Biography

Dr. Yuebin Yu is an Assistant Professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He holds B.S. degree in Heating Ventilation Air-Conditioning Engineering and M.S. degrees in Heating Ventilation Air-Conditioning Engineering and Architectural Engineering. In 2012, He received his Ph.D. degree in Building Performance and Diagnostics from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He focuses his research and professional activities in three major areas a.) smart building technology, including automated continuous commissioning and advanced controls, web-based automated fault detection and diagnosis, virtual sensing and metering; b.) active utilization of renewable energy for heating, ventilation and air- conditioning, including low grade energy, solar and geothermal thermal energy, active phase change material, intelligent bionic building enclosure; and c.) Model-based built environment evaluation. At UNL, he maintains a state-of-the-art laboratory with well-instrumented facilities and self-developed advanced web-based AFDD platform for smart buildings and advanced building envelope studies. The two chambers in the lab are about 1000sf and can emulate wide-range indoor and outdoor air environment. He is an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and, as a voting member on ASHRAE’s research committee- TC7.5 Smart Building, he participates in developing and evaluating projects that help advance the frontier of building intelligence. He is also serving as member of editorial board and reviewer for journals. He has published 21 research articles in journals, 23 refereed proceedings, 8 technical reports and books, and 5 presentations contributed as author/co-author. He also worked on 9 funded research projects as principal investigator and co-investigator. Currently he is supervising 7 PhD students and 3 M.AE students.

Area of Interest:

Physical Science Engineering

100%

Applied Energy

62%

Buildings

90%

Applied Thermal Engineering

75%

Construction Engineering

55%

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Selected Publications

Niu, F., Y. Yu, D. Yu and H. Li, 2015. Investigation on soil thermal saturation and recovery of an earth to air heat exchanger under different operation strategies. Applied Thermal Eng., 77: 90-100.
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Niu, F., Y. Yu, D. Yu and H. Li, 2015. Heat and mass transfer performance analysis and cooling capacity prediction of earth to air heat exchanger. Applied Energy, 137: 211-221.
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Yu, Y., H. Li, F. Niu and D. Yu, 2014. Investigation of a coupled geothermal cooling system with earth tube and solar chimney. Applied Energy, 114: 209-217.
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Yu, Y., D. Woradechjumroen and D. Yu, 2014. Virtual surface temperature sensor for multi-zone commercial buildings. Energy Proc., 61: 21-24.
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Yu, Y., D. Woradechjumroen and D. Yu, 2014. A review of fault detection and diagnosis methodologies on air-handling units. Energy Build., 82: 550-562.
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Woradechjumroen, D., Y. Yu, H. Li, D. Yu and H. Yang, 2014. Analysis of HVAC system oversizing in commercial buildings through field measurements. Energy Build., 69: 131-143.
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Woradechjumroen, D., H. Li and Y. Yu, 2014. Energy interaction among HVAC and supermarket environment. Int. J. Civil Architectural Structural Construction Eng., 8: 1160-1167.
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Li, H., Y. Yu, F. Niu, M. Shafik and B. Chen, 2014. Performance of a coupled cooling system with earth-to-air heat exchanger and solar chimney. Renewable Energy, 62: 468-477.
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Behfar, A., Z. Shen, J. Lau and Y. Yu, 2014. Heat and mass transfer enhancement potential of absorption equipment via a literature review- RP-1462. HVAC R Res., 20: 570-580.
Yu, Y., V. Loftness and D. Yu, 2013. Multi-structural fast nonlinear model-based predictive control of a hydronic heating system. Build. Environ., 69: 131-148.
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Niu, F., L. Ni, Y. Yao, Y. Yu and H. Li, 2013. Performance and thermal charging/discharging features of a phase change material assisted heat pump system in heating mode. Applied Thermal Eng., 58: 536-541.
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Yu, Y., M. Liu, H. Li, D. Yu and V. Loftness, 2012. Synergization of air handling units for high energy efficiency in office buildings: The theory and analysis. Energy Build., 45: 264-273.
Yu, Y., M. Liu, H. Li, D. Yu and V. Loftness, 2012. Synergization of air handling units for high energy efficiency in office buildings: Implement methodology and performance evaluaion. Energy Build., 54: 426-435.
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Yu, D., H. Li, Y. Yu and J. Xiong, 2011. Virtual calibration of a supply air temperature sensor in rooftop air conditioning units. Int. J. HVAC R Res., 17: 31-50.
Yu, Y., G. Zhang, D. Yu and W. Yang, 2006. External factors influencing contamination emissions from porous materials. Chin. J. HVAC, 36: 13-19.
Zhang, G., Y. Yu and J. Han, 2004. Research on the influencing factors of VOCs emission from building materials. J. Hunan Univ. (Natl. Sci.), 31: 60-65.
Yu, L., Y. Yu and G. Zhang, 2004. Emission models of VOCs in indoor building materials and the applications. Chin. J. HVAC, 34: 102-104.