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Conference Papers
2016, 'Addressing the High Temperature Nanofluid Stability Challenge', in Addressing the High Temperature Nanofluid Stability Challenge, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 702 - 712, presented at Chemeca 2016, Adelaide, Australia, 25 September 2016 - 28 September 2016, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=407911451010111;res=IELENG
,2016, 'A Systematic Parametric Study of Porous Media Combustion-Based Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion', Honolulu, Hawaii, presented at The 27th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20 September 2016 - 23 September 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26106
,2016, 'Performance of a Low Profile, Concentrating Solar Thermal Collector for Industrial Process Heating Applications', World Energy and Environment Technology Ltd., Coventry, United Kingdom, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, presented at WEENTECH Proceedings in Energy- International Conference on Energy, Environment and Economics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 16 August 2016 - 18 August 2016
,2016, 'High temperature optical properties of nanoparticle suspensions for direct solar absorption', Costa del Sol, Spain, presented at Committees Keynotes Transport Contact Terms Authors Titles 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Costa del Sol, Spain, 11 July 2016 - 13 July 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25842
,2016, 'Part load behavior of molten salt cavity receiver solar tower plants under storage mode operational mode', in ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2016 Power Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, The American society of mechanical engineers (ASME), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, presented at ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 26 June 2016 - 30 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ES2016-59703
,2016, 'Spectrum Splitting Using Gold and Silver Nanofluids for Photovoltaic / Thermal Collectors', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Portland, OR, USA, pp. 3518 - 3523, presented at 43rd IEEE PV Specialists Conference, Portland, OR, USA, 05 June 2016 - 10 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750324
,2016, 'An efficicent strategy for the operation of an integrated thermal energy storage facility and CHP/DH plant', in 20TH IASTEM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, World Research Library, Sydney, presented at IASTEM- 33RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (ICMAE), Sydney, 15 April 2016 - 15 April 2016, http://worldresearchlibrary.org/proceeding.php?pid=262
,2016, 'Geometric optimization of high temperature shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage', in Proceedings of 20th IASTEM International Conferenc, World Research Library, Sydney, pp. 26 - 32, presented at IASTEM- 33RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (ICMAE), Sydney, 15 April 2016 - 15 April 2016, http://www.worldresearchlibrary.org/up_proc/pdf/262-146139132326-32.pdf
,2016, 'The value of solar salt specific heat enhancement in concentrated solar thermal plants', in Proceedings of 20 th IASTEM International Conference, World Research Library, Sydney, presented at IASTEM- 33RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (ICMAE), Sydney, 15 April 2016 - 15 April 2016, http://worldresearchlibrary.org/proceeding.php?pid=262
,2016, 'Effect of nanoparticle concentration on thermal damage in nanoparticle-assisted thermal therapy', in ASME 2016 5th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, MNHMT 2016, Biopolis, Singapore, presented at Proceedings of the ASME 2016 5th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, Biopolis, Singapore, 04 January 2016 - 06 January 2016
,2016, 'Solar selective volumetric receivers for harnessing solar thermal energy', in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2016-66599
,2015, 'Evaluating the Performance, Design and Optimisation of a Solar Combisystem in the Australian Climate', in Egan R; Passey R (ed.), Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2015, Australian PV Institute, Brisbane, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2015, Brisbane, 08 December 2015 - 10 December 2015, http://apvi.org.au/solar-research-conference/index.php?aam_media=2388
,2015, 'Oil-based Nanofluid Optical Filters for Hybrid Photovoltaic/ Thermal Collectors', Brisbane, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2015, Brisbane, 08 December 2015 - 10 December 2015
,2015, 'Thermoset polyester-based superhydrophobic microchannels for nanofluid heat transfer applications', presented at SPIE Micro+Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems, 07 December 2015 - 09 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2202524
,2015, 'Experimental investigation of a nanofluid absorber employed in a low-profile, concentrated solar thermal collector', in Eggleton BJ; Palomba S (ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, pp. 96683p-96683p-13, presented at SPIE Micro+Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 06 December 2015 - 09 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2202513
,2015, 'Multi-Effect absorption chillers powered by the sun: reality or reverie', in Yesilata B (ed.), Energy Procedia, Elsevier, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 844 - 856, presented at SHC 2015, International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, Istanbul, Turkey, 02 December 2015 - 04 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.251
