Publications

Research Monographs, Editorships and Book Chapters

Barbe K, Yan Y and Yang WQ, Guest Editors, Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement on the 2012 International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, The IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, vol.62, no.5, 2013.

Yan Y and Jing ND, Guest Editors, Special Issue of Flow Measurement and Instrumentation on Measurement Techniques for Multiphase Flows, Elsevier Science, vol.27, no.8, 2012.

Yan Y and Dyer R, Guest Editors, Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement on the 2011 International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, The IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, vol.61, no.5, 2012.

Yan Y, Advanced Monitoring and Process Control Technology for Coal Fired Power Plants (Chapter 10), in Advanced Power Plant Materials, Design and Technology, Woodhead Publishing, June 2010. ISBN 1 84569 515 1; ISBN-13: 978 1 84569 515 6.

Shao J and Yan Y, Ultrasonic Sensors (Chapter 5), in Real-Time Weld Process Monitoring, Woodhead Publishing, December 2007. ISBN 1 85573 314 5.

Yan Y, Guest Editor, Special Feature of Measurement Science and Technology on Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation Systems for the Food and Beverage Industries, Institute of Physics Publishing, vol.17, no.2, 2006.

Prosser S and Yan Y, Guest Editors, Journal of Physics Conference Series: Sensors and Their Applications XIII, Institute of Physics Publishing, vol.15, September 2005. ISSN 1742 6588.

Yan Y, Guest Editor, Special Issue of Flow Measurement and Instrumentation on Optical Techniques For Multiphase Flow Measurement, Elsevier Science, vol.16, no.5, October 2005.

Yan Y, Guest Editor, Special Issue of Flow Measurement and Instrumentation on Tomographic Techniques For Multiphase Flow Measurement, Elsevier Science, vol.16, no.2/3, May 2005.

Yan Y, Guest Editor, Special Feature of Measurement Science and Technology on Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation Systems for Combustion Processes, Institute of Physics Publishing, vol.14, no.7, July 2003.

Yan Y, 'Guide to the Flow Measurement of Particulate Solids in Pipelines, Part 2: Utilisation in Pneumatic Conveying and Emission Monitoring.' Powder Handling & Processing, vol.14, no.1, pp.12-21, 2002.

Yan Y, 'Guide to the Flow Measurement of Particulate Solids in Pipelines, Part I: Fundamentals and Principles.' Powder Handling & Processing, vol.13, no.4, pp.343-352, 2001.

Yan Y and Stewart D, Guide to the Flow Measurement of Particulate Solids in Pipelines, jointly published by the Institute of Measurement and Control, National Engineering Laboratory, and the University of Greenwich, April 2001. ISBN 0-904457-34-6.

Yan Y, Guest Editor, Special Issue of Flow Measurement and Instrumentation on Flow Measurement of Particulate Solids in Pipelines, Elsevier Science, vol.11, no.3, September 2000.

Yan Y and Reed A R, Editors, Proceedings of the Inaugural International Symposium on On-line Flow Measurement of Particulate Solids, Chatham, UK, July 1998. ISBN 1-86166-107-X.

Selected Publications

Qian X, Yan Y, Shao J, Wang L, Zhou H and Wang C, Quantitative characterization of pulverized coal and biomass-coal blends in pneumatic conveying pipelines using electrostatic sensor arrays and data fusion techniques, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.23, no.8, 2012 (doi:10.1088/0957-0233/23/8/085307).

Qiu T, Yan Y and Lu G, An autoadaptive edge-detection algorithm for flame and fire image processing, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.60, no.5, pp. 1486-1493, 2012.

Qian X and Yan Y, Flow Measurement of biomass and blended biomass fuels in pneumatic conveying pipelines using electrostatic sensor-arrays, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.61, no.5, pp.1343-1352, 2012.

Hossain M M, Lu Gang and Yan Y, Optical fiber imaging based tomographic reconstruction of burner flames, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.61, no.5, pp.1417-1425, 2012.

