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Dr Xiaoli Ma

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty and Department

  • Institutes
  • Energy and Environmental Institute

Summary

Dr Xiaoli Ma has research experience in the areas of sustainable building services, renewable/sustainable energy, energy efficiency technologies, energy in built environment and instrumentation technologies.

She has conducted 26 research projects, attracting funded with a total value of 2.7 million from bodies including the EU, EPSRC, Innovate UK, IEEA, National Science and Technology Committee of China, and industry

Dr Ma has published over 90 papers in scientific journals and international conferences, as well as 2 books and 3 book chapters. She has 2 patents.

Successful proposals and attracted grants:

-A Super Performance Dew Point Cooler for Data Center, Carbon trust (IEEA), Xiaoli Ma, Xudong Zhao and Zishang Zhu, 2019 (18 months), £692, 201

-A Novel Loop-Heat-Pipe (LHP)-based Data Centre Heat Removal and Recovery System Employing the Micro-channels Cold/Hot Plates, EU FP7, Xudong Zhao, Philip Rubini and Xiaoli Ma, 2019 (24 months), €225k

- Low Grade Waste Heat Driven CHP Combined with ejector System for Heating, Cooling and Power Generation in the Drink Supply Chain, Innovate UK Food Supply Chain, S B Riffat and Xiaoli Ma, 2015 (24 months), £663,245.

- High temperature PCM/Brayton cycle energy storage, Innovate UK, Energy Catalyst, S B Riffat and Xiaoli Ma 2014 (24 months), £649,995.

- Solar Collector and PCM Thermal Façade for Low Carbon Buildings, EU FP7 Programme, S B Riffat and Xiaoli Ma, 2014 (24 months) €190,000.

- Photocatalytic Mop Fan Air Cleaning System for Industrial Applications, S B Riffat and Xiaoli Ma, EPSRC, 2010 (18 months), £42,600

- A Novel Solar Façade Hot Water Heating System Using Loop Heat Pipe Technology, Xudong Zhao and Xiaoli Ma, Pikington Energy Efficiency Trust, UK, £5000, 2009 (18 months)

Recent research project achievements:

-A super performance dew point cooler for Data Centre achieving 90% energy saving for data Centre cooling.

- Super performance dew point cooling system achieving highest efficiency among the existing similar system (2017).

- 5kW solar driven steam ejector cooling system has been successfully installed in ENIT in Tunis for office cooling (2011).

- Highly efficient mop fan system for air cleaning, 35.4W running power saving 1.3kW heating energy (2011).

- Environmental friendly low grade waste heat (<120oC) power generation system achieving 15% of efficiency (2014).

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Simulation and economic analysis of an innovative indoor solar cooking system with energy storage

Zhou, C., Wang, Y., Li, J., Ma, X., Li, Q., Yang, M., …Zhu, Y. (2023). Simulation and economic analysis of an innovative indoor solar cooking system with energy storage. Solar Energy, 263, Article 111816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.111816

Real life test of a novel super performance dew point cooling system in operational live data centre

Ma, X., Zeng, C., Zhu, Z., Zhao, X., Xiao, X., Akhlaghi, Y. G., & Shittu, S. (2023). Real life test of a novel super performance dew point cooling system in operational live data centre. Applied energy, 348, Article 121483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121483

A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump

Fan, Y., Li, J., Zhao, X., Myers, S., Cheng, Y., Yu, M., …Yu, S. (2022). A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump. Energy Conversion and Management, 256, Article 115404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115404

Combined Rankine Cycle and dew point cooler for energy efficient power generation of the power plants - A review and perspective study

Ma, X., Zhao, X., Zhang, Y., Liu, K., Yang, H., Li, J., …Liu, Z. (2022). Combined Rankine Cycle and dew point cooler for energy efficient power generation of the power plants - A review and perspective study. Energy, 238, Article 121688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121688

Design and analysis of a novel dual source vapor injection heat pump using exhaust and ambient air

Li, J., Fan, Y., Zhao, X., Bai, X., Zhou, J., Badiei, A., …Ma, X. (2021). Design and analysis of a novel dual source vapor injection heat pump using exhaust and ambient air. Energy and Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbenv.2020.11.004

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

A Super Performance Dew Point Cooler for Data Centres

Funder

BEIS Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Grant

£300,502.00

Started

1 July 2019

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

A novel solar heat harvesting technology enabling the full-spectrum capture and enhanced building performance

Funder

Royal Society

Grant

£12,000.00

Started

31 March 2022

Status

Ongoing

Project

A Pioneering, Near-Zero-Carbon and All-Climate-Adaptive Air Conditioning System Using Atmospheric Latent Heat and Natural Light Energy

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£814,323.00

Started

1 September 2023

Status

Ongoing

Project

A Novel Loop-Heat-Pipe (LHP)-based Data Centre Heat Removal and Recovery System Employing the Micro-channels Cold/Hot Plates

Funder

EC European Commission

Grant

£190,621.00

Started

9 September 2019

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Xiaoli welcomes applications around

- Renewable / sustainable energy

- Energy efficiency technologies

- Energy in built environment

Current PhD supervisions

- Investigation of a Novel Dew Point Cooling System for Computer Data Centre Application (co-supervisor)

- Development of Control System for Dew Point Cooler Combined with Dehumidify System for Computer Data Centre Application (co-supervisor)

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