Publication

2011

Journals, Chapters

T. Tan and Y. Chen, Z. Chen, N. Siegel, and G. J. Kolb, “Wind effect on the performance of solid particle solar receivers with and without the protection of an aerowindow,” SOLAR ENERGY, (accepted and in press)
T. Tan, Y. Chen, and Z. Chen, “Performance of Solid Particle Receivers with or without the Protection of an Aerowindow,” JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, (accepted and in press)
T. Hung, T. Han, and Y. Chen, "The Recovery of Waste Heat from HCCI Engine via ORC towards Optimal Energy Conversion," JOURNAL OF CHINESE SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (accepted and in press).
K. Lan, Y. Chen, T. Yeh, and G. Yu, "Scale removal oxidation behavior of metal in supercritical water modeled by cellular automation," PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, (accepted and in press).
J. Li, Y. Chen, and Y. Liu, "Mathematical Simulation of Metamaterial Solar Cells," ADVANCES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS, (accepted and in press).
C. Soontrapa and Y. Chen, "Molecular dynamics potentials in magnetite (Fe3O4) modeling," COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE, (accepted and in press).
J. Nie, Y. Chen, and J. Wu, "Numerical simulations of flow and heat transfer in a simplified bipolar plate, with experimental validations," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW, (accepted and in press).
V. Ponyavin, Y. Chen, T. Mohamed, M. Trabia, A. E. Hechanova, and Merrill Wilson, “Design of a Compact Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer for Hydrogen Production. Part II: Parametric Study,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT EXCHANGERS (accepted and in press)
V. Ponyavin, Y. Chen, T. Mohamed, M. Trabia, A. E. Hechanova, and Merrill Wilson, “Design of a Compact Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer for Hydrogen Production. Part I: Modeling,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT EXCHANGERS (accepted and in press)
C. Soontrapa, Y. Chen, T. Tan, "Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Iron in Liquid Lead under Oxygen Control (Part I): Parameterization for Modeling Litharge (PbO) and Magnetite (Fe3O4) Formations," JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, (accepted and in minor revision).
C. Soontrapa, Y. Chen, T. Tan, "Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Iron in Liquid Lead under Oxygen Control (Part II): System Behaviors Relevant to Oxidation and Corrosion at Atomistic Level," JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, (accepted and in major revision).
R. Boehm, Some Solar Related Technologies and Their Applications, Chapter 1 in ENERGY & POWER GENERATION: SELECT APPROACHES (K. R. Rao, Editor), ASME, New York, N.Y. 2011.
H. Deng and R. Boehm, An Estimation of the Performance Limits and Improvement of Dry Cooling on Trough Solar Thermal Plants, APPLIED ENERGY, 88 (1), 2011, 216-223.
C. Halford and R. Boehm, An On-Sun Parametric Study of Hydrogen Production Using WO3¬ Photoanodes, EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 35(1), 2011, 180-189.
S. B. Sadineni, T. France, R. F. Boehm, Economic Feasibility of Energy Efficiency Measures in Residential Buildings, RENEWABLE ENERGY, 2011, Vol. 36, pp. 2925-2931.
S. B. Sadineni, S. Madala, R. F. Boehm, Passive Building Energy Savings: A Review of Building Envelope Components, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 15(8), October 2011, 3617-3631.
L. Zhu, R. F. Boehm, Y. Wang, C. Halford, Y. Sun, Water Immersion Cooling of PV Cells in a High Concentration System, SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS & SOLAR CELLS, 95, 2011, 538-545.

Refereed Conference Papers

V. Nagarajan, Y. Chen, T. Hung, Q. Wang, and V. Ponyavin, "Numerical modeling of bayonet type heat exchanger and decomposer for the decomposition of sulfuric acid to sulfur dioxide," Proceedings of IWHT2011, 2011 International Workshop on Heat Transfer Advances for Energy Conservation and Pollution Control, October 17-20, 2011, Xi'an, China.
K. Agyenim-Boateng, R. Boehm, Impact of Storage Integrated Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Power System on Utility Peak Loads, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington, D. C., USA.
W. Concina, S. B. Sadineni, R. F. Boehm, Solar Assisted Desiccant Cooling System Simulations for Different Climate Zones, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C., USA.
W. Concina, S. B. Sadineni, R. F. Boehm, Development of a Façade Evaluation Facility for Experimental Study of Building Energy, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C., USA.
A. Darwish, R. Boehm, Optical and Thermal Analysis for Immersed Cooling of Photovoltaic Cells in a Highly Concentrated Beam, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C., USA.
A. Darwish, R. Boehm, Compressed Air Energy Storage Flow and Power Analysis, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C., USA.
J. D. Realmuto, S. B. Sadineni, S. Madala, R. F. Boehm, “Experimental Comparison for Utility Scale Installations”, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C., USA.
S. B. Sadineni, F. Attallah, R. F. Boehm, “Measurements and Simulations of Electric Demand from Residential Buildings for Peak Load Reduction”, Submitted to ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C., USA.
S. B. Sadineni, F. Atallah and R. F. Boehm, Optimization Of A Coupled Vapor Compression and Absorption Cooling System Driven by Gas Fueled IC Engine, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C.
S. B. Sadineni, J. D. Realmuto, R. F. Boehm, “An Integrated performance monitoring and solar tracking system for utility scale PV plants”, ASME Power, July 12-14, 2011, Denver, CO, USA.
A. Sahm, K Agyenim-Boateng, K. Hynes, K. Hammer, T. Roberts, R. Boehm, K. W. Stone, Two Types of Calorimeters for Assessing Fresnel Lens Performance in Concentrating Solar Systems, Proceedings of the ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ESFuelCell2011, August 7-10, 2011 Washington D.C., USA.
G. Wood, K. W. Stone, A. Sahm, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, Performance of the Amonix’s High Concentrating Multi-junction Photovoltaic System at Southern Nevada Water Authority River Mountain Water Treatment Facility. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ESFuelCell2011, August 7-10, 2011 Washington D.C., USA.
Y. Baghzouz and M. Etezadi -Amoli, "Air Conditioning Load Control in Residential Feeders under The Presence of Distributed PV Systems", European Conference on Power and Energy Systems, June 22-24, 2011, Crete, Greece.
G.K. Ari and Y. Baghzouz, "Impact of High PV Penetration on Voltage Regulation in Electrical Distribution Systems", 3rd International Conference on Clean Electrical Power, June 14-16, 2011, Ischia, Italy.
R. F. Boehm, Water-immersion cooling of photovoltaic cells in high fluxes, April 14, 2011, SPIE Newsroom (DOI: 10.1117/2.1201103.003564).
Y. Sun, L. Zhu, Y. Wang, R. F. Boehm, A. M. Sahm and Z. Zhao, Performance of Liquid-immersed Silicon Solar Cells under Highly Intensified Illumination, The International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems CPV-7, April 4-6, 2011, Las Vegas, USA.

