Publications

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
Chowdhury, Ihtesham, Ravi S Prasher, Kelly Lofgreen, Sridhar Narasimhan, Ravi Mahajan, David Koester, and Rama Venkatasubramanian."Site-Specific and On-Demand High Heat-Flux Cooling Using Superlattice Based Thin-Film Thermoelectrics."ASME 2009 InterPACK Conference collocated with the ASME 2009 Summer Heat Transfer Conference and the ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability (2009) 521–526. DOI
Sarangi, R K, Anandaroop Bhattacharya, and Ravi S Prasher."Numerical modelling of boiling heat transfer in microchannels."Appl. Therm. Eng. 29 (2009) 300–309. 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
Chowdhury, Ihtesham, Ravi S Prasher, Kelly Lofgreen, Gregory M Chrysler, Sridhar Narasimhan, Ravi Mahajan, David Koester, Randall Alley, and Rama Venkatasubramanian."On-chip cooling by superlattice-based thin-film thermoelectrics."Nat. Nanotechnol. 4 (2009) 235–238. 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
Prasher, Ravi S, X J Hu, Y Chalopin, Natalio Mingo, K Lofgreen, S Volz, F Cleri, and Pawel Keblinski."Turning carbon nanotubes from exceptional heat conductors into insulators."Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 105901. 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
Gupta, Ashish, Leonel R Arana, David W Song, Chia-Pin Chiu, Ravi S Prasher, Chris Matayabas, and Nirupama Chakrapani."Microelectronic package including thermally conductive sealant between heat spreader and substrate." (2008).
Chang, Je-Young, Ravi S Prasher, Suzana Prstic, P Cheng, and H B Ma."Evaporative Thermal Performance of Vapor Chambers Under Nonuniform Heating Conditions."J. Heat Transfer 130 (2008) 121501. DOI
Prasher, Ravi S, Tao Tong, and Arun Majumdar."Approximate analytical models for phonon specific heat and ballistic thermal conductance of nanowires."Nano Lett. 8 (2008) 99–103. 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
Moore, A L, S K Saha, Ravi S Prasher, and L Shi."Phonon backscattering and thermal conductivity suppression in sawtooth nanowires."Appl. Phys. Lett. (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
Prasher, Ravi S."Micropin heat exchanger." (2008).
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
Prasher, Ravi S, and Je-Young Chang."Cooling of Electronic Chips Using Microchannel and Micro-Pin Fin Heat Exchangers."ASME 2008 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels (2008) 1881–1887. DOI
Sauciuc, Ioan, Gregory M Chrysler, Je-Young Chang, and Ravi S Prasher."Preventing burst-related hazards in microelectronic cooling systems." (2008).
Prasher, Ravi S."Thermal boundary resistance and thermal conductivity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes."Physical Review B 77.7 (2008). DOI
Keblinski, P, Ravi S Prasher, and J Eapen."Thermal conductance of nanofluids: is the controversy over?."J. Nanopart. Res. (2008).