Professor Xi Jiang

Professor

Profile

Professor Jiang has been the Chair in Energy Use and Transport in the University of Lancaster since 2009. He has an academic profile previously developed at Brunel University, Queen Mary University of London, Building Research Establishment, Seoul National University and University of Science and Technology of China. His research has been in the broad area of Energy & Environments, mainly on the border of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, with a focus on Energy & Flow Physics research using high-fidelity numerical modelling and simulations. Using advanced modelling/simulation methods such as direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large–eddy simulation (LES) and multiscale modelling, he has investigated a broad range of engineering problems of fluid flow, turbulence, heat and mass transfer, combustion and aeroacoustics, including DNS and LES of reacting flows such as hydrogen-enriched fuel (syngas) combustion and gas-liquid two-phase flows, LES of fuel injection and spray combustion, and numerical simulations of geological carbon storage. Most of his computational work has been performed on the national high-performance computing facilities. His on-going research activities mainly include the applications of modelling and simulation to three areas: (1) cleaner energy utilisation, (2) flow in porous media and geological carbon storage, and (3) battery thermal management and thermal management in electronic systems. He is currently the principal investigator of two EPSRC projects, as well as the co-investigator of “UK Turbulence Consortium” as the leader of work package “Multiphase flows” (2009-14) and “Turbulence in thermal/energy systems” (2013-18) respectively.

In his research field of Energy & Flow Physics, he has an international profile with more than 100 journal and conference publications, including top journals in the field such as Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Applied Energy, Journal of Power Sources, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Combustion and Flame, Fuel, Physics of Fluids, AIAA Journal, Numerical Heat Transfer and ASME Journal of Heat Transfer etc. He is the leading author of a Taylor & Francis book “Numerical Techniques for Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations”, published in 2009. In addition, he was the winner of the Gaydon Prize for the most significant UK contribution to the 28th Symposium (International) on Combustion by the Combustion Institute (British Section) in 2002. He has been a regular reviewer of several leading journals and serves as a Computational Fluid Dynamics Subject Editor of International Journal of Computer Mathematics. He is currently an EPSRC Peer Review College Member and sits in various assessment panels. He has also been involved in organizing a few international conferences in energy utilisation & multi-phase flows.

His teaching experience covers different subjects in Mechanical, Chemical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering. He is currently chairing the Department Teaching Committee and had been the Undergraduate Director of Study for Chemical, Nuclear and Sustainable Engineering (2011-13).

Selected papers from the Twelfth International Conference on Combustion and Energy Utilisation (12th ICCEU)
Jiang, X., Kraft, M., Yan, J. 15/10/2015 In: Applied Energy. 156, 2 p.
Editorial