2010

Journals, Chapters

J. Nie, D. A. Hopkins, Y. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, "Development of an Object-oriented Finite Element Program with Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Multiphysics Applications, ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE, 41 (2010), pp. 569-579.
J. Nie and Y. Chen, Numerical modeling of three-dimensional two-phase gas-liquid flow in the flow field plate of a PEM electrolysis cell, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 35 (2010), pp. 3183-3197.
S. Sadineni and R. Boehm, Concentrator Solar Cell Installations at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Chapter 16 in SOLAR CELLS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2010, 361-376.
T. Tan and Y. Chen, Review of Study on Solid Particle Solar Receivers, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 14 (2010), pp. 265-276.

Refereed Conference Papers

K. Lan, Y. Chen, T. Yeh, and G. P. Yu, "Scale removal oxidation behavior of metal in supercritical water modeled by cellular automation," The third International Symposium on Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems (INES-3), November 1-3, 2010.
L. Zhu, Y. Wang, R. F. Boehm, Y. Sun, C. Halford, Thermal and electrical performance of DI water immersed PV cells under 250X dish concentration, Proceedings of the 25th EU PVSEC/WCPEC-5, September 6 – 10, 2010, Valencia, Spain.
T. Tan and Y. Chen, "Cellular Automata Modeling on the Corrosion and Oxidation Processes in Flowing Nuclear Coolant Environment," Proceedings of the 2nd Cellular Automata Workshop of WorldComp 10, 2010 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'10), July 12-15, 2010, Las Vegas, USA, Paper ID#: CSC7112.
T. Tan and Y. Chen, "Review of Study on Solid Particle Solar Receivers," Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference in Taiwan, July 29-31, 2010.
KM N. Ahsan, R. F. Boehm, Y. Chen, and J. Nie, "Numerical Modeling of Turbulent Natural Convection in Concentrating Photovoltaic System," Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES2010-90187, ICOES4, May 17-22, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
G. Wood, K. W. Stone, A. Sahm, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, Installation and Operation of Southern Nevada Water Authority High Concentration Amonix Multi-Junction System, Proceedings of the ASME 2010 4th International Conference of Energy Sustainability, ES2010, May 17-22, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
J. Nie, Y. Chen, Lloyd Brown, and Bunsen Wong, "Numerical Modeling of Droplet Vaporization in the Quenching Process of the Solar Cadmium Hydrogen Cycle," The 8th Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, January 10-14, 2010, Hong Kong, China.

2009

Journals, Chapters

X. He, R. F. Boehm, Direct Solar Water Splitting Cell Using Water, WO3, Pt, and Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, ENERGY, 34(10), 2009, 1454-1457.
X. He, R. F. Boehm, Direct Solar Water Splitting Cell Using Water, WO3, Pt, and Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, ENERGY-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, Volume 34, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 1454-1457
V. Nagarajan, V. Ponyavin, Y. Chen, Milton E. Vernon, Paul Pickard, and Anthony E. Hechanova, CFD Modeling and Experimental Validation of Sulfur Trioxide Decomposition in Bayonet Type Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer for Different Packed Bed Designs, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 34 (2009), pp. 2543-2557.
J. H. Nie, Y. T. Chen and H. T. Hsieh, Effects of a baffle on separated convection flow adjacent to backward-facing step, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES, 48(3), 618-625, 2009.
J. H. Nie, Y. T. Chen, S. Cohen, B. Carter and R. Boehm, Numerical and Experimental Study of Three-Dimensional Fluid Flow in the Bipolar Plate of a PEM Electrolysis Cell, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES, 48(10), 2009, 1914-1922.
T. Tan, Y. Chen, and X. Tan, “Buoyancy Enhanced Oxygen Transport in Liquid Lead Bismuth Eutectic Systems, JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 109-131, 2009
T. Tan and Y. Chen, “Scale removal cellular automaton oxidation models of metals in lead bismuth eutectic, JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 626 (2009), pp. 89-97
T. Tan and Y. Chen, Simulations of Metal Oxidation in LBE at a Mesoscopic Level, JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER, May 2009, Vol. 131, 032903/pp.1-11.
L. Zhu, R. Hurt, D. Correa, R. Boehm, Comprehensive energy and economic analyses on a zero energy house versus a conventional house, ENERGY 34(9), 2009, 1043–1053 (ISI:000270076600001).
L. Zhu, R. Hurt, D. Correa, R. Boehm, Detailed Energy Saving Performance Analyses on Thermal Mass Walls Demonstrated in a Zero Energy House, ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, March 2009, 41(3): 303-310 (ISI:000263663100006).