Tan C, Xu L, Li X and Yan Y, Independent component analysis-based fuel type identification for coal-fired power plants, Combustion Science and Technology, vol.184, no.3, pp.277-292, 2012.

Zhang J, Hu H, Dong J and Yan Y, Concentration measurement of biomass/coal/air three-phase flow by integrating electrostatic and capacitive sensors, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, vol.24, pp.43-49, 2012.

Yan Y, Qiu T, Lu G, Hossain M M, Gilabert G and Liu S, Recent advances in flame tomography, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol.20, no.2, pp.389-399, 2012.

Krabicka J, Lu G and Yan Y, Profiling and characterization of flame radicals by combining spectroscopic imaging and neural network techniques, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.60, no.5, pp.1854-1860, 2011.

Sun D, Lu G, Zhou H and Yan Y, Flame stability monitoring and characterization through digital imaging and spectral analysis, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.22, no.11, 2011 (doi:10.1088/0957-0233/22/11/114007).

Yan Y, Rodrigues J S and Xie Z, Non-contact strip speed measurement using electrostatic sesnsing and correlation signal-processing techniques, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.22, no.7, 2011 (doi:10.1088/0957-0233/22/7/075103).

Shao J, Krabicka J, Yan Y, Velocity measurement of pneumatically conveyed particles using intrusive electrostatic sensors, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.59, no.5, pp.1477-1484, 2010.

Xu Y, Wang H, Cui Z, Dong F and Yan Y, Separation of gas-liquid two-phase flow through independent component analysis, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.59, no.5, pp.1294-1302, 2010.

Meng Z, Huang Z, Wang B, Ji H, Li H and Yan Y, Air-water two-phase flow measurement using a venturi meter and an electrical resistance tomography sensor, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, vol.21, pp.268-276, 2010.

Smart J, Lu G, Yan Y and Riley G, Characterisation of an oxy-coal flame through digital imaging, Combustion and Flame, vol.157, no.6, pp.1132-1139, 2010.

Chi T, Zhang H, Yan Y, Zhou H, Zheng H, Investigations into the ignition behaviors of pulverized coals and coal blends in a drop tube furnace using flame monitoring techniques, Fuel, vol.89, no.3, 2010, pp.743-751, 2010.

Chinnayya A, Chtab A, Shao J Q, Carter R M, Yan Y, Caillat S, ‘Characterization of pneumatic transportation of pulverised coal in a horizontal pipeline through measurement and computational modelling’, Fuel, vol.88, no.12, pp.2348-2356, 2009.

Molcan P, Lu G, Le Bris T, Yan Y, Taupin B, Caillat S, ‘Characterisation of biomass and coal co-firing on a 3 MWth Combustion Test Facility using flame imaging and gas/ash sampling techniques’, Fuel, vol.88, no.12, pp.2328-2334, 2009.

Krabicka J, Yan Y, ‘Finite-element modeling of electrostatic sensors for the flow measurement of particles in pneumatic pipelines’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.58, no.8, pp.2730-2736, 2009.

Song D, Peng LH, Lu G, Yang SY, Yan Y, ‘Velocity measurement of pneumatically conveyed particles through digital imaging’, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol.149, no.2, pp.180-188, 2009.

Carter R M, Yan Y, ‘The effect of illumination wavelength on the measurement of size distribution of very small particles using a novel imaging based system’, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, vol.25, no.4, pp.298-305, 2008.

Shao J, Yan Y, ‘Digital-imaging-based measurement of diesel spray characteristics’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.57, no.9, pp.2067-2073, 2008.

Zhang H J, He Q, Yan Y, ‘A new nondestructive technique for measuring pressure in vessels by surface waves’, Applied Acoustics, vol.69, no.10, pp.891–900, 2008.

Lu G, Yan Y, Cornwell S, Whitehouse M and Riley G, ‘Impact of co-firing coal and biomass on flame characteristics and stability’, Fuel, vol.87, pp.1133–1140, 2008.

Peng L H, Zhang Y and Yan Y, ‘Characterization of electrostatic sensors for flow measurement of particulate solids in square-shaped pneumatic conveying pipelines’, Sensors and Actuators A: vol.141, pp.59-67, 2008.