,2015, 'A new optical concentrator design and analysis for rooftop solar applications', in Winston R; Gordon J (ed.), Proceedings of SPIE Vol 9572, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XII, SPIE, San Diego, California, United States, presented at SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, San Diego, California, United States, 09 August 2015 - 13 August 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2186477
,2015, 'Fabrication and comparison of selective, transparent optics for concentrating solar systems', in Andru P (ed.), San Diego, CA, USA, presented at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2015, San Diego, CA, USA, 09 August 2015 - 13 August 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2185742
,2015, 'Solar-Powered Absorption Chillers for Air-Conditioning Applications: Simulation and Techno-Economic Evaluation', in Qu M (ed.), Proceedings of the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ASME, San Diego, USA, presented at ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, San Diego, USA, 28 June 2015 - 02 July 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ES2015-49637
,2015, 'Design and On-Sun Testing of a Hybrid PVT Prototype Using a Nanofluid-based Selective Absorption Filter', Lisbon, Portugal, presented at 12th International Conference on the European Energy Market, Lisbon, Portugal, 20 May 2015 - 22 May 2015
,2015, 'Selective Solar Absorption of Nanofluids for Photovoltaic/Thermal Collector Enhancement', in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Springer Nature, San Francisco, pp. 53 - 58, presented at Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 06 April 2015 - 10 April 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/opl.2015.724
,2014, 'Simulation results of a high-temperature solar-cooling system with different control strategies', in Watt M; Passey R (ed.), Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2014, APVI, Sydney, Australia, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2014, Sydney, Australia, 08 December 2014 - 10 December 2014, http://apvi.org.au/solar-research-conference/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6-Pintaldi_peer_reviewed.pdf
,2014, 'Direct Numerical Simulation of Particle Behaviour in a Gas-Solid Three Dimensional Plane Jet', in Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, presented at 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 08 December 2014 - 11 December 2014, http://www.afms.org.au/proceedings.html#proceedings
,2014, 'Design and Analysis of Compact Optical Concentrators for Roof-Integrated Solar Thermal Applications', in Light, Energy and the Environment OSA Technical Digest, presented at 2014 Light, Energy and the Environment (Energy) Congress, 02 December 2014 - 05 December 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OSE.2014.RTu3B.2
,2014, 'LOW-TEMPERATURE MELTING OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES IN SUBCOOLED AND SATURATED WATER', in Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2014), Montreal, Canada, presented at ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Montreal, Canada, 14 November 2014 - 20 November 2014, http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceedingbrowse.aspx
,2014, 'THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATORBASED MICRO SOLAR COLLECTOR FOR METHANOL REFORMING', in Charoenphonphanich C (ed.), The 25th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Krabi, Thailand, presented at The 25th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Krabi, Thailand, 05 November 2014 - 07 November 2014
,2014, 'Design and analysis of a low-profile, concentrating solar thermal collector', in Kasagi N (ed.), International Heat Transfer Conference 15, Begell House, Kyoto, Japan, presented at Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 10 August 2014 - 15 August 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/IHTC15.sol.008611
,2014, 'Design and analysis of a rooftop solar furnace', in Kasagi N (ed.), International Heat Transfer Conference 15, Kyoto, Japan, presented at Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 10 August 2014 - 15 August 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/IHTC15.sol.008410
,2014, 'THE IMPACT OF THERMAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE', in Kasagi N (ed.), nternational Heat Transfer Conference 15, Kyoto, Japan, presented at Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 10 August 2014 - 15 August 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/IHTC15.ees.008895
,2014, 'Assessing the economic benefit of forecasting concentrated solar thermal energy output', in Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Conference, Australian Solar Energy Society (Australian Solar Council) Melbourne May 2014, Melbourne, VIC, presented at Solar 2014 Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC, 08 May 2014 - 09 May 2014, http://solar.org.au/papers/14papers/%2324_final.pdf
,2014, 'Limits of nanofluid based direct absorption solar collection', in O' Farrel M (ed.), Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Conference, Australian Solar Energy Society (Australian Solar Council) Melbourne May 2014, Australian Solar Council, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, presented at Solar2014: The 52nd Annual Conference of the Australian Solar Council, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 08 May 2014 - 09 May 2014, http://solar.org.au/news-2/solar-2014-conference-and-expo/