Refereed Conference Papers

J. H. Nie, Y. T. Chen, B. Wong and L. C. Brown, “Numerical study of nozzle design on cadmium quenching process in thermochemical splitting of water,” IMECE2009-12862, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 13-19, 2009.
J. Kasukurthi, K. M. Veepuri, J. H. Nie and Y. T. Chen, “Numerical modeling of velocity and temperature distributions in a bipolar plate of PEM electrolysis cell with greatly improved flow uniformity,” IMECE2009-10519, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 13-19, 2009.
Y. T. Chen, J. H. Nie, A. Johnson, M. Hodges and A. E. Hechanova, “Energy analysis of bayonet heat exchanger and decomposer for hydrogen production,” Global 2009 International Conference, Paper #9474, Paris, France, September 6-11, 2009.
T. France, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, and S. Sadineni, Home Energy Conservation in the Las Vegas Valley, Proceedings of the ASME conference of Energy Sustainability, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Leonardo Banchik, Robert Boehm, and Ken Stone, Fresnel Lens Soiling Characterization and Effect Upon Performance, Proceedings of the ASME conference of Energy Sustainability, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
J. Kopp and R. Boehm, Comparison of Two-Tank Indirect Thermal Storage Designs for Solar Parabolic Trough Power Plants, Proceedings of the ASME conference of Energy Sustainability, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, CA, 2009.
L. Banchik, A Sahm, R. Boehm, K. W. Stone, Fresnel lens soiling characterization and effect upon performance, Proceedings of ES2009, Energy Sustainability 2009, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA.
T. France, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, and S. Sadineni, Home Energy Conservation in the Las Vegas Valley, Proceedings of the ASME Conference of Energy Sustainability, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA.
J. Kopp and R. Boehm, Comparison of Two-Tank Indirect Thermal Storage Designs for Solar Parabolic Trough Power Plants, Proceedings of the ASME conference of Energy Sustainability, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA.
J. H. Nie, Y. T. Chen, B. Wong and L. C. Brown, “Numerical modeling of vapor condensation during cadmium quenching process in a solar receiver,” ES2009-90382, ASME 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, , July 19-23, 2009San Francisco, CA, USA.
T. Tan and Y. Chen, “Protection of an Aerowindow, One Scheme to Enhance the Cavity Efficiency of a Solid Particle Solar Receiver,” ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, USA (HT2009-88059).
J. Nie, Y. Chen, Bunsen Wong, and Lloyd Brown, “Numerical Modeling of Vapor Condensation during Cadmium Quenching Process in a Solar Receiver,” ASME 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, (ES2009-90382)
H. T. Hsieh, K. Kwan, J.Y. Huang and C. Lee, and Y. Chen, "Knowledge-based Information Resource Management System for Materials of Fast Reactor," The 17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, 2009, Brussels, Belgium (ICONE17-75485)
T. Tan and Y. Chen, “The Influence of Chrome in the Oxidation Process of Steels in Flowing LBE,” The 17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, 2009, Brussels, Belgium (ICONE17-75025).
S. B. Sadineni, A. G. Abu Heiba, R. F. Boehm, Performance Prediction of Solar Absorption Cooling Systems Assisted by Gas Heaters, Proceedings of the Inaugural US-EU-China Thermophysics Conference, May 28-30, 2009, Beijing, China.
Sahm, R. Boehm, K. Stone, K. Johnson, Performance of the Amonix High Concentration Photovoltaic System at the NV Energy Clark Station, Proceedings of the Inaugural US-EU-China Thermophysics Conference, May 28-30, 2009 Beijing, China.
Sahm, R. Boehm, K. W. Stone, Optimization of Performance Specifications Based on Environmental Parameters. Proceedings of the Inaugural US-EU-China Thermophysics Conference, May 28-30, 2009, Beijing, China.
J. F. Wu, J. H. Nie and Y. T. Chen, “Three-dimensional numerical simulation and design of PEM fuel cell,” UECTC-RE113, First US-EU-China Thermophysics Conference – Renewable Energy (UECTC-RE), Beijing, China, May 28-30, 2009.
J. H. Nie, Y. T. Chen, L. C. Brown and B. Wong, “Numerical modeling of droplet vaporization in the quenching process of the solar cadmium hydrogen cycle,” ACFD0067-T016-A-001, The 8th Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Hong Kong, January 10-14, 2010 (Invited Paper).

2008

Journals, Chapters

H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, and J. Zhang, “Cellular automaton modeling on the corrosion/oxidation mechanism of steel in liquid metal environment,” PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, Vol. 50, pp.587-593, 2008.
Y. T. Chen, T. Tan, and H. Chen, Oxidation Companied by Scale Removal: Initial and Asymptotical Kinetics, JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 45(7), 2008, pp. 1-6.
S. S. Deshmukh, R. Boehm, Review of Modeling Details Related to Renewably Powered Hydrogen Systems, RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 12(9), 2008, 2301-2330.
T. Gemci, V. Ponyavin, Y. Chen, H. Chen, R. Collins, “Computational Model of Airflow in Upper 17 Generations of Human Respiratory Tract,” Journal of Biomechanics, 41, 2008, pp.2047-2054.
J. Li, Y. T. Chen, and V. Elander, Mathematical and numerical study of wave propagation in negative-index materials, COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING, 197, 2008, pp. 3976-3987.
J. Li and Y.T. Chen, Uniform Converge Analysis for Singularly Perturbed Elliptic Problems with Parabolic Layers, NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS: THEORY, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS, 1(2), 2008, pp. 138-149.
J. Li and Y. T. Chen, Finite Element Study of Time-dependent Maxwell's Equations in Dispersive Media, NUMERICAL METHODS FOR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, 24, pp. 1203-1221, 2008.
G. Kuchi, V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, S. Sherman, and A. E. Hechanova, Numerical of High Temperature Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer for Hydrogen Production, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 33, 2008, pp. 5460-5468.
V. Nagarajan, V. Ponyavin, Y.T. Chen, M. E. Vernon, P. Pickard, and A. E. Hechanova, Numerical Study of Sulfur Trioxide Decomposition in Bayonet Type Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer with Porous Media Zone and Different Packed Bed Designs, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 33, 2008, pp. 6445-6455.
J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, R. F. Boehm, and S. P. Katukota, A Photo-electrochemical Model of Proton Exchange Water Electrolysis for Hydrogen production, JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER, 130(4), 2008, 042409/pp.1-6.
V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, J. Cutts, M. Wilson, and A. E. Hechanova, Calculation of Fluid Flow Distribution Inside a Compact Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer, JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING, 130(6), 2008, 061104, 1-8.
V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, A. E. Hechanova, and M. Wilson, “Numerical modeling of compact high temperature heat exchanger and chemical decomposer for hydrogen production, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER (2008), 44:1379-1389.
V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, T. Mohamed, M. Trabia, A. E. Hechanova, and M. Wilson, Parametric Study of Sulfuric Acid Decomposer for Hydrogen Production, PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, 50, pp.427-433, 2008.
S. Rosta, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, M. Hale, Monitoring of a Zero Energy House, JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING, 130, 021006, 2008.
S. B. Sadineni, R. Hurt, C. Halford, R. F. Boehm. “Theory and Experimental Results for Solar Still Operation.” ENERGY, 2008, 33(1), pp.71-88.
T. Tan, Y. T. Chen, and H. Chen, “A Diffusion Controlling Oxidation Model with Scale Removal in Oxygen Containing Liquid Flow,” Computational Material Science, 44, 2008, pp. 750-759.
T. Tan, Y. T. Chen, and H. Chen, Theoretical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of the Corrosion and Precipitation in Non-isothermal Liquid Lead Alloy Pipe/loop Systems, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 2008, 44:355-366.
T. Tan, Y. T. Chen, and H. Chen, An Improved Mesoscopic Oxidation Model of Metals in Lead Bismuth Eutectic, COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE, 43, (2008), pp. 251-267.

