Dr Lei Chai
Research Fellow II
Elliott Jaques 087
- Email: lei.chai@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265834
Summary
Lei Chai obtained his PhD in Thermal energy and power engineering at Beijing University of Technology in 2012 and then worked as a Lecturer at Chinese Academy of Sciences for 2 years and as a Postdoctoral Researcher Assistant at Queen Mary University of London for 3 years. Lei Chai has published over 60 scientific papers on advanced CO2 power and refrigeration systems, energy storage devices and systems, heat transfer enhancement and novel heat exchangers, hydrogen energy and fuel cell, function materials and applications, etc. Since June 2017, Lei Chai has worked as a Research Fellow at Centre for Sustainable Energy use in Food chains (CSEF), at 91影视University London.
Qualifications
- PhD, Thermal energy and power engineering, Beijing University of Technology
- BSc, Oil & gas storage and transportation engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China)
Responsibility
- Undertake research relevant to the projects in the area of thermal systems and energy conversion technologies, for example thermal to electrical power, heat to cooling, energy storage etc., including both experimental and numerical investigations.
Newest selected publications
Chai, L. and Tassou, SA. (2023) ''. Heat Transfer Engineering, 44 (21-22). pp. 1950 - 1968. ISSN: 0145-7632
Marchionni, M., Usman, M., Chai, L. and Tassou, SA. (2022) ''. Energy, 267. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 0360-5442
Chai, L. and Tassou, SA. (2022) ''. Heat Transfer Engineering, 44 (16-18). pp. 1498 - 1518. ISSN: 0145-7632
Rose, JW. and Chai, L. (2022) ''. Journal of Heat Transfer, 144 (12). ISSN: 0022-1481
Cheng, L., Chai, L. and Guo, Z. (2022) ''. Heat Transfer Research, 53 (18). pp. 1 - 25. ISSN: 1064-2285