Date   of Birth

1980．01

Professional   Title

Associate Professor

E-mail

newton@njtech.edu.cn

Research   Fields

Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps

Personal   Profile

Xiaofeng Niu, Doctor of Southeast University and   Postdoctoral Fellow of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is now Associate   Professor and Associate Dean of College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech   University. He also serves as Deputy Director of Technical Commission on   Air-conditioning and Heat Pumps of Jiangsu Association of Refrigeration,   Deputy Director of Technical Commission on Green and Low-carbon Development   of Jiangsu Association of Refrigeration, member of HVAC Thermal Energy and   Power Sub-Committee of Jiangsu Civil Engineering & Architectural Society,   and Director of Nanjing Society of Engineering Thermophysics. He has   conducted in-depth research on improvement of ammonia-water absorption   refrigeration system, preparation and application of microencapsulated phase   change materials, as well as simulation and optimization of liquid desiccant   systems.

Representative   Research Projects / Works / Papers

Projects:

1.   Subproject of the National Key R & D Program (2018YFC0704303-04):   Research on Error Analysis of Large Datasets (Project Leader)

2．Supported by the Young   Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China   (51406076): Effect of Phase Change Micro/ Nano Capsule on Heat and Mass   Transfer in Liquid Desiccant Process (Project Leader)

3.   Supported by the Young   Scientists Fund of the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu   Province (BK20140942): Effect of Phase Change Micro/ Nano Capsule on Liquid   Desiccant and Regeneration Performance (Project Leader)

Papers：

[1] Honglin Dong, Dandan Wang, XiaofengNiu*, Yue Zhang, Xu He, Qing   Ke, Zhiheng Lu. Experimental study on the liquid desiccant dehumidification   performance of microencapsulated phase change materials slurry[J]. Energy,   2022, 239: 122212.

[2] XiaofengNiu*,   Ruifeng Xia, Honglin Dong, Dandan Wang, DichangDuan,Peng Gao, RistoKosonen.   Dispersion stability and thermophysical properties of microencapsulated phase   change material slurry for liquid desiccant   dehumidification[J]. Energy & Buildings, 2021, 240: 110870.

[3] Dandan Wang, XiaofengNiu*, Yufeng   Yan, Peng Gao, DichangDuan. Research on falling film dehumidification performance of microencapsulated phase change   materials slurry[J]. Energy & Buildings, 2021, 235: 110750.

[4] Wei   Liu, Yanfeng Gong, XiaofengNiu*,   Junjie Shen, RistoKosonen. Dynamic modeling of liquid-desiccant regenerator   based on a state–space method. Applied Energy, 2019, 240 :744-753.

[5] XiaofengNiu*,   Yue Zhang,Xing Li,Yan Tong,Guangli Zhang. Performance analysis of a liquid   desiccant system with an adjustable reflux ratio of regeneration solution.   Building Services Engineering Research & Technology, 2017, 38(1): 89-103.