Refereed Conference Papers

J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, and R. F. Boehm, “Numerical modeling of two-phase flow in a bipolar plate of a PEM electrolysis cell,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Oct 31-Nov 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts (IMECE2008-68913)
T. Tan and Y. T. Chen, “Numerical Investigation of Oxide Layer Growth of Stainless Steel LBE at a Mesoscopic Level,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Oct 31-Nov 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts (IMECE2008-67961)
T. Tan, Y. T. Chen, and X. Tan, “Natural Convection Induced Oxygen Transport in Liquid Lead Bismuth Eutectic,” the 7th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Operation and Safety, (NUTHOS-7), October 5-9, 2008, Seoul, Korea.
T. Tan and Y. T. Chen, “Review of Study on Solid Particle Solar Receivers,” 2nd International Forum on Heat Transfer (IFHT2008), September 17 -19, 2008, Tokyo, Japan.
M. Campbell, S. Deshmukh, R. Boehm, R. Hurt, Modeling Solar Impacts on Hydrogen Production from Electrolysis, Proceedings of Energy Sustainability Conference 2008, August 10-14, 2008. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Z. Chen, Y. T. Chen, and T. Tan, “Numerical Analysis on the Performance of the Solid solar Particle Receiver with the Influence of Aerowindow,” ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference, Aug 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. (FEDSM 2008-55285)
H. Deng and R. Boehm, An Estimation of the Performance Limits of Dry Cooling on Trough Type Solar Thermal Plant, Proceedings of Energy Sustainability Conference 2008, August 10-14, 2008. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
T. France, E. Wiemers, S. Butterworth, Y. Baghzouz, and R. Boehm, Renewable Energy for Federal Land Management Agencies in Southern Nevada, Proceedings of Energy Sustainability Conference 2008, August 10-14, 2008. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
K. Hinderliter, I. Mahderekal, and R. Boehm, the Development of a Model for a Solar-Fired, Single Effect Absorption Chiller, Proceedings of Energy Sustainability Conference 2008, August 10-14, 2008. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, J. Wu, and K. M. Veepuri, “Explorations of improving flow uniformity in the bipolar plate of a PEM electrolysis cell using different designs,” Proceedings of ASME Heat Transfer, Fluids, Energy, Solar & Nano Conferences, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, FL. (FEDSM2008-55187)
J. Nie, J. Wu, Steve Cohen, B. Carter, and Y. T. Chen, “Numerical simulations of coupled flow and heat transfer distributions in a bipolar plate of the PEM electrolysis cell,” Proceedings of ASME Heat Transfer, Fluids, Energy, Solar & Nano Conferences, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, FL. (FEDSM2008-55188)
J. Nie, K. M. Veepuri, Y. T. Chen, and J. Wu, “A new bipolar plate of PEM electrolysis cell with uniform flow and heat transfer fields,” Proceedings of ASME Heat Transfer, Fluids, Energy, Solar & Nano Conferences, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, FL. (HT2008-56362)
T. Tan, Y. T. Chen, and Z. Chen, “Performance of Solid Particle Receivers with or without the Protection of an Aerowindow,” ASME 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Aug 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. (ES 2008-54129)
S. B. Sadineni, R. Hurt, R. F. Boehm, “Spacing Optimization of an Inclined Solar Collector Field.” ES2008-54067, ASME, Energy Sustainability 2008, August 10-14, 2008. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
J. Wu, J. Nie, and Y. T. Chen, “Optimization of fluid flow in 3D bipolar plates,” Proceedings of ASME Heat Transfer, Fluids, Energy, Solar & Nano Conferences, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, FL. (FEDSM2008-55040)
M. Chang, H. T. Hsieh, Y. T. Chen, M. Hodges, G. Vandegrift, J. Copple, and J. Laidler, “Development of an Integrated Systems Engineering Modeling Package for Chemical Separation Processes under Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative,” Proceedings of ICAPP, Anaheim, CA USA, June 8-12, 2008.
M. Chang, H. T. Hsieh, Y. T. Chen, M. Hodges, G. Vandegrift, J. Copple, and J. Laidler, “Development of an Object-Oriented Integrated Systems Engineering Modeling Package Using Unified Modeling Language (UML) for Chemical Separation Processes,” ICONE 2008, May 11-15, Orlando, FL, 2008.
T. Tan and Y. T. Chen, “Simulations of Metal Oxidation in LBE at a Mesoscopic Level”, Proceedings of the ASME 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE16, May 11-15, 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA (ICONE16-48025).
T. Tan, Y. T. Chen, and Z. Chen, “Numerical Investigation of Influences of an Aerowindow on the Performance of Solid Particle Receivers”, Solar 2008-0239, May 3-8, San Diego, CA, USA.
M. R. Campbell, R. Hurt, S.B. Sadineni, R. F. Boehm, “A Solar Powered Hydrogen Generation and Filling Station.” ASES 2008, Solar 2008, May 3-8, 2008, San Diego, California, USA.
A. Sahm, K. Stone, R. Boehm, A. Gray, Modeling a High Concentration Photovoltaic System, SOLAR 2008 Conference Proceedings, May3-8 2008, p115, San Diego, California, USA.
L. Zhu, R. Hurt, D. Correa, R. Boehm, Validated evaluation on building energy conversation features in a zero energy house, SOLAR 2008 Conference Proceedings, May 3-8 2008, p112, San Diego, California, USA.
L. Zhu, R. Hurt, D. Correa, R. Boehm, Real energy saving performance of thermal mass walls demonstrated in a zero energy house, SOLAR 2008 Conference Proceedings, May3-8 2008, p115, San Diego, California, USA.

2007

Journals, Chapters

Y. T. Chen, J.H. Nie, B.F. Armaly, H.T. Hsieh, R. F. Boehm, Developing turbulent forced convection in two-dimensional duct, JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER, 129(9), 1295-1299, 2007.
H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, and J. Zhang, A Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Oxygen Transport and Corrosion Behavior in the Nature Convection Lead-alloy Flow, NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 237, pp. 1987-1998, 2007.
Y. T. Chen, H. Chen, and J. Zhang, Numerical Investigation on Enhancement of Oxygen Transfer by Forced Convection in Lead-bismuth Eutectic System, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 50, pp. 2139-2147, 2007.
H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, H. T. Hsieh, and N. Siegel, CFD Modeling of Gas Particle Flow within a Solid Particle Solar Receiver, JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING, 129(5), pp. 160-170, 2007.
T. Gemci, V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, H. Chen, R. Collins, CFD Simulation of Airflow in a 17-generation Digital Reference Model of the Human Bronchial Tree, SERIES ON BIOMECHANICS, 23(1), pp.5-18, 2007
C. K. Halford, R. F. Boehm, Modeling of phase change material peak load shifting, ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, 39, 298-305, 2007.
C. R. De Losier, S. Subramanian, V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, A. E. Hechanova, and Per F. Peterson, The Parametric Study of an Innovative Offset Strip-fin Heat Exchanger, JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER, 129(10), pp. 1453-1458, 2007.

