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Wind Load Similarity Relations for Parabolic Trough Collectors

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Moucun Yang, Liming Zhi, Huan Liu, Yuezhao Zhu, Robert A. Taylor
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research Papers
J. Sol. Energy Eng. June 2023, 145(3): 031002.
Paper No: SOL-22-1008
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055602
Published Online: October 7, 2022
View Articletitled, Wind Load Similarity Relations for Parabolic Trough Collectors
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Topics: Drag (Fluid dynamics), Parabolic troughs, Stress, Turbulence, Wind, Wind tunnels, Wind velocity, Computer simulation, Simulation, Wind pressure
Journal Articles

Technological Advances to Maximize Solar Collector Energy Output: A Review

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Swapnil S. Salvi, Vishal Bhalla, Robert A. Taylor, Vikrant Khullar, Todd P. Otanicar, Patrick E. Phelan, Himanshu Tyagi
Journal: Journal of Electronic Packaging
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Review Articles
J. Electron. Packag. December 2018, 140(4): 040802.
Paper No: EP-18-1036
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041219
Published Online: October 1, 2018
View Articletitled, Technological Advances to Maximize Solar Collector Energy Output: A Review
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Topics: Coatings, Solar collectors, Solar energy
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A Broad Comparison of Solar Photovoltaic and Thermal Technologies for Industrial Heating Applications

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Osama M. Bany Mousa, Robert A. Taylor
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. February 2019, 141(1): 011002.
Paper No: SOL-17-1493
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040840
Published Online: August 14, 2018
View Articletitled, A Broad Comparison of Solar Photovoltaic and Thermal Technologies for Industrial Heating Applications
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Topics: Solar energy, Temperature, Heating, Irradiation (Radiation exposure)
Journal Articles

Linear Solar Concentrator Structural Optimization Using Variable Beam Cross Sections

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Moucun Yang, Yuezhao Zhu, Wei Fu, Garth Pearce, Robert A. Taylor
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2018, 140(6): 061006.
Paper No: SOL-17-1410
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040273
Published Online: June 26, 2018
View Articletitled, Linear Solar Concentrator Structural Optimization Using Variable Beam Cross Sections
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Topics: Cantilevers, Cross section (Physics), Design, Finite element analysis, Simulation, Solar energy, Solar energy concentrators, Stiffness, Structural optimization, Torque
Journal Articles

Solar Selective Volumetric Receivers for Harnessing Solar Thermal Energy

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Vikrant Khullar, Himanshu Tyagi, Todd P. Otanicar, Yasitha L. Hewakuruppu, Robert A. Taylor
Journal: ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Heat Mass Transfer. June 2018, 140(6): 062702.
Paper No: HT-16-1837
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4039214
Published Online: April 11, 2018
View Articletitled, Solar Selective Volumetric Receivers for Harnessing Solar Thermal Energy
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Topics: Absorption, Solar energy, Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, Temperature, Heat, Mirrors
Proceedings Papers

Performance Analysis of High Temperature Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plants

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S. Saeed Mostafavi Tehrani, Yashar Shoraka, Robert A. Taylor, Chris Menictas
Proc. ASME. HT2017, Volume 1: Aerospace Heat Transfer; Computational Heat Transfer; Education; Environmental Heat Transfer; Fire and Combustion Systems; Gas Turbine Heat Transfer; Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment; Heat Transfer in Energy Systems, V001T09A013, July 9–12, 2017
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: HT2017-5091
https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2017-5091
View Paper titled, Performance Analysis of High Temperature Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plants
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Topics: Concentrating solar power, Heat, High temperature, Power stations, Thermal energy storage, Storage, Concretes, Electric power generation, Design, Engineering simulation
Proceedings Papers

Solar Concentrator Structural Optimization: A Variable Beam Cross Section Design

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Moucun Yang, Yuezhao Zhu, Wei Fu, Garth Pearce, Robert A. Taylor
Proc. ASME. HT2017, Volume 1: Aerospace Heat Transfer; Computational Heat Transfer; Education; Environmental Heat Transfer; Fire and Combustion Systems; Gas Turbine Heat Transfer; Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment; Heat Transfer in Energy Systems, V001T09A012, July 9–12, 2017
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: HT2017-5082
https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2017-5082
View Paper titled, Solar Concentrator Structural Optimization: A Variable Beam Cross Section Design
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Topics: Design, Solar energy concentrators, Structural optimization, Torque, Weight (Mass), Cantilevers, Construction, Deflection, Displacement, Gravity (Force)
Proceedings Papers