Cao Z, Wang H X, Yang W Q and Yan Y, ‘A calculable sensor for electrical impedance tomography’, Sensors and Actuators A: vol.140 pp.156–161, 2007.

Shao J Q, Krabicka J, and Yan Y, ‘Comparative studies of electrostatic sensors with circular and probe electrodes for the velocity measurement of pulverised coal’, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instruments, vol.28, no.11, pp.1921-1926, 2007.

Carter R M and Yan Y, ‘On-line non-intrusive particle size measurement of pulverised fuel through digital imaging’, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instruments, vol.28, no.11, pp.1942-1946, 2007.

Zhang B, Wang T, Xu L, Yan Y, ‘On-line monitoring of pneumatic conveyance of particulate solids’, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instruments, vol.28, no.11, pp.1999-2002, 2007.

Gilabert G, Lu G, Yan Y, ‘Three-dimensional tomographic reconstruction of the luminosity distribution of a combustion flame’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.56, no.4, pp.1300-1306. 2007.

Wang C, Qian X C, Wang X Y, Wang H X, Yan Y, ‘Multi-frequency based measurement of bioelectrical impedance’, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instruments, vol.28, no.6, pp.961-965, 2007.

Xu L, Yan Y, ‘An improved algorithm for the measurement of flame flicker frequency’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.56, no.5, pp.2087-2093, 2007.

Ding H, Huang Z Y, Song Z H, Yan Y, ‘Hilbert-Huang transform based signal analysis for the characterization of gas-liquid two-phase flow’, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, vol.18, no.1, pp.37-46, 2007.

Yan Y, Xu L, Lee P, ‘Mass flow measurement of fine particles in a pneumatic suspension using electrostatic sensing and neural network techniques’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.55, no.6, pp.2330-2334, 2006.

Carter R M, Yan Y, Lee P, ‘On-line nonintrusive measurement of particle size distribution through digital imaging’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement; vol.55, no.6, pp.2034-2038, 2006.

Lu G, Yan Y, ‘Temperature profiling of pulverised coal flames using multi-colour pyrometric and digital imaging techniques’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.55, no.4, pp.1303-1308, 2006.

Xu L, Yan Y, ‘New Flame Monitor with Triple Photovoltaic Cells’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.55, no.4, pp.1416-1421, 2006.

Zhang J Q, Yan Y, ‘Detecting the blockage of the sensing lines of a differential-pressure flow sensor in a dynamic process using wavelet transform techniques’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.55, no.4, pp.1443-1448, 2006.

Lu G, Yan Y, Colechin M and Hill R, ‘Monitoring of oscillatory characteristics of pulverised coal flames through image processing and spectral analysis’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.55, no.1, pp. 286-231, 2006.

Carter R M, Yan Y, Tomlins K, 'Digital imaging based classification and authentication of granular food products', Measurement Science and Technology, vol.17, no.2, pp.235-240, 2006.

Yan Y, 'Continuous measurement of particulate emissions - a technique based on electrostatic sensing and digital signal processing', IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, vo.8, no.4, pp.35-39, 2005

Carter R M, Yan Y and Cameron S. D, 'On-line measurement of particle size distribution and mass flow rate of particles in a pneumatic suspension using combined imaging and electrostatic sensors', Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, vol.16, no.5, pp.309-314, 2005.

Xu L, Yan Y, Cornwell S, Riley G, ‘On-line fuel tracking by combining principal component analysis and neural network techniques’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.54, no.4, pp.1640-1645, 2005.

Brisley P B, Lu G, Yan Y, Cornwell S, ‘Three dimensional temperature measurement of combustion flames using a single monochromatic CCD camera’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.54, no.4, pp.1417-1421, 2005.

Carter R M and Yan Y, ‘An instrumentation system using combined sensing strategies for on-line mass flow rate measurement and particle sizing’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.54, no.4, pp.1433-1437, 2005.

Bheemul H C, Lu G, Yan Y, ‘Digital imaging based three-dimensional characterization of combustion flames’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.54, no.3, pp.1073-1078, 2005.