Refereed Conference Papers

J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, S. Cohen, B. Carter, and R. F. Boehm, “Velocity and temperature distributions in bipolar plate of PEM electrolysis cell,” Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2007), IMECE2007-42622, November 11-15, Seattle, WA, USA, 2007.
T. Tan, Y. T. Chen, H. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, “Modeling of a Diffusion Controlling Oxidation Process with Scale Removal in Oxygen-containing Liquid Flow,” Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2007), IMECE2007-42322, November 11-15, Seattle, WA, USA, 2007.
J. Wu, J. Nie, and Y. T. Chen, “Three-dimensional fluid flow and coupled heat transfer in simplified bipolar plates,” Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2007), IMECE2007-42360, November 11-15, Seattle, WA, USA, 2007.
V. Nagarajan, V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, Milton Vernon, Paul Pickard, and Anthony E. Hechanova, “CFD Modeling of Bayonet Type High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer with Different Packed Bed Designs,” Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2007), IMECE2007-42465, November 11-15, Seattle, WA, USA, 2007.
G. Kuchi, V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, S. Sherman, and A. E. Hechanova, “Flow Distribution on the Tube Side of a High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer,” Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2007), IMECE2007-42652, November 11-15, Seattle, WA, USA, 2007.
V. Ponyavin, T. Mohamed, M. Trabia, Y. T. Chen, and A. E. Hechanova, “Transient Analysis of a Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer,” Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2007), IMECE2007-42199, November 11-15, Seattle, WA, USA, 2007.
J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, S. Cohen, B. Carter, and R. F. Boehm, “Non-uniform velocity distributions in bipolar plate PEM electrolysis cell,” Proceedings of 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, FEDSM2007-37299, July 30 - August 2, San Diego, California, USA, 2007.
J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, “Parametric study of turbulent separated convection flow over a backward-facing step,” Proceedings of 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, FEDSM2007-37315, July 30 - August 2, San Diego, California, USA, 2007.
A. Wang, S. Moujaes, Y. T. Chen, and V. Ponyavin, "Experimental and Numerical Analyses of Friction Factors in Offset Strip Fin Heat Exchangers," Proceedings of FEDSM2007: 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, FEDSM2007-37482, July 30 - August 2, San Diego, California, USA, 2007.
J. Wu, J. Nie, and Y. T. Chen, “Numerical simulations of three-dimensional fluid flow and coupled heat transfer in bipolar plates,” Proceedings of 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, FEDSM2007-37712, July 30 - August 2, San Diego, California, USA, 2007.
S. B. Sadineni, R. Hurt, C. Halford, R. F Boehm. Reclaiming Electrolysis Reject Water with a Solar Still, ES2007-36001, ASME, Energy Sustainability 2007, June 27-30, 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
J. Li and Y. T. Chen, “Developing Time-domain Finite Element methods for Wave Propagation in Negative-index Materials,” Waves 2007 Conference, University of Reading, 23-27 July 2007, UK.
J. Li and Y. T. Chen, “Finite Element Study of Time-dependent Maxwell’s Equations in Dispersive Media,” Waves 2007 Conference, University of Reading, 23-27 July 2007, UK.
J. Nie, D. A. Hopkins, Y. T. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, “Development of an object-oriented program with adaptive mesh refinement for heat transfer simulations,” Proceedings of ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference and InterPack, HT2007-32897, July 8-12, Vancouver, Canada, 2007.
H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, H. T. Hsieh, and L. Tan, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis on Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) System in BTLab,” Proceedings of 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference and InterPack, HT2007-32697, July 8-12, Vancouver, Canada, 2007.
M. Wilson, C. Lewinsohn, J. Cutts, Y. T. Chen, and V. Ponyavin, “Optimization of Micro-channel Features in a Ceramic Heat Exchanger,” Proceedings of 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference and InterPack, HT2007-32181, July 8-12, Vancouver, Canada, 2007.
V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, A. E. Hechanova, and Merrill Wilson, “Fluid/Thermal Analysis of High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer for Hydrogen Production,” Proceedings of 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference and InterPack, HT2007-32676, July 8-12, Vancouver, Canada, 2007.
H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, “Numerical Investigation on Optimal Design of Solid Particle Solar Receiver,” Proceedings of the ASME Energy Sustainability, ES2007-36134, June 27 - 30, Long Beach, CA, 2007.
A. Gray, A. Sahm, M. Newmarker, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, M. Jane Hale, A. Andreas, P. Gotseff, and T. Stoffe, Southern Nevada Renewable Resource Assessment, Proceeding of Energy Sustainability Conference, June 27-30, 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
A. Gray, R. Boehm, K. W. Stone, Modeling a passive cooling system for photovoltaic cells under construction, Proceeding of Heat Transfer Conference, June 27-30, 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
A. Gray, K. Stone, G. Wood, R. Boehm, and K. Johnson. "Assisting in Matching Nevada Power Company's Electrical Load Profiles with High Concentration PV Systems." ASME Energy Sustainability 2007, June 27-30, 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
R. Fifield, J. Gardner, R. Boehm, “Conversion and Performance Analysis of a Small Utility Vehicle Operating on Hydrogen Fuel” ES2007-36106, ASME, Energy Sustainability 2007, June 27-30, 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
S. B. Sadineni, R. Hurt, C. Halford , R. F Boehm. “Reclaiming Electrolysis Reject Water with a Solar Still.” ES2007-36001, ASME, Energy Sustainability 2007, June 27-30, 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
S. P. K., J. Nie, Y. Chen, R. F. Boehm, and H. T. Hsieh, “Numerical modeling of electrochemical process for hydrogen production from PEM electrolyzer cell,” Proceedings of the ASME Energy Sustainability, ES2007-36108, June 27 - 30, Long Beach, CA, 2007.
K. W. Stone, R. Gordon, D. Dutra, A. Gray, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, M. J. Hale, F. P. Eddy, Field testing and performance of an Amonix multijunction cell mode at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Proceeding of Energy Sustainability 2007, June 27-30, 2007, Long Beach, California, USA..
J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, S. Cohen, B. Carter, and R. F. Boehm, “Three-dimensional CFD modeling of bipolar plate PEM electrolysis cell for hydrogen production,” Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FuelCell2007-25308, June 18 - 20, New York, NY, 2007.
G. Kuchi, V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, Steve Sherman, and Anthony E. Hechanova, “Numerical Modeling of High Temperature Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer with Porous Media Zone,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science and Engineering ICPM2, June 17-21, Hawaii, USA, 2007.
V. Nagarajan, V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, M. Vernon, P. Pickard, and A. E. Hechanova, “Numerical Study of Sulfur Trioxide Decomposition in Bayonet Type Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer with Porous Media Zone,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science and Engineering ICPM2, June 17-21, Hawaii, USA, 2007.
H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, H. T. Hsieh, and J. Zhang, “Stochastic Modeling on Oxide Layer Growth with Scale Removal Effect in Liquid Metal Environment,” Proceedings of ICONE15-10656: 15th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, April 22-26, Nagoya, Japan, 2007.
H. T. Hsieh, Y. T. Chen, M. Chang, M. Hodges, G. Vandegrift, and J. Copple, “An Object-Oriented Engineering Model Design for Integrating Spent Fuel Treatment Facility (SFTF) and Chemical Separation Processes,” Proceedings of ICONE15-10669: 15th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, April 22-26, Nagoya, Japan, 2007.
M. Wilson, C. Lewinsohn, J. Cutts, Y. T. Chen, and V. Ponyavin, “Design of a Ceramic Heat Exchanger for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition,” Proceedings of ICONE15-10788: 15th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, April 22-26, Nagoya, Japan, 2007.
R. Fifield, J. Gardner, R. Boehm, T. Kell, “Use of Direct Cylinder Injection in Hydrogen Engine Conversions.” Paper 3534 NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference, March 19-22, 2007, San Antonio, TX, USA.

