems using phase change materials with rotary desiccant cooling systems Published In Sustainable Cities and Society
2017	Thermal performance evaluation of an integrated photovoltaic thermal-phase change material system using Taguchi method Published In Energy Procedia
2016	Study on mechanical vapor recompression system with wet compression single screw compressor Published In Applied Thermal Engineering
2013	Experimental study and numerical analysis of thermocompressors with annular regenerators Published In International Journal of Refrigeration
2013	Performance analysis of mechanical vapor recompression heat pump driven by centrifuge fan Published In Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering
2012	Numerical analysis and experimental study of thermocompressor for pulse tube cooler Published In Kung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
2011	Numerical simulation and experimental study of linear motor direct-driven thermo compressor Published In Kung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Solar thermal energy storage using paraffin as phase change materials for air conditioning in the built environment. Published In Paraffin Publisher : IntechOpen
2018	Solar-assisted HVAC systems with integrated phase change materials Published In Sustainable Air Conditioning Systems Publisher London, United Kingdom

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Using IoT to understand occupant thermal preferences in large open plan offices Published In Grand renewable energy 2018 Proceeding
2013	Experimental study of linear motor direct-driven thermocompressor Published In Advanced Materials Research

Other Publications

Year	Title
2019	Above-Roof Temperature Impacts on Heating Penalties of Large Cool Roofs in Australian Climates – Final Report

Presentations

Presentation
- Thermal performance evaluation and optimal design of buildings with integrated air-based photovoltaic thermal collectors and phase change materials using the Hooke-Jeeves pattern search method, Speaker, 12th REHVA World Conference 2016

Other Research Activities

Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) team coordinator 2017 - 2018
Global Research Challenge (GRC) 2016 Project: Adaptive occupancy and microclimate prediction algorithms for optimum operation of buildings and minimum productivity loss Researcher 2016 - 2017
Australian Solar Institute Grant under the Scheme of Australia-Germany Collaborative Solar Research & Development Project: Expanding the value proposition for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): Thin film building integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPVT) retrofitting of buildings Researcher 2012 - 2015
Energy efficiency education resources for engineering project: deep dive case study: Building energy use analysis and HVAC system design for energy efficiency and sustainability Researcher 2013 - 2014
Solar Decathlon China 2013 Tour guide and translator 2013
Chinese Academy of Sciences-Enterprise Cooperation Project: Development and demonstration of MVR technology based on single screw water vapor compressors Researcher 2012 - 2013
National High Technology Research and Development Program (China 863 Program): Development and industrialization of novel energy-saving effluent disposal systems – development and industrialization of mechanical vapour recompression (MVR) system utilizing waste heat recovered from highly concentrated effluent Researcher 2012 - 2013
Enterprise Cooperation Project: Development of novel ice storage air conditioning systems for coal mine refuge chambers Researcher 2012
National High Technology Research and Development Program (China 863 Program): High efficient distributed energy supply technology – investigation and development of the thermocompressor utilizing waste heat for refrigeration Researcher 2009 - 2011

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of Innovative Solutions for Building Energy Performance Management and Optimization	Awan, Muhammad Bilal
Doctor of Philosophy	Ground Source Heat Pump Systems for Enhanced Building Performance	Zhou, Xinlei
Doctor of Philosophy	Heating Characteristics and Optimization of a Solar Assisted Air Source Heat Pump based on Phase Change Material Energy Storage in Different Climates	Sha, Xinyi
Doctor of Philosophy	Development and evaluation of a direct expansion solar assisted heat pump with PCMs in photovoltaic thermal collectors	Li, Shengteng
Doctor of Philosophy	Research on Heat Transfer of the Closed-Loop Thermosyphon System with Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Suspension	Li, Yixuan

Reviewer Of

Advanced Engineering Materials (Journal) 2018
Energy Conversion and Management (Journal) 2018
Energy and Buildings (Journal) 2018

