- Yong-Le Nian , Xiang-Yang Wang , Wen-Long Cheng. Sequential estimation of borehole resistance and ground thermal properties through thermal response test. International Journal of Energy Research 2020; 152: 1209-1219..
- Yong-Le Nian , Xiang-Yang Wang , Kun Xie , Wen-Long Cheng. Estimation of ground thermal properties for coaxial BHE through distributed thermal response test. Renewable Energy 2020; 152: 1209-1219..
- Yong-Le Nian, Bing-Bing Han, Wen-Long Cheng. Experimental study on combination hot water-CO2-chemical flooding with effects on oil recovery and heat transfer. Applied Thermal Engineering 2020; 166, 114683..
- Yong-Le Nian, Wen-Long Cheng, Xing-Yu Yang, Kun Xie.Simulation of a novel deep ground source heat pump system using abandoned oil wells with coaxial BHE. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ，2019，137：400-412..
- Yong-Le Nian, Kun Xie, Wen-Long Cheng. Analysis and optimization of underground thermal energy storage using depleted oil wells. Energy，2018，163：1006-1016..
- Yong-Le Nian, Wen-Long Cheng. Insights into geothermal utilization of abandoned oil and gas wells．Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews，2018，44：44-60..
- Yong-Le Nian，Wen-Long Cheng．Evaluation of geothermal heating from abandoned oil wells．Energy，2018，142：592-207..
- Yong-Le Nian，Wen-Long Cheng．Analytical g-function for vertical geothermal boreholes with effect of borehole heat capacity．Applied Thermal Engineering，2018，104：733-744..
- Yong-Le Nian，Wen-Long Cheng．Estimation of oil reservoir parameters from temperature data for water injection．Measurement，2018，129：1-10..
- Yong-Le Nian，Wen-Long Cheng．Insights into heat transport for thermal oil recovery．Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering，2017,151: 507-521..