2006 and 2005

2006 Journals, Chapters

S. S. Deshmukh, R. F. Boehm. Mathematical modeling of pereformance of a grid connected solar-hydrogen system for residential applications, JOURNAL OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE, 1(2), 2006, 113-125.
I. Mahderekal, C. K. Halford, R. F. Boehm, "Simulation and Optimization of a Concentrated Photovoltaic System", JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING, MAY 2006, Vol. 128 / 139.
R. Boehm, J. Politano, and Z. Stefanoski, “Prediction of Gross Parameters during Enclosed Incineration of Energetic Materials, JOURNAL OF THERMOPHYSICS AND HEAT TRANSFER, January –March 2006, pp. 135-139.
Y. Chen, H. Chen, J. Zhang, B. Zhang, Viscoelastic Flow in Rotating Curved Pipes, PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 18, 2006, 083103.
Y. Chen, H. Chen, J. Zhang, H. T. Hsieh, Theoretic Analysis on the Secondary Flow in a Rotating Helical Pipe with an Elliptical Cross-section, JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING, 2006, 128 (2), pp. 209-409.
Y. Chen, H. Chen, B. Zhang, H. T. Hsieh, Fluid Flow and Convective Heat Transfer in a Rotating Helical Square Duct, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCE, 2006, 45, pp. 1008-1020.
Y. T. Chen, J. Nie, H. T. Hsieh, and L. Sun, Three-dimensional Convection Flow Adjacent to Inclined Backward-facing Step, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 49(25-26), pp. 4795-4803, 2006.
Y. T. Chen, J. Nie, B. F. Armaly, and H. T. Hsieh, Turbulent Separated Convection Flow Adjacent to Backward-facing Step –Effects of Step Height, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 49(19-20), pp. 3670-3680, 2006.
J. Li and Y. T. Chen, Analysis of a Time-domain Finite Element Method for 3-D Maxwell’s Equations in Dispersive Media, COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING, 195, 2006, pp.4220-4229.
J. Li, Y. T. Chen, and G. Liu, High-order Compact ADI Methods for Parabolic Equations, COMPUTERS AND MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS, 52(8-9), pp. 1343-1356, 2006.
J. Zhang, N. Li, and Y. T. Chen, Oxygen Control Technique in Molten Lead and Lead-bismuth Eutectic Systems, NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 2006, 154 (2), pp. 223-232.

