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2020

  1. Yang, Y., Jenet, F., Xu, B., Garza, J., Tamayo, B., Chavez, Y., Reyes, O., & Fuentes, S.  (2020) Experimental study of a lift-type Wave Energy Converter in freewheeling mode. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 142(3): 031201. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044550
  2. Qu, J., Escobar, L., Li, J., Rao, Z., & Xu, B.* (2020). Experimental study of evaporation and crystallization of brine droplets under different temperatures and humidity levels. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 110, 104427.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735193319302933

  1. Bekkulov, A., Luthen, A., & Xu, B.* (2020). Experimental Study of Condensation in a Thermoacoustic Cooler With Various 3D-Printed Regenerators Using Water Vapor as the Working Fluid. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 142(5).

https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/energyresources/article/1069640/Experimental-Study-of-Condensation-in-a

  1. Xu, X., Xu, B., & Li, P. (2020). An O(N) framework for internal coordinate molecular dynamics applicable to molecules with arbitrary constraints and geometries. Molecular Simulation, 1-13. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08927022.2019.1706738

 

2019

1.      Guo, P., Li, T., Xu, B., Xu, X., & Li, J. (2019). Questions and current understanding about solar chimney power plant: A review. Energy Conversion and Management, 182, 21-33. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890418314080

2.      Chirino, H., Xu, B.* (2019) Parametric Study and Sensitivity Analysis of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System in Concentrated Solar Power Plants. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 141(2), 021006. http://solarenergyengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleID=2716688

3.      Gupta, S. K., Abdou, M., Zuniga, J. P., Ghosh, P. S., Molina, E., Xu, B., Chipara, M., Mao, Y.B. (2018) Roles of Oxygen Vacancies and pH Induced Size Changes on Photo- and Radioluminescence of Undoped and Eu3+-Doped La2Zr2O7 Nanoparticles. Journal of Luminescence, 209, 302-315. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022231318318702

  1. Montiel, H., Xu, B.*, & Li, J. (2019) Selective Laser Melting of Mechanically Alloyed Metastable Al5Fe2 Powders. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 141 (7), 071008. https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/manufacturingscience/article/141/7/071008/727773/Selective-Laser-Melting-of-Mechanically-Alloyed
  2. Xu, X., Li, W., Xu, B., Qin, J. (2019) Numerical study on a water cooling system for prismatic LiFePO4 batteries at abused operating conditions. Applied Energy, 250, 404-412. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261919308384
  3. Xu, X., Yang, W., Zhuang, X., Xu, B. (2019) Experimental and numerical investigation on effects of cathode flow field configurations in an air-breathing high-temperature PEMFC. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44 (45), 25010-25020.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319919328800

  1. Shabgard, H., Parthasarathy, R., Xu, B. (2019) Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Novel Multiple-Effect Vapor Chamber Distillation System for Wastewater Treatment. Desalination and Water Treatment, 171, 1-17. https://www.deswater.com/DWT_abstracts/vol_171/171_2019_1.pdf
  2. Liu, C., Fang, H., Liu, X., Xu, B., & Rao, Z. (2019). Novel silica filled deep eutectic solvent based nanofluids for energy transportation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7(24), 20159-20169. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06179
  3. Zhao, W., Gao, Y., Li, R., Qiu, S., Zhang, Y., Xu, B.* (2019) Hybrid thermal lattice Boltzmann simulation of vapor condensation on vertical subcooled walls. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer. (in press)
  4. Lei, J., Yang, Y., Gonzalez, E., Zhang, Y., Xu, B.* (2019) CFD Investigation of Wave Energy Convertor with Hydrofoil Blades under Various Oscillating Wave Conditions. Renewable Energy. (under review)

 

2018

1.      Xu, B., Bhagwat, S., Xu, H., Rokoni, A., McCarthy, M., & Sun, Y. (2018). System-Level Analysis of a Novel Air-Cooled Condenser using Spray Freezing of Phase Change Materials. Applied Thermal Engineering, 131, 102-114.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431117354352

2.      Chirino, H., Xu, B.*, Xu, X., & Guo, P. (2018). Generalized diagrams of energy storage efficiency for latent heat thermal storage system in concentrated solar power plant. Applied Thermal Engineering, 129, 1595-1603.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431117341947

3.      Dong, J., Zhuang, X., Xu, X., Miao, Z., & Xu, B. (2018). Numerical analysis of a multi-channel active cooling system for densely packed concentrating photovoltaic cells. Energy Conversion and Management, 161, 172-181.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890418300943

4.      Chirino, H., Xu, B.*, Xu., X.H. Parametric Study of Cascade Thermal Energy Storage System using Phase Change Materials in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plants. Journal of the Energy Institute, 141 (2), 021006.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S174396711730853X

5.      Zhao, W.D., Zhang, Y., Xu, B.*, Li, P.S., Wang, Z.T., Jiang, S.S. Multiple-relaxation-time (MRT) Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) simulation of flow and heat transfer in porous volumetric solar receivers. ASME Journal of Energy Resource Technology, 140(8), 082003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4039775

