Publications

X Author: Patrick E Phelan X Term: Thermal Energy Group

2009

Tyagi, Himanshu, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Predicted Efficiency of a Low-Temperature Nanofluid-Based Direct Absorption Solar Collector."J. Sol. Energy Eng. 131 (2009) 041004. DOI
Taylor, Robert A, Patrick E Phelan, Ronald J Adrian, Todd P Otanicar, and Ravi S Prasher."Experimental Results for Light-Induced Boiling in Water-Based Graphite Nanoparticle Suspensions."ASME 2009 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the InterPACK09 and 3rd Energy Sustainability Conferences (2009). DOI
. Y. Lai, W, S Vinod, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Convective Heat Transfer for Water-Based Alumina Nanofluids in a Single 1.02-mm Tube."Journal of Heat Transfer 131.11 (2009) 112401. DOI
Otanicar, Todd P, Robert A Taylor, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Impact of Size and Scattering Mode on the Optimal Solar Absorbing Nanofluid."ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer and InterPACK09 Conferences (2009) 791–796. DOI
Tao, Y, C Ma, Todd P Otanicar, Patrick E Phelan, Gary Rosengarten, and Ravi S Prasher."Experimental Testing and Modeling of a Micro Solar Thermal Collector with Direct Absorption Nanofluids." (2009) 1 - 7. DOI
Tyagi, Himanshu, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Using Solar Energy: Use of Nanoparticle-Laden Molten Salt as the Working Fluid."ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer and InterPACK09 ConferencesASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Volume 2 (2009). DOI
Taylor, Robert A, Patrick E Phelan, Todd P Otanicar, Ronald J Adrian, and Ravi S Prasher."Vapor generation in a nanoparticle liquid suspension using a focused, continuous laser."Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 (2009) 161907. DOI

2008

. Y. Lai, W, Patrick E Phelan, S Vinod, and Ravi S Prasher."Convective heat transfer for water-based alumina nanofluids in a single 1.02-mm tube."2008 11th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (I-THERM)2008 11th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (2008). DOI
Phelan, Patrick E, Y Gupta, Himanshu Tyagi, Ravi S Prasher, J Cattano, G Michna, R Zhou, J Wen, Michael K Jensen, and Y Peles."Optimization of Refrigeration Systems for High-Heat-Flux Microelectronics."ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2008). DOI
Lee, Tae-Woo, Himanshu Tyagi, David Sonenschein, Patrick E Phelan, Ravi S Prasher, Robert Peck, and Paul Arentzen."Ignition and Combustion Characteristics of Liquid Fuel Droplets Containing Metal Nanoparticles."ASME 2008 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the Fluids Engineering, Energy Sustainability, and 3rd Energy Nanotechnology ConferencesHeat Transfer: Volume 3 (2008). DOI
Tyagi, Himanshu, Patrick E Phelan, Ravi S Prasher, Robert Peck, Taewoo Lee, Jose R Pacheco, and Paul Arentzen."Increased hot-plate ignition probability for nanoparticle-laden diesel fuel."Nano Lett. 8 (2008) 1410–1416. DOI
Evans, W, Ravi S Prasher, J Fish, P Meakin, Patrick E Phelan, and others others."Effect of aggregation and interfacial thermal resistance on thermal conductivity of nanocomposites and colloidal nanofluids."International Journal of (2008). DOI

2007

Tyagi, Himanshu, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Predicted Efficiency of a Nanofluid-Based Direct Absorption Solar Receiver."ASME 2007 Energy Sustainability Conference (2007) 729–736. DOI

2006

Prasher, Ravi S, David W Song, Jinlin Wang, and Patrick E Phelan."Parametric Experimental Study of Viscosity of Nanofluids."ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2006) 21–24. DOI
Prasher, Ravi S, David W Song, Jinlin Wang, and Patrick E Phelan."Measurements of nanofluid viscosity and its implications for thermal applications."Appl. Phys. Lett. 89.13 (2006). DOI
Prasher, Ravi S, and Patrick E Phelan."Microscopic and macroscopic thermal contact resistances of pressed mechanical contacts."J. Appl. Phys. 100 (2006) 063538. DOI
Prasher, Ravi S, and Patrick E Phelan."A Unified Microscopic and Macroscopic Thermal Contact Resistance Model."ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2006) 525–533. DOI

2005

Ganapathy, Deepak, Kulwinder Singh, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."An Effective Unit Cell Approach to Compute the Thermal Conductivity of Composites With Cylindrical Particles."J. Heat Transfer 127 (2005) 553–559. DOI
Prasher, Ravi S, and Patrick E Phelan."Modeling of Radiative and Optical Behavior of Nanofluids Based on Multiple and Dependent Scattering Theories."ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2005) 739–743. DOI

2001

Devpura, Amit, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Size Effects On The Thermal Conductivity Of Polymers Laden With Highly Conductive Filler Particles."Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 5.3 (2001) 177 - 189. DOI
Prasher, Ravi S, and Patrick E Phelan."Erratum: "A Scattering-Mediated Acoustic Mismatch Model for the Prediction of Thermal Boundary Resistance'' [ASME J. Heat Transfer, 123, No. 1, pp. 105–112]."Journal of Heat Transfer 123 (2001) 1194–1194. DOI
Prasher, Ravi S, O Alger, and Patrick E Phelan."A unified macroscopic and microscopic approach to contact conduction heat transfer."2001 National Heat (2001).
Prasher, Ravi S, and Patrick E Phelan."A Scattering-Mediated Acoustic Mismatch Model for the Prediction of Thermal Boundary Resistance."Journal of Heat Transfer 123.1 (2001) 105. DOI

2000

Devpura, Amit, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Percolation theory applied to the analysis of thermal interface materials in flip-chip technology."ITHERM 2000. The Seventh Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (Cat. No.00CH37069) 1 (2000) 21–28. DOI
Devpura, Amit, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Percolation theory applied to study the effect of shape and size of the filler particles in thermal interface materials."American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD 366 (2000) 365–371.