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Sustainable Buildings Research Center, Building performance enhancement using phase change materials and solar photovoltaic thermal systems 2013 - 2018
M.E. in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Numerical Analysis and Experiment Study of Wet Steam Compression Process within Single Screw Water Vapor Compressor for MVR System 2010 - 2013
B.E. in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Central South University, School of Energy Science and Engineering 2006 - 2010

Awards And Honors

2013 University Postgraduate Award (UPA), conferred by University of Wollongong, 2013
2013 International Postgraduate Tuition Award (IPTA), conferred by University of Wollongong, 2013
Wollongong 2013 in Recognition, conferred by Wollongong City Council, 2013
Pride of Workmanship Award, conferred by Rotary Club of Wollongong, 2013

Teaching Overview

I served as a tutor of course ‘Sustainability for Engineers, Scientists and Professionals (ENGG941)’ for Master of Engineering Management from March 2014 to July 2015. The main teaching activities including:
- Presented the procedures of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system design and air conditioning power consumption analysis;
- Guided the graduates through the design and optimization of HVAC systems for sustainable buildings.

Keywords

Renewable energy; Building energy efficiency; Thermal energy storage; Heating, ventilation and air conditioning; Solar photovoltaic and thermal technology;

Full Name

Dr. Wneye Lin

Mailing Address

Building 237, Innovation Campus, Squires Way,

Fairy Meadow

NSW

2519

Australia

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Integrating photovoltaic thermal collectors and thermal energy storage systems using phase change materials with rotary desiccant cooling systems Published in Sustainable Cities and Society
2017	Thermal performance evaluation of an integrated photovoltaic thermal-phase change material system using Taguchi method Published in Energy Procedia

Research Overview

- Sustainable and low energy technologies in built environment
- Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCMs) in buildings
- Building performance simulation
- Dynamic modelling of building energy systems
- Solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems
- Design optimization of building energy systems
- Analysis of indoor environment quality (IEQ) using data mining
- Mechanical vapour re-compression (MVR) systems for waste heat recovery
- Distributed waste heat recovery technology using thermocompressor

Member Of

Team UOW (Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018) Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) team coordinator 2017 - 2018
Team UOW (SD China 2013) Tour guide and translator 2013