Numerical analyses of the effects of nitrogen on the dissolution trapping mechanism of carbon dioxide geological storage
Li, D., Jiang, X., Meng, Q., Xie, Q. 2/07/2015 In: Computers and Fluids. 114, p. 1-11. 11 p.
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An investigation of the chemical kinetics of biogas combustion
Fischer, M., Jiang, X. 15/06/2015 In: Fuel. 150, p. 711-720. 10 p.
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An investigation of lithium-ion battery thermal management using paraffin/porous-graphite-matrix composite
Greco, A., Jiang, X., Cao, D. 15/03/2015 In: Journal of Power Sources. 278, p. 50–68. 19 p.
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An assessment of chemical kinetics for bio-syngas combustion
Fischer, M., Jiang, X. 1/10/2014 In: Fuel. 137, p. 293-305. 13 p.
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Numerical investigation of the burning characteristics of ventilation air methane in a combustion based mitigation system
Mira Martinez, D., Cluff, D., Jiang, X. 1/10/2014 In: Fuel. 133, p. 182-193. 12 p.
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The leakage behavior of supercritical CO2 flow in an experimental pipeline system
Xie, Q., Tu, R., Jiang, X., Li, K., Zhou, X. 1/10/2014 In: Applied Energy. 130, p. 574-580. 7 p.
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A numerical study of the impurity effects of nitrogen and sulfur dioxide on the solubility trapping of carbon dioxide geological storage
Li, D., Jiang, X. 1/09/2014 In: Applied Energy. 128, p. 60–74. 15 p.
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Near-field local flame extinction of oxy-syngas non-premixed jet flames: a DNS study
Ranga Dinesh, K., van Oijen, J.A., Luo, K.H., Jiang, X. 15/08/2014 In: Fuel. 130, p. 189–196. 8 p.
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The flow and heat transfer characteristics of supercritical CO2 leakage from a pipeline
Li, K., Zhou, X., Tu, R., Xie, Q., Jiang, X. 15/07/2014 In: Energy. 71, p. 665-672. 8 p.
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A theoretical and computational study of lithium-ion battery thermal management for electric vehicles using heat pipes
Greco, A., Cao, D., Jiang, X., Yang, H. 07/2014 In: Journal of Power Sources. 257, p. 344-355. 12 p.
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Numerical assessment of subgrid scale models for scalar transport in large-eddy simulations of hydrogen-enriched fuels
Mira Martinez, D., Jiang, X., Moulinec, C., Emerson, D.R. 5/05/2014 In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 39, 14, p. 7173-7189. 17 p.
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Hydrogen-enriched non-premixed jet flames: analysis of the flame surface, flame normal, flame index and Wobbe index
Ranga Dinesh, K.K.J., Jiang, X., van Oijen, J.A. 15/04/2014 In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 39, 12, p. 6753-6763. 11 p.
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Numerical analyses of the solubility trapping of CO2 storage in geological formations
Meng, Q., Jiang, X. 2014 In: Applied Energy. 130, p. 581-591. 11 p.
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Large-eddy simulation of mixing and combustion in a premixed swirling combustor with synthesis gases
Zheng, Y., Zhu, M., Mira Martinez, D., Jiang, X. 15/12/2013 In: Computers and Fluids. 88, p. 702-714. 13 p.
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Numerical simulations of turbulent non-premixed jet flames of hydrogen-enriched fuels
Mira Martinez, D., Jiang, X., Moulinec, C., Emerson, D. 15/12/2013 In: Computers and Fluids. 88, p. 688-701. 14 p.
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Capturing CO2 in flue gas from fossil fuel-fired power plants using dry regenerable alkali metal-based sorbent
Zhao, C., Chen, X., Anthony, E.J., Jiang, X., Duan, L., Wu, Y., Dong, W., Zhao, C. 12/2013 In: Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. 39, 6, p. 515-534. 20 p.
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Modelling and monitoring of geological carbon storage: a perspective on cross-validation
Jiang, X., Akber Hassan, W.A., Gluyas, J. 12/2013 In: Applied Energy. 112, p. 784-792. 9 p.
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Large-eddy simulations of unsteady hydrogen annular flames
Mira Martinez, D., Jiang, X. 10/07/2013 In: Computers and Fluids. 80, p. 429–440. 12 p.
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Numerical investigations of a hydrogen impinging flame with different finite-rate chemical kinetic mechanisms
Mira Martinez, D., Jiang, X. 07/2013 In: Fuel. 109, p. 285-296. 12 p.
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Direct numerical simulation of nonpremixed syngas burning with detailed chemistry
Ranga Dinesh, K., Jiang, X., van Oijen, J.A. 05/2013 In: Fuel. 107, p. 343-355. 13 p.
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Hydrogen-enriched non-premixed jet flames: compositional structures with near-wall effects
Ranga Dinesh, K., Jiang, X., van Oijen, J.A. 22/04/2013 In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 38, 12, p. 5150-5164. 15 p.
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Hydrogen-enriched nonpremixed jet flames: effects of preferential diffusion
Ranga Dinesh, K., Jiang, X., van Oijen, J.A., Bastiaans, R.J.M., de Goey, L. 15/04/2013 In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 38, 11, p. 4848-4863. 16 p.
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Large eddy simulation of fuel variability and flame dynamics of hydrogen-enriched nonpremixed flames
Ranga Dinesh, K., Jiang, X., Malalasekera, W., Odedra, A. 03/2013 In: Fuel Processing Technology. 107, p. 2-13. 12 p.
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Numerical investigation of the effects of fuel variability on the dynamics of syngas impinging jet flames
Mira Martinez, D., Jiang, X., Moulinec, C., Emerson, D. 01/2013 In: Fuel. 103, p. 646–662. 17 p.
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Influence of fuel variability on the characteristics of impinging non-premixed syngas burning
Ranga Dinesh, K., Jiang, X., van Oijen, J., Bastiaans, R., de Goey, L. 2013 In: Symposium International on Combustion. 34, 2, p. 3219–3229. 11 p.
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Upscaling and its application in numerical simulation of long-term CO2 storage
Akber Hassan, W.A., Jiang, X. 12/2012 In: Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology. 2, 6, p. 408–418. 11 p.
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Combustion characteristics of H2/N2 and H2/CO syngas nonpremixed flames
Ranga Dinesh, K., Jiang, X., Kirkpatrick, M., Malalasekera, W. 11/2012 In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 37, 21, p. 16186-16200. 15 p.
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Numerical simulation of hydrogen impinging jet flame using flamelet generated manifold reduction
Dinesh, K.K.J.R., Jiang, X., van Oijen, J.A. 03/2012 In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 37, 5, p. 4502-4515. 14 p.
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Analysis of impinging wall effects on hydrogen non-premixed flame
Dinesh, K.K.J.R., Jiang, X., van Oijen, J.A. 2012 In: Combustion Science and Technology. 184, 9, p. 1244-1268. 25 p.
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A review of physical modelling and numerical simulation of long-term geological storage of CO2
Jiang, X. 11/2011
Scientific review

