Nairen Diao

2.7k total citations
27 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Nairen Diao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nairen Diao has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 16 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nairen Diao's work include Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (25 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (15 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (9 papers). Nairen Diao is often cited by papers focused on Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (25 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (15 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (9 papers). Nairen Diao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Canada. Nairen Diao's co-authors include Zhaohong Fang, Zhen Fang, Hongzhen Zeng, Heyi Zeng, Qinyun Li, Hongxing Yang, Yi Man, Junhong Liu, Liang Fang and Ping Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Renewable Energy and Energy and Buildings.

In The Last Decade

Nairen Diao

27 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nairen Diao China 16 2.1k 1.2k 736 708 640 27 2.2k
Johan Claesson Sweden 19 1.2k 0.6× 757 0.6× 377 0.5× 581 0.8× 316 0.5× 57 1.6k
Michel Bernier Canada 24 1.3k 0.6× 605 0.5× 684 0.9× 484 0.7× 319 0.5× 60 1.7k
Signhild Gehlin Sweden 15 1.2k 0.6× 656 0.5× 264 0.4× 464 0.7× 306 0.5× 29 1.3k
Zhen Fang China 5 1.2k 0.6× 630 0.5× 510 0.7× 377 0.5× 370 0.6× 13 1.3k
Peter J. Bourne–Webb Portugal 12 1.4k 0.6× 869 0.7× 488 0.7× 221 0.3× 491 0.8× 33 1.5k
Alice Di Donna France 19 1.1k 0.5× 715 0.6× 287 0.4× 186 0.3× 428 0.7× 52 1.5k
Jin Luo China 18 907 0.4× 333 0.3× 412 0.6× 337 0.5× 177 0.3× 37 1.1k
Rafid Al‐Khoury Netherlands 18 653 0.3× 584 0.5× 355 0.5× 370 0.5× 168 0.3× 42 1.2k
Binod Amatya United Kingdom 7 876 0.4× 695 0.6× 310 0.4× 120 0.2× 354 0.6× 9 1.1k
Asal Bidarmaghz Australia 17 639 0.3× 230 0.2× 196 0.3× 249 0.4× 193 0.3× 37 788

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nairen Diao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nairen Diao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fang, Zhaohong, Nairen Diao, & Liang Fang. (2019). The Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Technology in China. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 249. 12028–12028. 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Liang, et al.. (2018). Thermal analysis models of deep borehole heat exchangers. SHAREOK (University of Oklahoma; Oklahoma State University; Central Oklahoma University). 1–9. 10 indexed citations
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Fang, Liang, et al.. (2018). A computationally efficient numerical model for heat transfer simulation of deep borehole heat exchangers. Energy and Buildings. 167. 79–88. 170 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ke, Liang Fang, Nairen Diao, & Zhaohong Fang. (2017). Potential underground environmental risk caused by GSHP systems. Procedia Engineering. 205. 1477–1483. 15 indexed citations
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Guo, Min, Nairen Diao, Ke Zhu, & Zhaohong Fang. (2017). Optimization of Ground Heat Exchangers in Area with Imbalanced Heating and Cooling Load. Procedia Engineering. 205. 3727–3734. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenke, Hongxing Yang, Ping Cui, et al.. (2015). Study on spiral source models revealing groundwater transfusion effects on pile foundation ground heat exchangers. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 84. 119–129. 45 indexed citations
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Cui, Ping, et al.. (2015). Simulation Modelling and Design Optimization of Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger-GEOSTAR Program. Procedia Engineering. 121. 906–914. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenke, Hongxing Yang, Nairen Diao, Lin Lu, & Zhaohong Fang. (2015). Exploration on the reverse calculation method of groundwater velocity by means of the moving line heat source. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 99. 52–63. 11 indexed citations
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Cui, Ping, et al.. (2015). Thermal investigation of in-series vertical ground heat exchangers for industrial waste heat storage. Geothermics. 57. 205–212. 23 indexed citations
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Man, Yi, Hongxing Yang, Nairen Diao, et al.. (2011). Development of spiral heat source model for novel pile ground heat exchangers. HVAC&R Research. 17(6). 1075–1088. 64 indexed citations
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Man, Yi, Hongxing Yang, Nairen Diao, Junhong Liu, & Zhaohong Fang. (2010). A new model and analytical solutions for borehole and pile ground heat exchangers. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 53(13-14). 2593–2601. 288 indexed citations
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Li, Min, Nairen Diao, & Zhaohong Fang. (2007). Analysis of Seepage Flow in a Confined Aquifer with a Standing Column Well. Journal of Hydrodynamics. 19(1). 84–91. 18 indexed citations
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Diao, Nairen, Qinyun Li, & Zhaohong Fang. (2004). Heat transfer in ground heat exchangers with groundwater advection. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 43(12). 1203–1211. 362 indexed citations
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Diao, Nairen, et al.. (2003). An analytical solution of the temperature response in geothermal heat exchangers with groundwater advection. 7 indexed citations
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Zeng, Heyi, Nairen Diao, & Zhaohong Fang. (2003). Heat transfer analysis of boreholes in vertical ground heat exchangers. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 46(23). 4467–4481. 389 indexed citations
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Zeng, Heyi, Nairen Diao, & Zhaohong Fang. (2003). Efficiency of vertical geothermal heat exchangers in the ground source heat pump system. Journal of Thermal Science. 12(1). 77–81. 57 indexed citations
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Fang, Zhaohong, Nairen Diao, & Ping Cui. (2002). Discontinuous operation of geothermal heat exchangers. 7(2). 194–197. 36 indexed citations
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Diao, Nairen, Ping Cui, & Zhaohong Fang. (2002). The thermal resistance in a borehole of geothermal heat exchangers. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 12. 5–5. 12 indexed citations
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Zeng, Hongzhen, Nairen Diao, & Zhen Fang. (2002). A finite line‐source model for boreholes in geothermal heat exchangers. Heat Transfer-Asian Research. 31(7). 558–567. 482 indexed citations

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