Solar Selective Volumetric Receivers for Harnessing Solar Thermal Energy

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Vikrant Khullar, Himanshu Tyagi, Todd P. Otanicar, Yasitha L. Hewakuruppu, Robert A. Taylor
Proc. ASME. IMECE2016, Volume 6B: Energy, V06BT08A053, November 11–17, 2016
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: IMECE2016-66599
https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2016-66599
View Paper titled, Solar Selective Volumetric Receivers for Harnessing Solar Thermal Energy
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Topics: Solar energy, Solar thermal power, Absorption, Cermets, Thermal efficiency, Borosilicate glasses, Emissions, Heat, Mirrors, Nanoparticles
Proceedings Papers

Part Load Behavior of Molten Salt Cavity Receiver Solar Tower Plants Under Storage Mode Operational Mode

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S. Saeed Mostafavi Tehrani, Robert A. Taylor, Ardalan Shafiei Ghazani, Pouya Saberi
Proc. ASME. ES2016, Volume 1: Biofuels, Hydrogen, Syngas, and Alternate Fuels; CHP and Hybrid Power and Energy Systems; Concentrating Solar Power; Energy Storage; Environmental, Economic, and Policy Considerations of Advanced Energy Systems; Geothermal, Ocean, and Emerging Energy Technologies; Photovoltaics; Posters; Solar Chemistry; Sustainable Building Energy Systems; Sustainable Infrastructure and Transportation; Thermodynamic Analysis of Energy Systems; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies, V001T04A027, June 26–30, 2016
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ES2016-59703
https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2016-59703
View Paper titled, Part Load Behavior of Molten Salt Cavity Receiver Solar Tower Plants Under Storage Mode Operational Mode
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Topics: Cavities, Solar energy, Storage, Stress, Design, Temperature, Boundary-value problems, Concentrating solar power, Engineering simulation, Fluids
Proceedings Papers

Effect of Nanoparticle Concentration on Thermal Damage in Nanoparticle-Assisted Thermal Therapy

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Sanjeev Soni, Himanshu Tyagi, Robert A. Taylor, Amod Kumar
Proc. ASME. MNHMT2016, Volume 2: Micro/Nano-Thermal Manufacturing and Materials Processing; Boiling, Quenching and Condensation Heat Transfer on Engineered Surfaces; Computational Methods in Micro/Nanoscale Transport; Heat and Mass Transfer in Small Scale; Micro/Miniature Multi-Phase Devices; Biomedical Applications of Micro/Nanoscale Transport; Measurement Techniques and Thermophysical Properties in Micro/Nanoscale; Posters, V002T13A004, January 4–6, 2016
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: MNHMT2016-6418
https://doi.org/10.1115/MNHMT2016-6418
View Paper titled, Effect of Nanoparticle Concentration on Thermal Damage in Nanoparticle-Assisted Thermal Therapy
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Topics: Damage, Nanoparticles, Patient treatment, Tumors, Irradiation (Radiation exposure), Beer's law, Bioheat transfer, Biological tissues, Cancer, Spatiotemporal phenomena
Journal Articles

Low-Temperature Melting of Silver Nanoparticles in Subcooled and Saturated Water

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Soochan Lee, Patrick E. Phelan, Robert A. Taylor, Ravi Prasher, Lenore Dai
Journal: ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Heat Mass Transfer. May 2016, 138(5): 052301.
Paper No: HT-15-1233
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032310
Published Online: January 27, 2016
View Articletitled, Low-Temperature Melting of Silver Nanoparticles in Subcooled and Saturated Water
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Topics: Melting, Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, Silver, Subcooling, Water, Heat, Temperature, Lasers
Proceedings Papers

Solar-Powered Absorption Chillers for Air-Conditioning Applications: Simulation and Techno-Economic Evaluation

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Ali Shirazi, Sergio Pintaldi, Robert A. Taylor, Stephen D. White, Graham L. Morrison, Gary Rosengarten
Proc. ASME. ES2015, Volume 2: Photovoltaics; Renewable-Non-Renewable Hybrid Power System; Smart Grid, Micro-Grid Concepts; Energy Storage; Solar Chemistry; Solar Heating and Cooling; Sustainable Cities and Communities, Transportation; Symposium on Integrated/Sustainable Building Equipment and Systems; Thermofluid Analysis of Energy Systems Including Exergy and Thermoeconomics; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies, V002T15A006, June 28–July 2, 2015
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ES2015-49637
https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2015-49637
View Paper titled, Solar-Powered Absorption Chillers for Air-Conditioning Applications: Simulation and Techno-Economic Evaluation
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Topics: Absorption, Air conditioning, Simulation, Solar power, Solar energy, Storage tanks, Cooling, Heating and cooling, Hot water, Solar collectors
Journal Articles

Theoretical Analysis and Testing of Nanofluids-Based Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Collector