2006 Refereed Conference Papers

H. Chen and Y. T. Chen, “Cellular Automaton Modeling on the Corrosion/oxidation Mechanism of Steel in Liquid Metal Environment,” the 2nd COE-INES International Symposium on Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems,INES-2, Yokohama, Japan, November 26-30, 2006.
S. P. Katukota, Y. T. Chen, J. Nie, and R. F. Boehm, “CFD Modeling of Proton Exchange Water Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production,” Proceedings of THEFC 1, The 1st National Conference on Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell, November 1-2, Sun-Moon Lake, Nantou, Taiwan, 2006.
V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, T. Mohamed, M. Trabia, and A. Hechanova, “Parametric Study of Sulfuric Acid Decomposer for Hydrogen Production,” 2nd COE-INES International Symposium on Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems, INES-2, Yokohama, Japan, November 26-30, 2006.
P3. H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, “A Stochastic Model of Oxidation Mechanism on High Temperature Corrosion of Stainless Steel,” Proceedings of IMECE2006 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, IMECE2006-15167, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
X. Tan, Y. T. Chen, H. Chen, T. Tan, and H. T. Hsieh, “Numerical Analysis of Natural Convection Induced Oxygen Transport in Liquid Lead Bismuth Eutectic,” Proceedings of IMECE2006 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, IMECE2006-15459, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
T. Tan, Y. T. Chen, H. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, “Corrosion/precipitation in Non-isothermal Lead Alloy Coolant Systems,” Proceedings of IMECE2006 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, IMECE2006-14917, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, D. A. Hopkins, L. Sun, and H. T. Hsieh, “Convergence Acceleration for Heat Transfer and Structural Simulations Using Adaptive Mesh Refinement,” Proceedings of IMECE2006 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, IMECE2006-15132, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J. Nie, Y. T. Chen, L. Sun, and H. T. Hsieh, “Heat Transfer Enhancement of Separated Convection Flow Adjacent to Backward-facing Step with Baffle,” Proceedings of IMECE2006 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, IMECE2006-15112, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
M. Hodges, M. Cheng, K. Kwan, H. T. Hsieh, and Y. T. Chen, "An Object-oriented Engineering Model Design for Integrating Spent Fuel Treatment Facility and Chemical Separation Processes," Proceedings of IMECE2006 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, IMECE2006-15885, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
V. Ponyavin, T. Mohamed, M. Wilson, M. Trabia, Y. T. Chen, and A. Hechanova, “Modeling and Parametric Study of a Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer,” Proceedings of IMECE2006 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, IMECE2006-15122, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
D. P. Cook, Y. T. Chen, L. J. Ratliff, H. Chen, and J. Ma, “Numerical Modeling of EM Pump Efficiency,” Proceedings of IMECE2006 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, IMECE2006-15174, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Y. Chen, H. Chen, J. Zhang, and J. Li, "Theoretical Modeling of Protective Oxide Layer Growth in Non-isothermal Lead-Alloys Coolant Systems," AFCI Semi-Annual Review Meeting: Santa Fe, NM., September 6-8, 2006.
M. Hodges, M. Chen, Y. T. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, G. Vandegrift, J. Copple, and J. Laidler, "Development of a Systems Engineering Model of the Chemical Separations Process," AFCI Semi-Annual Review Meeting: Santa Fe, NM., September 6-8, 2006.
Y. T. Chen, H. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, “Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Corrosion behavior and Oxygen Transfer in the Nature Convection Lead-alloy Flow,” 13th International Heat Transfer Conference, August 13-18, 2006, Sydney, Australia.
R. Hurt, R. Boehm, Y. Baghzouz, A. Cubano, and M. J. Hale, “University of Nevada Zero Energy Home Project,” 2006 ACEEE Meeting, August 13-18, 2006, Pacific Grove, California.
R. Hurt, R. Boehm, Y. Baghzouz, A. Cubano, and M. J. Hale, “University of Nevada Zero Energy Home Project,” 2006 ACEEE Meeting, August 13-18, 2006, Pacific Grove, California.
X. Tan, Y. T. Chen, T. Tan, and H. Chen, “Oxygen Transport in Liquid Lead Bismuth Eutectic Filled Cavity by Natural Convection,” Proceedings of ICONE14-89069: 14th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, July 17-20, Miami, Florida, USA, 2006.
R. Hurt, W. Yim, Robert Boehm, Mary Jane Hale, Randy Gee, Advanced parabolic trough field testing real time data collection, archiving, and analysis for the solargenix advanced parabolic trough, Proceeding of ISEC2006, ASME International Solar Energy Conference. July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
R. Boehm, Y. Baghzouz, R. Hurt, R. Mauldin, E. Bulla, R. Fifield, J. Gardner, T. Maloney, Development of a renewable-based hydrogen generation/utilization system, Proceeding of ISEC2006, ASME International Solar Energy Conference. July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
I. Khalil, A. Sahm, R. Boehm, Wet or dry cooling? Proceeding of ISEC2006, ASME International Solar Energy Conference. July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, H. T. Hsieh, and N. Siegel, “CFD Modeling of Gas Particle Flow Within a Solid Particle Solar Receiver,” Proceedings of ISEC’06, July 8-13, 2006 Denver, CO, USA.
R. Hurt, R. Boehm, M. J. Hale, Monitoring of a zero-energy house, S Rosta, Proceeding of ISEC2006, ASME International Solar Energy Conference. July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
S. Deshmukh, R. Boehm, Mathematical modeling of solar hydrogen system for residential applications, Proceeding of ISEC2006, ASME International Solar Energy Conference. July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
S. Deshmukh, Y. Baghzouz, R. B., Design of grid connected PV system for a hydrogen refueling station, Proceeding of ISEC2006, ASME International Solar Energy Conference. July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
C. K. Halford, Robert Boehm, Modeling of phase change material peak load shifting, Proceeding of ISEC2006, ASME International Solar Energy Conference. July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
R. Hurt et al., “Advanced Parabolic Trough Pilot Project - Real-time Data Collection, Archiving, and Analysis for the Solargenix Advanced Parabolic Trough, Paper ISEC2006-99078, 2006 International Solar Energy Conference, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
S. Deshmukh and R. Boehm, “Mathematical Modeling of Solar-Hydrogen System for Residential Application,” Paper ISEC2006-99061, 2006 International Solar Energy Conference, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
Y. Baghzouz, R. Hurt, et al., “Development of a Renewably-Based Hydrogen Generation/Utilization System,” Paper ISEC2006-99081, 2006 International Solar Energy Conference, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
I. Kahlil, A. Sahm, and R. Boehm “Wet or Dry Cooling,” Paper ISEC2006-99082, 2006 International Solar Energy Conference, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
S. Rosta, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, and M. Hale, “Modeling of a Zero-Energy-House,” Paper ISEC2006-99086, 2006 International Solar Energy Conference, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
S. Deshmukh, Y. Baghzouz, and R. Boehm, “Design of Grid Connect-PV System for a Hydrogen Refueling Station,” Paper ISEC2006-99151, 2006 International Solar Energy Conference, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
K. Stone et al., “Operation and Performance of the Amonix High Concentration Photovoltaic System at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the Second Year of Operation,” Paper ISEC2006-99076, 2006 International Solar Energy Conference, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO.
B. Wong, L. Brown, G. Besenbruch, Y. T. Chen, R. Diver, B. Earl, H. T. Hsieh, K. Kwan, B. McQuillan, C. Perkins, P. Pohl, R. Rennels, Nate Siegel, and Al Weimer, “Evaluation of Water-Splitting Thermochemical Hydrogen Cycles Applicable to Solar Thermal Systems,” 13th SolarPACES Symposium, June 20-23, 2006, Seville, Spain.
G. Besenbruch, Y. T. Chen, R. Diver, B. Earl, H. T. Hsieh, K. Khan, B. McQuillan, P. Pohl, R. Rennels, and A. Weimer, Metal Sulfate Water Splitting Thermochemical Hydrogen production cycles, 16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, June 13-16, 2006, S04-405, Lyon, France.
H. Chen, Y. Chen, and J. Zhang, “Modeling on Oxygen Transfer in the Forced Convection Lead-bismuth Eutectic Flow,” Proceedings of ICAPP ’06, Reno, NV USA, June 4-8, 2006.
T. Tan, H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, X. Tan, H. T. Hsieh, “Analytical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of the Corrosion and Precipitation in Non-isothermal LBE Pipe/Loop Systems,” Proceedings of ICAPP ’06, Reno, NV USA, June 4-8, 2006.
K. Stone, A. Gray, V. Garboushian, K. Markarian, R. Boehm, R. Hurt, G. Wood, H. Hayden, and T. Fletcher, "Installation and operation of the Amonix High Concentration PV System At Nevada Power Company in Las Vegas, Nevada", IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, May 7-12, 2006, Waikoloa, Hawaii.
R. Hurt, W. Yim, R. F. Boehm, and M. J. Hale, “A Facility to Evaluate New Designs of Trough-Type Solar Collectors”, POWER GEN RENEWABLE CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, April 11, 2006.
V. Garboushian, K. Stone, R. Boehm, R. Hurt, A. Gray, and H. Hayden, “Analysis of Five Years of Field Performance of the Amonix High Concentration PV System,” POWER GEN RENEWABLE CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, April 11, 2006.
Y. T. Chen, J. Nie, H. T. Hsieh, B. F. Armaly, and L. Sun, Turbulent Separated Convection Flow Over a Backward-facing Step,” Proceedings of Whither Turbulence Prediction and Control (WTPC), Seoul, Korea, March 26-29, 2006.
J. Nie, H. T. Hsieh, Y. T. Chen, L. Sun, D. A. Hopkins, and R. Clarksean, “Object-oriented Finite Element Programming Using F2003,” Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, Seattle, WA, USA, March 23-25, 2006.
M. Popek, Y. Baghzouz, and R. F. Boehm, “Added Value of Hydrogen Fuel Cells in Electric Vehicles,” 2006 National Hydrogen Association Meeting, March 12 - 16, 2006, Long Beach, California.
R. Mauldin, R. Hurt, J. Gardner, R. Baroody, M. Popek, Y. Baghzouz, and R. Boehm “Conversion of a Lightweight Electric Battery Vehicle into a Hybrid Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Battery Powered Vehicle,” 2006 National Hydrogen Association Meeting, March 12 - 16, 2006, Long Beach, California.