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2023	A characteristic-oriented strategy for ranking and near-optimal selection of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in building applications Published In Journal of Energy Storage
2023	Thermal effects of dew on cool roofs and conventional roofs in building performance simulations Published In Energy and Buildings
2022	A data-driven strategy using long short term memory models and reinforcement learning to predict building electricity consumption Published In Applied Energy
2022	Experimental performance evaluation and model-based optimal design of a mechanical vapour recompression system for radioactive wastewater treatment Published In Energy Conversion and Management
2022	Membrane fouling in direct contact membrane distillation for liquid desiccant regeneration: Effects of feed temperature and flow velocity Published In Journal of Membrane Science
2022	Multi-objective optimization of a direct contact membrane distillation regenerator for liquid desiccant regeneration Published In Journal of Cleaner Production
2022	Performance Enhancement and Life-Cycle Cost Savings of Supercooled Water Ice Slurry Generation Systems Using Heat Regeneration Published In Sustainability (Switzerland)
2021	A dynamic simulation platform for fault modelling and characterisation of building integrated photovoltaics Published In Renewable Energy
2021	An unsupervised data mining strategy for performance evaluation of ground source heat pump systems Published In Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
2021	Corrigendum to ��Experimental investigation and life-cycle cost analysis of a cold storage enhanced vacuum cooling system using ice slurry�� [Sustain. Energy Technol. Assess. 45 (2021) 101074] (Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (2021) 45, (S2213138821000849), (10.1016/j.seta.2021.101074)) Published In Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
2021	Development of a Bayesian based adaptive optimisation algorithm for the thermostat settings in agile open plan offices Published In Energy and Buildings
2021	Experimental investigation and life-cycle cost analysis of a cold storage enhanced vacuum cooling system using ice slurry Published In Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
2021	Experimental investigation and two-level model-based optimisation of a solar photovoltaic thermal collector coupled with phase change material thermal energy storage Published In Applied Thermal Engineering
2021	Performance investigation and sensitivity analysis of shell-and-tube phase change material thermal energy storage Published In Journal of Energy Storage
2021	Thermodynamic optimization with multi objectives and parameters for liquid air energy storage system based on the particle swarm optimization (PSO) Published In Journal of Energy Storage
2020	A data-driven strategy to forecast next-day electricity usage and peak electricity demand of a building portfolio using cluster analysis, Cubist regression models and Particle Swarm Optimization Published In Journal of Cleaner Production
2020	A review of heat and mass transfer mechanisms of dehumidifiers and regenerators for liquid desiccant cooling systems Published In Science and Technology for the Built Environment
2020	Mathematical modelling and experimental investigation of solar air collectors with corrugated absorbers Published In Renewable Energy
2020	Optimal design of a thermal energy storage system using phase change materials for a net-zero energy Solar Decathlon house Published In Energy and Buildings
2019	A review of heating, ventilation and air conditioning technologies and innovations used in solar-powered net zero energy Solar Decathlon houses Published In Journal of Cleaner Production
2019	Benchmarking thermal performance of buildings and identifying preferred thermal conditions with highly deployable IoT devices Published In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
2019	Investigation on the feasibility and performance of transcritical CO2 heat pump integrated with thermal energy storage for space heating Published In Renewable Energy
2019	Multi-objective optimisation of thermal energy storage using phase change materials for solar air systems Published In Renewable Energy
2019	Optimal design and size of a desiccant cooling system with onsite energy generation and thermal storage using a multilayer perceptron neural network and a genetic algorithm Published In Energy Conversion and Management
2019	Performance analysis of heat pump dryer with unit-room in cold climate regions Published In Energies
2019	Preparation, thermal characterization and examination of phase change materials (PCMs) enhanced by carbon-based nanoparticles for solar thermal energy storage Published In Journal of Energy Storage
2019	Using IoT to understand occupant thermal preferences in large open plan offices
2019	Using fuzzy clustering and weighted cumulative probability distribution techniques for optimal design of phase change material thermal energy storage Published In Journal of Cleaner Production
2018	Integrating photovoltaic thermal collectors and thermal energy storage systems using phase change materials with rotary desiccant cooling systems Published In Sustainable Cities and Society
2017	Thermal performance evaluation of an integrated photovoltaic thermal-phase change material system using Taguchi method Published In Energy Procedia
2016	Study on mechanical vapor recompression system with wet compression single screw compressor Published In Applied Thermal Engineering
2013	Experimental study and numerical analysis of thermocompressors with annular regenerators Published In International Journal of Refrigeration
2013	Performance analysis of mechanical vapor recompression heat pump driven by centrifuge fan Published In Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering
2012	Numerical analysis and experimental study of thermocompressor for pulse tube cooler Published In Kung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
2011	Numerical simulation and experimental study of linear motor direct-driven thermo compressor Published In Kung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Solar thermal energy storage using paraffin as phase change materials for air conditioning in the built environment. Published In Paraffin Publisher : IntechOpen
2018	Solar-assisted HVAC systems with integrated phase change materials Published In Sustainable Air Conditioning Systems Publisher London, United Kingdom

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Using IoT to understand occupant thermal preferences in large open plan offices Published In Grand renewable energy 2018 Proceeding
2013	Experimental study of linear motor direct-driven thermocompressor Published In Advanced Materials Research

Other Publications

Year	Title
2019	Above-Roof Temperature Impacts on Heating Penalties of Large Cool Roofs in Australian Climates – Final Report

Presentations

Presentation
- Thermal performance evaluation and optimal design of buildings with integrated air-based photovoltaic thermal collectors and phase change materials using the Hooke-Jeeves pattern search method, Speaker, 12th REHVA World Conference 2016