6.      Zhao, W., Zhang, Y., Shang, W., Wang, Z., Xu, B., & Jiang, S. (2018). Simulation of droplet impacting a square solid obstacle in microchannel with different wettability by using high density ratio pseudopotential multiple-relaxation-time (MRT) lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM). Canadian Journal of Physics, 97(1), 93-113. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjp-2018-0126#.W3IHOu4vzIU

7.      Xu, B.*, Ordonez, J., Rao, Z., Xu, X., & Shabgard, H. (2018). Innovative Applications of Advanced Solar Thermal Technologies Using Phase Change Materials. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2018. http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/2018/5707264.pdf

8.      Zhao, W., Xu, B.*, & Zhang, Y. (2018). An improved pseudopotential multi-relaxation-time Lattice Boltzmann model for binary droplets collision with large density ratio. Fluid Dynamics Research, 51, 025510. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1873-7005/aae443/meta

9.      Guo, P., Wang, S., Xu, B., Meng, Q., & Wang, Y. (2018). Reduced-scale experimental model and numerical investigations to buoyance-driven natural ventilation in a large space building. Building and Environment, 145, 24-32.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132318305675

10.  Suarez-Dominguez, E. J., Xu, B., Perez-Sanchez, J. F., Palacio-Perez, A., & Izquierdo-Kulich, E. (2018). Stochastic modeling of asphaltenes deposition and prediction of its influence on friction pressure drop. Petroleum Science and Technology, 36(21), 1812-1819.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2018.1514406

11.  Zhao, W., Xu, B.*, & Zhang, Y. (2018). Numerical Simulation of Oscillating Multiphase Heat Transfer in Parallel plates using Pseudopotential Multiple-Relaxation-Time Lattice Boltzmann Method. arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.01756. https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01756

 

2017

1.      Xu, B.*, Li, Y.C., Xu, X.K., Xu, X.H., (2017). Quantitative Evaluation of Passive Scalar Flow Mixing - A Review of Recent Developments. ChemBioEng Reviews. 4 (2): 1-21. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cben.201600019/full

2.      Xu, X., Shuai, K., & Xu, B. (2017). Review on Copper and Palladium Based Catalysts for Methanol Steam Reforming to Produce Hydrogen. Catalysts, 7(6), 183. http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/7/6/183

3.      Dong, J., Xu, X., & Xu, B. (2017). CFD analysis of a novel modular manifold with multi-stage channels for uniform air distribution in a fuel cell stack. Applied Thermal Engineering. 124, 286–293 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431116333567

4.      Xu, B., Han, J.X., Kumar, A., Yang, Y.P., Li, P.W., (2017). Thermal Storage using Sand Saturated by Thermal-Conductive Fluid and Comparison with the Use of Concretehttps://www.evise.com/evise/adf/images/t.gif. Journal of Energy Storage, 13, 85-95. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152X16301785

 

2016

1.      Xu, X., Xu, B., Dong, J., & Liu, X. (2017). Near-term analysis of a roll-out strategy to introduce fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen stations in Shenzhen China. Applied Energy, 196, 229-237.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.048

2.      Dong, J., Xu, X., Xu, B., & Zhang, S. (2016). Parametric analysis of a solid oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit operating on syngas produced by autothermal reforming of hydrocarbon fuels. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 8(2), 024301.

http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4945572

3.      Xu, X., Liu, X., & Xu, B. (2016). A survey of nickel‐based catalysts and monolithic reformers of the onboard fuel reforming system for fuel cell APU applications. International Journal of Energy Research, 40 (9), 1157–1177. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/er.3509/full

4.      Xu, X., Vignarooban, K., Xu, B., Hsu, K., & Kannan, A. M. (2016). Prospects and problems of concentrating solar power technologies for power generation in the desert regions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 53, 1106-1131.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032115009855

 

2015

1.      Xu, B., Li P.W., Chan, C.L., “Application of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in concentrated solar thermal power plants: A review to recent developments”, Applied Energy 160 (2015): 286-307. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261915010867

2.      Xu, B., Li, P.W., Chan, C.L., “Energy storage startup strategies for CSP plants with a dual-media thermal storage system”, ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 137.5 (2015): 051002. http://solarenergyengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=2340175

3.      Xu, B., Li, P.W., Chan, C.L., Tumilowicz, E., “General Volume Sizing Strategy for Thermal Storage System using Phase Change Material for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plant”, Applied Energy 140 (2015): 256-268. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030626191401215X

4.      Xu, B., Li, P.W., Waller, P., Huesemann, M., “Evaluation of Flow Mixing in an ARID-HV Algal Raceway using Statistics of Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Fluid Particles” , Algal Research. 9 (2015): 27-39. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211926415000533

 

2014

1.      Tumilowicz, E., Chan, C.L., Li, P.W. & Xu, B., “An enthalpy formulation for thermocline with encapsulated PCM thermal storage and benchmark solution using the method of characteristic.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 79 (2014): 362-377.

        http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0017931014007042

2.      Li, P.W., Xu, B., Han, J.X., and Yang, Y.P., "Verification of a model of thermal storage incorporated with an extended lumped capacitance method for various solid–fluid structural combinations." Solar Energy 105 (2014): 71-81. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X14001728

3.      Xu, B., Li, P.W., Chan, C.L., “Study of the flow mixing in a novel ARID raceway for algae production.” Renewable Energy 62 (2014): 249-257. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096014811300342X

 

2012

1.      Xu, B., Li P.W., Chan, C.L., “Extending the validity of lumped capacitance method for large Biot number in thermal storage application” Solar Energy 86.6 (2012): 1709-1724. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X12001223

 

Conference Proceedings

1.      Xu, B., Li, P.W., Waller, P. (2012, July). Study of the flow mixing in a novel open-channel raceway for algae production. In ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, pp. 769-775. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), San Diego, CA.

