Energy Production: Combustion, Heat Engines, Solar Thermal and Thermoelectrics

Presentations

• Electricity from Coal Combustion: Improving the hydrophobicity of oxidized coals

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 8:00 AM – March 24, 2011, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Mohindar Seehra

    • West Virginia University

  • Vivek Singh

    • West Virginia University

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• Electrorheology for Efficient Energy Production and Conservation

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 8:12 AM – March 24, 2011, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Rongjia Tao

    • Temple University

  • Enpeng Du

    • Temple University

  • Hong Tao

    • Temple University

  • Xiaojun Xu

    • Temple University

  • Yun Liu

    • NIST Center for Neutron Research

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• Small angle neutron (SANS) and X-ray scattering (SAXS) investigation of microstructure and porosity with fractal properties of coal, shale, and sandstone from Indiana

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 8:24 AM – March 24, 2011, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Narayan Ch Das

    • Indiana University Department of Physics
    • Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408

  • Hu Cao

  • H. Kaiser

  • T.R. Prisk

  • Paul E. Sokol

    • Low Energy Neutron Source, Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter \& Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington

  • M. Mastalerz

  • J. Rupp

    • Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, Bloomington

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• Optimizing the performance of a heat engine: A simulation study

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 8:36 AM – March 24, 2011, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Mulugeta Bekele

  • Mehari Bayou

  • Yergou Tatek

  • Mesfin Tsige

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• Analysis of Binary Cycle Efficiency Using Redlich-Kwong Equation of State

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 8:48 AM – March 24, 2011, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Deborah Saunderson

    • University of Calgary
    • Universit of Calgary

  • Arief Budiman

    • University of Calgary

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• Carbon dioxide adsorption on H$_{2}$O$_{2}$ treated single-walled carbon nanohorns

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 9:00 AM – March 24, 2011, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Aldo Migone

  • Vaiva Krungleviciute

  • Shree Banjara

    • Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  • Masako Yudasaka

  • Sumio Iijima

    • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

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• GOFs and ZIFs: Experimental Results and Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Sorption

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 9:12 AM – March 24, 2011, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Jacob Burress

    • NIST Center for Neutron Research

  • Jason Simmons

    • NIST Center for Neutron Research

  • Wei Zhou

    • University of Maryland

  • Gadipelli Srinivas

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • J. Ford

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • UPENN/NIST

  • Taner Yildirim

    • NIST Center for Neutron Research

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• Eutectics and Phase Diagrams of Molten Salts from Molecular Dynamics simulations

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 9:24 AM – March 24, 2011, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Saivenkataraman Jayaraman

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Anatole von Lilienfeld

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Aidan Thompson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• Energy Harvesting with Stochastic, Subharmonic and Ultraharmonic Vibrations

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 9:36 AM – March 24, 2011, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Ji-Tzuoh Lin

    • University of Louisville

  • Bruce Alphenaar

    • University of Louisville

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• Enhanced thermoelectric properties of n-type filled skutterudite Yb0.35Co4Sb12 by substitution on both the Co and Sb sites

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 9:48 AM – March 24, 2011, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Tianyi Sun

    • Boston College

  • Gang Chen

    • Boston College
    • MIT

  • Zhifeng Ren

    • Boston College

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• Optimum Working Fluid Selection For Rankine Cycle Using Redlich-Kwong Equation of State

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 10:00 AM – March 24, 2011, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Arief Budiman

    • University of Calgary

  • Deborah Saunderson

    • University of Calgary
    • Universit of Calgary

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• Thermoelectric properties of correlated materials

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 10:12 AM – March 24, 2011, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Jan Tomczak

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA

  • Kristjan Haule

    • Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    • Serin Physics Laboratory, Rutgers University,Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
    • Department of Physics, Rutgers University

  • Takashi Miyake

    • Nanosystem Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan

  • Antoine Georges

    • Centre de Physique Theorique, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France

  • Gabriel Kotliar

    • Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    • Serin Physics Laboratory, Rutgers University,Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
    • Department of Physics, Rutgers University

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• Electron correlation effect on temperature and magnetic-field dependences of thermopower

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 10:24 AM – March 24, 2011, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Mari Matsuo

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency and JST-CREST

  • Satoshi Okamoto

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Wataru Koshibae

    • RIKEN, Japan

  • Michiyasu Mori

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency and JST-CREST

  • Sadamichi Maekawa

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency and JST-CREST

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• Unusual Transport and Strongly Anisotropic Thermopower in PtCoO$_{2}$ and PdCoO$_{2}$

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 10:36 AM – March 24, 2011, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Khuong Ong

    • Institute of High Performance Computing

  • David Singh

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • ORNL
    • Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Ping Wu

    • Institute of High Performance Computing

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• Analysis of Wind Forces on Roof-Top Solar Panel

  ORAL

  March 24, 2011, 10:48 AM – March 24, 2011, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Yogendra Panta

    • Department of Mechanical \& Industrial Engineering, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Youngstown State University

  • Ganesh Kudav

    • Department of Mechanical \& Industrial Engineering, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio

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