2005 Journals, Chapters

Y. T. Chen, H. Chen, J. Zhang, H. T. Hsieh, “Modeling Corrosion and Precipitation in Non-isothermal LBE Pipe/Loop Systems,” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2005, 42 (11): 970-978.
H. Chen, Y. Chen, J. Zhang, H. T. Hsieh, “Improved Applications of a Kinetic Corrosion Model in Non-isothermal Loop/pipe Systems,” TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY, 2005, 92, 137-138.
J. Zheng, N. Li, and Y. T. Chen, “Dynamics of High Temperature Oxidation Accompanied by Scale Removal and Implications for Technological Applications,” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 342 (2005), pp.1-7.
D. Pepper and Y. T. Chen, “Heat Transfer Analysis of Nuclear Waste Casks Stored in the Yucca Mountain Repository,” NUM. HEAT TRANSFER, Part A, 47:671-690, 2005.
J. Zheng, N. Li, Y. Chen, and A.E. Rusanov, “Corrosion Behaviors of US Steels in Flowing Lead-bismuth Eutectic (LBE),” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 336 (2005), pp.1-10.

2005 Refereed Conference Papers

H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, H. T. Hsieh, and J. Zhang, “Numerical Analysis of Corrosion Behavior and Oxygen Transport in the Nature Convective Lead-bismuth Flow,” Proceedings of IMECE2005 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, November 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA.
T. Tan, H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, S. Hsieh, and J. Zhang, Theoretical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of the Corrosion/Precipitation Process in Non-isothermal Pipe Systems,” Proceedings of IMECE2005 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, November 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA.
K. Kwan, M. Hodges, S. Hsieh, and Y. T. Chen, “An Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Model Design for Integrating Spent Fuel Extraction and System Process,” Proceedings of IMECE2005 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, November 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA.
K. K. Muramalla, Y. T. Chen, and A. Hechanova, “Simulation and Optimization of Homogeneous Decomposition of Sulfur-trioxide Gas on a Coated Platinum Surface,” Proceedings of IMECE2005 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, November 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA.
V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, A. Hechanova, and P. Peterson, “Stress Analysis of High Temperature Heat Exchanger,” Proceedings of IMECE2005 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, November 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA.
S. Subramanian, V. Ponyavin, C. De Losier, Y. T. Chen, Anthony Hechanova, and Per Peterson, “The Effect of Fin Geometry on Design of Compact Off-set Strip Fin High Temperature Heat Exchanger,” Proceedings of IMECE2005 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, November 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA.
K. K. Muramalla, Y. T. Chen, and A. Hechanova, “Simulation of Decomposition of Sulfur Trioxide Gas on Self-Catalytic Metallic Material,” AIChE Annual Conference, October 30-November 4, 2005, Cincinnati Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH.
T. Gemci, V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, and Richard Collins, “Oscillatory Flow in an Anatomically Realistic 17-generation Human Bronchial Airway Model,” 10th Jubilee National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, September 13-16, 2005, Varna, Bulgaria.
S. Subramanian, V. Ponyavin, C. R. DeLosier, Y. T. Chen, and Anthony E. Hechanova, 2005, “Design Considerations for Compact Ceramic Offset Strip-fin High Temperature Heat Exchangers,” Fifth International Conference on Enhanced, Compact and Ultra-Compact Heat Exchangers: Science, Engineering and Technology, September 11-16, 2005, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
E. Wilkinson, R. Boehm, Zero energy house for the southern Nevada area, Proceeding of ISEC2005, Solar Energy Conference, Orlando, August 6-12, 2005.
A. Sahm, A. Gray, R. Boehm, K. Stone, Cleanliness maintenance for an Amonix lens system, Proceeding of ISEC2005, Solar Energy Conference, Orlando, August 6-12, 2005.
H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, H. T. Hsieh, and T. Tan, “Theoretical Analysis of High Prandtl Number Heat Transfer in Non-isothermal Pipe Flow,” ASME National Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 17-22, 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA.
V. Ponyavin, S. Subramanian, C. R. DeLosier, Y. T. Chen, Anthony E. Hechanova, and Per Peterson, “The Flow Calculations in the High Temperature Heat Exchanger with the Manufacturing Geometrical Effects,” ASME National Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 17-22, 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA
S. Subramanian, R. Akberov, C. R. DeLosier, Y. T. Chen, Anthony E. Hechanova, and Per Peterson, “Design Considerations for Compact Off-set Strip Fin High Temperature Heat Exchangers,” ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea and Air, June 6-9, 2005, Reno-Tahoe, NV, USA
V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, and D. Pepper, “Numerical Modeling of Unsteady Gas Flow Around the Projectile in the Second Stage of the Light Gas Gun,” 17th Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, June 6-9, 2005, Toronto, Canada
H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, J. Zhang, and H. T. Hsieh, “Improved Applications of a Kinetic Corrosion Model in Non-isothermal Loop/Pipe Systems,” ANS Conference, June 5-9, 2005, San Diego, CA, USA
V. Ponyavin, Y. T. Chen, and D. Pepper, “Numerical Calculation of the Unsteady Gas Flow Around a Projectile Moving Through a Gun Barrel,” Computational Ballistics, May 18-20, 2005, Cordoba, Spain
L. Sun, L. Kwan, H. T. Hsieh, Y. T. Chen, and R. Clarksean, “An Object-oriented Systems Engineering Model Development for Improving Design Factors of the Spent Fuel Extraction Process,” Waste Management Conference, February 27 – March 3, 2005, Tucson, AZ, USA
P. Chinnasamy and Y. T. Chen, “Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics on Smart Wing Design,” 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV, USA
X. Wang, D. W. Pepper, Y. T. Chen, and H. T. Hsieh, “A Three Dimensional Finite Element Model for Emergency Response,” 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV, USA