Xu L, Zhang J Q and Yan Y, ‘A wavelet-based multi-sensor data fusion algorithm’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.53, no.6, pp.1539-1545, 2004.

Xu L, Yan Y, Cornwell C and Riley G, ‘On-line fuel identification using digital signal processing and fuzzy inference techniques’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.53, no.4, pp.1316-1320, 2004.

Lu G, Yan Y and Colechin M, ‘A digital imaging based multi-functional flame monitoring system’, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.53, no.4, pp.1152-1158, 2004.

Xu L and Yan Y, ‘Wavelet-based removal of sinusoidal interference from a signal’, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.15, no.9, pp.1779-1786, 2004.

Zhang J Q and Yan Y, ‘On-line continuous measurement of particle size using electrostatic sensors’, Powder Technology, vol.135-136, pp.164-168, 2003.

Carter R M and Yan Y, ‘On-line particle sizing of pulverized and granular fuels using digital imaging techniques’, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.14, no.7, pp.1099-1109, 2003.

Shao J, Yan Y, Greeves G and Smith S, ‘Quantitative characterization of diesel sprays using digital imaging techniques’, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.14, no.7, pp.1110-1116, 2003.

Lu G, Yan Y, Riley G, Bheemul H C, 'Concurrent measurement of temperature and soot concentration of pulverized coal flames', IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol.51, no.5, pp.990-995, 2002.

Jiang F, Liu S, Lu G, Yan Y, Wang H, Song Y, Ma R, and Pan Z, ‘Experimental study on measurement of flame temperature distribution using the two-colour method’, Chinese Journal of Thermal Science. Vol.11, no.4, pp.378-382, 2002.

Bheemul H C, Lu G, Yan Y, 'Three-dimensional visualization and quantitative characterization of gaseous flames', Measurement Science and Technology, vol.13, no.10, pp.1643-1650, 2002.

Yan Y, Lu G and Colechin M, 'Monitoring and characterisation of pulverised coal flames using digital imaging techniques', Fuel, vol.81, no.5, pp.647-656, 2002.

Zhang J Q and Yan Y, ‘A wavelet based approach to abrupt fault detection and diagnosis of sensors’, IEEE Transactions of Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.50, no.5, pp.1389-1396, 2001.

Zhang J Q and Yan Y, ‘Online validation of the measurement uncertainty of a sensor using wavelet transforms’, IEE Proceedings on Science, Measurement and Technology, vol.148, no.5, pp.210-214, 2001.

Barratt I R, Yan Y and Byrne B, ‘A parallel-beam radiometric instrumentation system for the mass flow measurement of pneumatically conveyed solids’, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.12, no.9, pp.1515-1528, 2001.

Huang Y P and Yan Y, ‘Transient two-dimensional temperature measurement of open flames by dual spectral image analysis’, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, vol.22, no.5, pp.371-384, 2000.

Huang Y P, Yan Y and Riley G, ’Vision-based measurement of temperature distribution in a 500kW model furnace using the two colour method’, Measurement, vol.28, no.3, pp.175-183, 2000.

Yan Y and Reed A R, ‘On-line flow measurement of particulate solids in pipelines’, Sensors & Systems (in Russian), vol.14, no.5, pp.42-48, 2000.

Lu G, Yan Y, Ward D D, ‘Advanced monitoring, characterisation and evaluation of gas fired flames in a utility boiler’, Journal of the Institute of Energy, vol.73, pp.43-49, 2000.

Yan Y and Ma J, ‘Measurement of particulate velocity under stack flow conditions’, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.11, no.1, pp.59-65, 2000.

Zhang J Q, Ma J, Yan Y, ‘Assessing the sensing line blockage of a differential pressure flow sensor using the wavelet transform of its outputs’, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.11, no.3, pp.178-184, 2000.

Barratt I R, Yan Y, Byrne B, M S A Bradley, ‘Mass flow measurement of pneumatically conveyed solids using radiometric sensors’, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, vol.11, no.3, pp.223-236, 2000.