Contact Dr Yize Liu
- Email: yizeliu.liu@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
Background
Dr. Yize Liu is a research fellow at Cranfield University, UK. He is also the Deputy Course Director for Thermal Power and Propulsion MSc. He joined Cranfield as a doctoral researcher at the Centre for Propulsion Engineering in 2015. The research mainly focuses on developing a preliminary design methodology for low-emission aero combustors. Upon graduation, he worked at Cranfield as a research fellow in gas turbine combustor design in 2019. Prior to this, he obtained a 1st-class BEng degree (2010-2013) and a distinction MSc degree (2014) in mechanical engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is a project supervisor for the Nuffield Foundation Research Scheme. He is also a reviewer for SCI journals and EI conference proceedings.
CRYOSTAR EU Project Collaboration with UCLV, NOVO, NLR, EASA (2025- present)
ONEheart Airbus Project. Collaboration with Airbus. (2022-2025)
EPSRC funded the Turbo-green burner Project. Collaboration with Samad Power, UK, and Brits Energy, UK (06/2019-06/2021)
Innovate UK founded the Solar-turbo CHP Project. Collaboration with Brits Energy, UK, Samad Power, UK, LEMS energy management, South Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa, University of Birmingham, UK (04/2020-04/2022)
Current activities
His current research focuses on hydrogen safety and hazard assessment studies, life cycle assessment of alternative aviation fuels, low-emissions combustor design and modelling, as well as Techno-Economic Risk Assessment (TERA).
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Swanepoel JK, le Roux WG, Roosendaal C, Madani SH, de Wet G, .... (2024). Initial experimental testing of a hybrid solar-dish Brayton cycle for combined heat and power (ST-CHP). Applied Thermal Engineering, 249
- Liu Y, Nikolaidis T, Hossein Madani S, Sarkandi M, Gamil A, .... (2022). Multi-fidelity combustor design and experimental test for a micro gas turbine system. Energies, 15(7)
- Liu Y, Sun X, Sethi V, Li Y-G, Nalianda D, .... (2020). Development and application of a preliminary design methodology for modern low emissions aero combustors. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 235(4)
- Liu Y, Sun X, Sethi V, Nalianda D, Li Y-G, .... (2017). Review of modern low emissions combustion technologies for aero gas turbine engines. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 94
- Sun X, Liu Y, Sethi V & Li J. (2017). Preliminary aerodynamic design methodology for aero engine lean direct injection combustors. The Aeronautical Journal, 121(1242)
Conference Papers
- Liu Y, Nikolaidis T, Gamil A, Madani SH & Sarkandi M. (2021). Combustor development and performance analysis for recuperated microturbine application
- Roumeliotis I, Arena F, Liu Y, Vouros S, Pachidis V, .... (2021). Performance and emission assessment of thermo-electric power plant for rotorcraft propulsion
- Agarwal P, Sethi V, Gauthier PQ, Sun X & Liu Y. (2018). Preliminary CFD Study on the effect of fuel injector coking on fuel spray characteristics