2.      Xu, B., Li, P.W., Waller, P. (2013, July). Optimization of the Flow Field of a Novel ARID Raceway (ARID-HV) for Algal Production. In ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Minneapolis, MN.

3.      Tumilowicz, E., Chan, C.L., Xu, B., Li, P.W. (2013, July). An Enthalpy Formulation for Thermocline With Encapsulated PCM Thermal Storage and Benchmark Solution Using the Method of Characteristics. In ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Minneapolis, MN.

4.      Xu, B., Li, P.W., Chan, C.L. (2014, June). Fluid Charge and Discharge Strategies of Dual-Media Thermal Storage Systems in the Starting-Up Process of Daily Cyclic Operations. In ASME 2014 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boston, MA.

5.      Wang, K., Molina, E., Dehghani, G., Xu, B., Li, P.W., Hao, Q., Teja, A.S. (2014, June). Experimental Investigation to the Properties of Eutectic Salts by NaCl-KCl-ZnCl2 for Application as High Temperature Heat Transfer Fluids. In ASME 2014 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boston, MA.

6.      Xu, B., Li, P.W., Chan, C.L. (2014, June). Volume Sizing for Thermal Storage with Phase Change Material for Concentrated Solar Power Plant. In ASME 2014 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boston, MA.

7.      Xu, B., Zhao, Y., Chirino, H., Li, P. (2017, June). Parametric study of cascade latent heat thermal storage system for concentrating solar power plants. In ASME 2017 Power&Energy. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Charlotte, NC.

8.      Wei, Y., Guo, P., Xu, B.*, Rodriguez, T., Escobar, L., Chirino, H. (2017, August). A Theoretical Study of Saline Droplet Evaporation in Solar-thermal Driven Full Separation Multi Effect Distillation (FS-MED) System. In ASME 2017 Fluid Engineering Division Summer Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Waikoloa, HA.

9.      Shabgard, H., Xu, B., & Parthasarathy, K. (2017, November). Solar thermal-driven multiple-effect thermosyphon distillation system for waste water treatment. In ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Tampa, FL.

10.  Chirino, H., Xu, B.* (2018, June). Comprehensive Parametric Analysis and Sensitivity Study of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System in Concentrated Solar Power Plants. In ASME 2018 Power & Energy Conference & Exhibition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA.

11.  Zhao, W., Zhang, Y., Xu, B.* (2018, June). Numerical Simulation of Oscillating Multiphase Heat Transfer in Parallel plates using Pseudopotential Multiple-Relaxation-Time Lattice Boltzmann Method. In ASME 2018 Power & Energy Conference & Exhibition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Lake Buena Vista, FL.

12.  Bekkulov, A., Huang, S., Xu, B.* (2018, November). Force Decomposition of Medium Reynolds Number Oscillating Flow over a Submerged Sphere. In ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Pittsburg, PA.

13.  Zhao, W., Xu, B.*, Zhang, Y. (2018, November). Three-Dimensional Multiple-Relaxation-Time Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Vapor Condensation on Subcooled Wall. In ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Pittsburg, PA.

14.  Lei, J., Gonzalez, E., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Xu, B.* (2019, July). NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER WITH HYDROFOIL BLADES UNDER VARIOUS WAVE CONDITIONS. In ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Bellevue, WA.

15.  Bekkulov, A., Luthen, A., Xu, B.* (2019, July). EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CONDENSATION IN DIFFERENT 3D PRINTED REGENERATORS IN A THERMOACOUSTIC COOLER. In ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Bellevue, WA.

16.  Qu, J., Escobar, L., Rao, Z., Xu, B.* (2019, July). Experimental study of brine droplet evaporation and crystallization at various temperatures and humidity using EDB method and pendant droplet method. In ASME 2019 Summer Heat Transfer Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Bellevue, WA.

 

Book Chapter

1. Xu, B., Li, P.W., Guo, P.H., Solar thermal-driven desalination pursuing products of pure water and salts and leaving minimum impact to environment, Desalination, Intech, 2017. https://www.intechopen.com/books/desalination/solar-thermal-driven-desalination-pursuing-products-of-pure-water-and-salts-and-leaving-minimum-impa

2. Xu, X.H., Xu, B.*, Liu, T.L., Chirino, H., Life cycle GHG emissions of concentrating solar power plants and geothermal plants, GHG Emission: Drivers, Sources and Impacts, Nova, 2017. https://novapublishers.com/shop/ghg-emissions-drivers-sources-and-impacts/