Swirling and impinging effects in an annular nonpremixed jet flame
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H., de Goey, L.P.H., Bastiaans, R.J.M., van Oijen, J.A. 01/2011 In: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 86, 1, p. 63-88. 26 p.
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Large Eddy Simulation of Diesel Fuel Injection and Mixing in a HSDI Engine
Jagus, K., Jiang, X. 2011 In: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 87, 2-3, p. 473-491. 19 p.
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Physical modelling and advanced simulations of gas-liquid two-phase jet flows in atomization and sprays
Jiang, X., Siamas, G.A., Jagus, K., Karayiannis, T.G. 04/2010
Scientific review

Numerical studies of vortex shedding in forced oscillatory non-premixed flames
Jiang, X. 2010 In: 9th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 4th Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics. BRISTOL : IOP Publishing Ltd p. -. 10 p. ISBN: *****************.
Conference contribution

Assessment of large-eddy simulation feasibility in modelling the unsteady diesel fuel injection and mixing in a high-speed direct-injection engine
Jagus, K., Jiang, X., Dober, G., Greeves, G., Milanovic, N., Zhao, H. 08/2009 In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering. 223, D8, p. 1033-1048. 16 p.
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Numerical investigation of a perturbed swirling annular two-phase jet
Siamas, G.A., Jiang, X., Wrobel, L.C. 06/2009 In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 30, 3, p. 481-493. 13 p.
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Dynamics of annular gas-liquid two-phase swirling jets
Siamas, G.A., Jiang, X., Wrobel, L.C. 05/2009 In: International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 35, 5, p. 450-467. 18 p.
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Direct numerical simulation of the near-field dynamics of annular gas-liquid two-phase jets
Siamas, G.A., Jiang, X., Wrobel, L.C. 04/2009 In: Physics of Fluids. 21, 4, p. -. 14 p.
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Numerical Techniques for Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations
Jiang, X., Lai, C. 2009 Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Ltd.. 264 p. ISBN: 9781420075786.
Book

Parallel direct numerical simulation of an annular gas-liquid two-phase jet with swirl
Siamas, G.A., Jiang, X., Wrobel, L.C. 2009 In: Parallel scientific computing and optimization. New York : Springer p. 223-236. 14 p. ISBN: 978-0-387-09706-0.
Conference contribution

A numerical study of an annular liquid jet in a compressible gas medium
Siamas, G.A., Jiang, X., Wrobel, L.C. 04/2008 In: International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 34, 4, p. 393-407. 15 p.
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Analytical equilibrium swirling inflow conditions for computational fluid dynamics
Jiang, X., Siamas, G.A., Wrobel, L.C. 04/2008 In: AIAA Journal. 46, 4, p. 1015-1019. 5 p.
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Analysis of controlled auto-ignition/HCCI combustion in a direct injection gasoline engine with single and split fuel injections
Cao, L., Zhao, H., Jiang, X. 2008 In: Combustion Science and Technology. 180, 1, p. 176-205. 30 p.
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Analysis of zero-net-mass-flux synthetic jets using DNS
Hayes-McCoy, D., Jiang, X., Lockerby, D. 2008 In: WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics. 3, 1
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Direct numerical simulation of a liquid sheet in a compressible gas stream in axisymmetric and planar configurations
Siamas, G.A., Jiang, X. 11/2007 In: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 21, 6, p. 447-471. 25 p.
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Direct numerical simulation of a non-premixed impinging jet flame
Jiang, X., Zhao, H., Luo, K.H. 08/2007 In: Journal of Heat Transfer . 129, 8, p. 951-957. 7 p.
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Direct computation of perturbed impinging hot jets
Jiang, X., Zhao, H., Luo, K.H., Jiang, X. 02/2007 In: Computers and Fluids. 36, 2, p. 259-272. 14 p.
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Direct computation of an annular liquid jet
Jiang, X., Siamas, G.A. 01/2007 In: Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology. 1, 1, p. 103-125. 23 p.
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A comparative RANS/LES study of transient gas jets and sprays under diesel conditions
Valentino, M., Jiang, X., Zhao, H. 2007 In: Atomization and Sprays. 17, 5, p. 451-472. 22 p.
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Direct computation of liquid sheets in a compressible gas medium
Jiang, X., Siamas, G.A., Wrobel, L. 2007 In: Advances in turbulence XI. Berlin : SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN p. 761-761. 1 p. ISBN: 978-3-540-72603-6.
Conference contribution