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Siddharth Saroha, Tarun Mittal, Poojan J. Modi, Vishal Bhalla, Vikrant Khullar, Himanshu Tyagi, Robert A. Taylor, Todd P. Otanicar
Journal: ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Heat Mass Transfer. September 2015, 137(9): 091015.
Paper No: HT-14-1251
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030228
Published Online: September 1, 2015
View Articletitled, Theoretical Analysis and Testing of Nanofluids-Based Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Collector
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Topics: Filters, Heat, Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, Solar energy, Temperature, Heat transfer, Silver, Fluids
Proceedings Papers

Low-Temperature Melting of Silver Nanoparticles in Subcooled and Saturated Water

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Soochan Lee, Patrick E. Phelan, Robert A. Taylor, Ravi Prasher, Lenore Dai
Proc. ASME. IMECE2014, Volume 8B: Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering, V08BT10A041, November 14–20, 2014
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: IMECE2014-36963
https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2014-36963
View Paper titled, Low-Temperature Melting of Silver Nanoparticles in Subcooled and Saturated Water
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Topics: Low temperature, Melting, Nanoparticles, Silver, Subcooling, Water, Dynamic light scattering, Nanofluids, Temperature, Absorption
Journal Articles

Analysis of a New Compound Parabolic Concentrator-Based Solar Collector Designed for Methanol Reforming

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Xiaoguang Gu, Robert A. Taylor, Gary Rosengarten
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. November 2014, 136(4): 041012.
Paper No: SOL-13-1344
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027767
Published Online: June 11, 2014
View Articletitled, Analysis of a New Compound Parabolic Concentrator-Based Solar Collector Designed for Methanol Reforming
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Topics: Design, Methanol, Mirrors, Ray tracing, Reflectance, Solar collectors, Solar energy, Temperature, Vacuum, Heat flux
Journal Articles

Nanoparticle-Assisted Heating Utilizing a Low-Cost White Light Source

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Robert A. Taylor, Jun Kai Wong, Sungchul Baek, Yasitha Hewakuruppu, Xuchuan Jiang, Chuyang Chen, Andrey Gunawan
Journal: Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Nanotechnol. Eng. Med. November 2013, 4(4): 040903.
Paper No: NANO-13-1086
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027643
Published Online: May 30, 2014
View Articletitled, Nanoparticle-Assisted Heating Utilizing a Low-Cost White Light Source
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Topics: Heating, Light sources, Nanoparticles, Temperature, Water, Fluids, Heat, Capacitance
Proceedings Papers

Electrode Separation and Operating Orientation: Mechanisms for Maximizing Performance of Cu/Cu 2+ Aqueous Thermogalvanic Cells

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Hechao Li, Andrey Gunawan, Patrick E. Phelan, Daniel A. Buttry, Vladimiro Mujica, Robert A. Taylor, Ravi S. Prasher
Proc. ASME. IMECE2013, Volume 6A: Energy, V06AT07A074, November 15–21, 2013
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: IMECE2013-66106
https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2013-66106
View Paper titled, Electrode Separation and Operating Orientation: Mechanisms for Maximizing Performance of Cu/Cu 2+ Aqueous Thermogalvanic Cells
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Topics: Electrochemistry, Electrodes, Low temperature, Separation (Technology), Waste heat
Proceedings Papers

Numerical Study of Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Hybrid Collector Using Nanofluids

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Tarun Mittal, Siddharth Saroha, Vishal Bhalla, Vikrant Khullar, Himanshu Tyagi, Robert A. Taylor, Todd P. Otanicar
Proc. ASME. MNHMT2013, ASME 2013 4th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, V001T02A007, December 11–14, 2013
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: MNHMT2013-22090
https://doi.org/10.1115/MNHMT2013-22090
View Paper titled, Numerical Study of Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Hybrid Collector Using Nanofluids
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Topics: Nanofluids, Solar energy, Filters, Absorption spectra, Cycles, Design, Energy gap, Flat plates, Heat, Heating
Proceedings Papers

Limits of Parabolic Flow Theory in Microfluidic Particle Separation: A Computational Study

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Ryan S. Pawell, Tracie J. Barber, David W. Inglis, Robert A. Taylor
Proc. ASME. MNHMT2013, ASME 2013 4th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, V001T10A002, December 11–14, 2013
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: MNHMT2013-22035
https://doi.org/10.1115/MNHMT2013-22035
View Paper titled, Limits of Parabolic Flow Theory in Microfluidic Particle Separation: A Computational Study
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Topics: Flow (Dynamics), Microfluidics, Particulate matter, Separation (Technology), Design, Errors, Shapes, Displacement, Geometry
Journal Articles

Analysis and Testing of a Portable Thermal Battery

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Robert A. Taylor, Chia-Yang Chung, Karl Morrison, Evatt R. Hawkes
Journal: Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. September 2014, 6(3): 031004.
Paper No: TSEA-13-1136
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4026092
Published Online: January 31, 2014
View Articletitled, Analysis and Testing of a Portable Thermal Battery
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Topics: Batteries, Design, Temperature, Testing, Engineering prototypes, Heat losses, Heat