Other Research Activities

Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) team coordinator 2017 - 2018
Global Research Challenge (GRC) 2016 Project: Adaptive occupancy and microclimate prediction algorithms for optimum operation of buildings and minimum productivity loss Researcher 2016 - 2017
Australian Solar Institute Grant under the Scheme of Australia-Germany Collaborative Solar Research & Development Project: Expanding the value proposition for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): Thin film building integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPVT) retrofitting of buildings Researcher 2012 - 2015
Energy efficiency education resources for engineering project: deep dive case study: Building energy use analysis and HVAC system design for energy efficiency and sustainability Researcher 2013 - 2014
Solar Decathlon China 2013 Tour guide and translator 2013
Chinese Academy of Sciences-Enterprise Cooperation Project: Development and demonstration of MVR technology based on single screw water vapor compressors Researcher 2012 - 2013
National High Technology Research and Development Program (China 863 Program): Development and industrialization of novel energy-saving effluent disposal systems – development and industrialization of mechanical vapour recompression (MVR) system utilizing waste heat recovered from highly concentrated effluent Researcher 2012 - 2013
Enterprise Cooperation Project: Development of novel ice storage air conditioning systems for coal mine refuge chambers Researcher 2012
National High Technology Research and Development Program (China 863 Program): High efficient distributed energy supply technology – investigation and development of the thermocompressor utilizing waste heat for refrigeration Researcher 2009 - 2011

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of Innovative Solutions for Building Energy Performance Management and Optimization	Awan, Muhammad Bilal
Doctor of Philosophy	Ground Source Heat Pump Systems for Enhanced Building Performance	Zhou, Xinlei
Doctor of Philosophy	Heating Characteristics and Optimization of a Solar Assisted Air Source Heat Pump based on Phase Change Material Energy Storage in Different Climates	Sha, Xinyi
Doctor of Philosophy	Development and evaluation of a direct expansion solar assisted heat pump with PCMs in photovoltaic thermal collectors	Li, Shengteng
Doctor of Philosophy	Research on Heat Transfer of the Closed-Loop Thermosyphon System with Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Suspension	Li, Yixuan

Reviewer Of

Advanced Engineering Materials (Journal) 2018
Energy Conversion and Management (Journal) 2018
Energy and Buildings (Journal) 2018

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Sustainable Buildings Research Center, Building performance enhancement using phase change materials and solar photovoltaic thermal systems 2013 - 2018
M.E. in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Numerical Analysis and Experiment Study of Wet Steam Compression Process within Single Screw Water Vapor Compressor for MVR System 2010 - 2013
B.E. in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Central South University, School of Energy Science and Engineering 2006 - 2010

Awards And Honors

2013 University Postgraduate Award (UPA), conferred by University of Wollongong, 2013
2013 International Postgraduate Tuition Award (IPTA), conferred by University of Wollongong, 2013
Wollongong 2013 in Recognition, conferred by Wollongong City Council, 2013
Pride of Workmanship Award, conferred by Rotary Club of Wollongong, 2013

Teaching Overview

I served as a tutor of course ‘Sustainability for Engineers, Scientists and Professionals (ENGG941)’ for Master of Engineering Management from March 2014 to July 2015. The main teaching activities including:
- Presented the procedures of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system design and air conditioning power consumption analysis;
- Guided the graduates through the design and optimization of HVAC systems for sustainable buildings.

Keywords

Renewable energy; Building energy efficiency; Thermal energy storage; Heating, ventilation and air conditioning; Solar photovoltaic and thermal technology;

Full Name

Dr. Wneye Lin

Mailing Address

Building 237, Innovation Campus, Squires Way,

Fairy Meadow

NSW

2519

Australia

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Research Overview

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Other Publications

Presentations

Presentation

Funding

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Reviewer Of

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Overview

Top Publications

Research Overview

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Other Publications

Presentations

Presentation

Funding

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Reviewer Of

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

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