Simulation of the air/fuel mixing of an HSDI diesel engine: part 1: a new dense spray vapour coupling submodel
Sterno, N., Greeves, G., Tullis, S., Jiang, X., Zhao, H. 12/2006 In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering. 220, D12, p. 1793-1805. 13 p.
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Numerical simulations of the flow and sound fields of a heated axisymmetric pulsating jet
Jiang, X., Zhao, H., Cao, L. 02/2006 In: Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 51, 3-4, p. 643-660. 18 p.
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Direct simulations of a transitional unsteady impinging hot jet
Jiang, X., Zhao, H., Luo, K.H. 2006 In: Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation VI. DORDRECHT : Springer p. 487-494. 8 p. ISBN: 1-4020-4909-9.
Conference contribution

Numerical investigation into effect of fuel injection timing on CAI/HCCI combustion in a four-stroke GDI engine
Cao, L., Zhao, H., Jiang, X., Kalian, N. 2006 In: International Journal of Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics. 7, 1, p. 41-57. 17 p.
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Mixture formation and controlled auto-ignition combustion in four-stroke gasoline engines with port and direct fuel injections
Cao, L., Zhao, H., Jiang, X., Kalian, N. 08/2005 In: International Journal of Engine Research. 6, 4, p. 311-329. 19 p.
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Understanding the influence of valve timings on controlled autoignition combustion in a four-stroke port fuel injection engine
Cao, L., Zhao, H., Jiang, X., Kalian, N. 06/2005 In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering. 219, D6, p. 807-823. 17 p.
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Direct computation of a heated axisymmetric pulsating jet
Jiang, X., Zhao, H., Cao, L., Jiang, X. 12/2004 In: Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A Applications. 46, 10, p. 957-979. 23 p.
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Numerical simulations of buoyant reactive jets with sidewall effects
Zhang, H.P., Jiang, X., Wang, W., Yang, Y., Xu, L., Fan, W.C. 10/2004 In: Chinese Science Bulletin. 49, 19, p. 2105-2109. 5 p.
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Direct computation and aeroacoustic modelling of a subsonic axisymmetric jet
Jiang, X., Avital, E.J., Luo, K.H. 23/02/2004 In: Journal of Sound and Vibration. 270, 3, p. 525-538. 14 p.
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Sound generation by vortex pairing in subsonic axisymmetric jets
Jiang, X., Avital, E.J., Luo, K.H., Jiang, X. 02/2004 In: AIAA Journal. 42, 2, p. 241-248. 8 p.
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Dynamics and structure of transitional buoyant jet diffusion flames with side-wall effects
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H. 04/2003 In: Combustion and Flame. 133, 1-2, p. 29-45. 17 p.
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Direct numerical simulation of the near field dynamics of a rectangular reactive plume
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H. 12/2001 In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 22, 6, p. 633-642. 10 p.
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Direct numerical simulation of transitional noncircular buoyant reactive jets
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H. 12/2001 In: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 15, 3, p. 183-198. 16 p.
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Spatial DNS of flow transition of a rectangular buoyant reacting free-jet
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H. 22/10/2001 In: Journal of Turbulence. 2, p. art. no.-015. 18 p.
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Mixing and entrainment of transitional non-circular buoyant reactive plumes
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H. 09/2001 In: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 67, 1, p. 57-79. 23 p.
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Direct numerical simulation of the puffing phenomenon of an axisymmetric thermal plume
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H. 05/2000 In: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 14, 1, p. 55-74. 20 p.
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Spatial direct numerical simulation of the large vortical structures in forced plumes
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H. 03/2000 In: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 64, 1, p. 43-69. 27 p.
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Combustion-induced buoyancy effects of an axisymmetric reactive plume
Jiang, X., Luo, K.H. 2000 In: Symposium International on Combustion. 28, 2, p. 1989-1995. 7 p.
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