,2014, 'OPTIMISED OPERATION OF A CONCENTRATING SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT WITH STORAGE', in Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Conference, Australian Solar Energy Society (Australian Solar Council), Melbourne, VIC, pp. 1 - 10, presented at Solar 2014 Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC, 08 May 2014 - 09 May 2014, http://solar.org.au/papers/14papers/%2358_final.pdf
,2014, 'Performance of a linear Fresnel-based concentrating hybrid PV/T collector using selective spectral beam splitting', in Solar 2014 Conference & Exhibition Proceedings 8 - 9 May 2014 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australian Solar Council / AUPVSEE, Melbourne, VIC, presented at Solar 2014 Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC, 08 May 2014 - 09 May 2014, http://solar.org.au/papers/14papers/%2350_final.pdf
,2013, 'An Innovative Design of a Tri-Segmented Parabolic Trough Solar Thermoelectric Receiver Tube for Multi-Component Energy Conversion', in Proceedings of the IEEE International conference on Green Computing, Communication and Conservation of Energy (ICGCE 2013), IEEE, Chennai, India, presented at IEEE International conference on Green Computing, Communication and Conservation of Energy 2013, Chennai, India, 12 December 2013 - 14 December 2013
,2013, 'Numerical Study of Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Hybrid Collector Using Nanofluids', in Proceedings of 4th ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, presented at 4th ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference (MNHMT-13), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 11 December 2013 - 14 December 2013
,2013, 'Temperature measurements of a gold nanosphere solution in response to light-induced hyperthermia', in Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2013) - Volume 8A: Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, San Diego, CA, pp. 1 - 8, presented at ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Diego, CA, USA, 15 November 2013 - 21 November 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2013-66424
,2013, 'Jet Formation in Micro-post Arrays', in Pawell RS (ed.), Applied Mechanics and Materials, Sydney, Australia, presented at Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Sydney, Australia, 03 October 2013 - 04 October 2013, http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ryan_Pawell/
,2013, 'Simulation as a design tool for solar cooling systems in humid, tropical climates', in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, pp. 1 - 8, presented at Building Simulation, Chambery, France, 25 August 2013 - 28 August 2013
,2013, 'SIMULATION AS A DESIGN TOOL FOR SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS IN HUMID, TROPICAL CLIMATES', in Wurtz E (ed.), BUILDING SIMULATION 2013: 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION ASSOCIATION, INT BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION ASSOC-IBPSA, FRANCE, Chambery, pp. 990 - 997, presented at 13th International Conference of the International-Building-Performance-Simulation-Association (IBPSA), FRANCE, Chambery, 25 August 2013 - 28 August 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000414802201003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Beam Splitting System for the Development of a Concentrating Linear Fresnel Solar Hybrid PV/T Collector', in ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference : Volume 1: Heat Transfer in Energy Systems; Thermophysical Properties; Theory and Fundamental Research in Heat Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, presented at ASME Annual Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 14 July 2013 - 19 July 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/HT2013-17221
,2013, 'Modeling and testing of a thermal storage battery', in ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, pp. 1 - 8, presented at ASME Energy Sustainability, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 14 July 2013 - 19 July 2013
,2013, 'Optical Analysis of a New CPC-Based Solar Collector Designed for Hydrogen Production', in ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference : Volume 1: Heat Transfer in Energy Systems; Thermophysical Properties; Theory and Fundamental Research in Heat Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, pp. 1 - 9, presented at ASME Annual Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 14 July 2013 - 19 July 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/HT2013-17226
,2013, 'Spatiotemporal Temperature in a Tumor During Nanorod Assisted Thermal Therapy', in Proceedings of the ASME 2013 2nd Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, ASME, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 1 - 6, presented at ASME 2013 2nd Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Boston, MA, USA, 04 February 2013 - 06 February 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/NEMB2013-93053
,2013, 'Limits of parabolic flow theory in microfluidic particle separation - A computational study', in ASME 2013 4th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, MNHMT 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/MNHMT2013-22035
,2013, 'Optimisation of Metallic Nanoshell Suspensions for Radiation Experiments', in International Journal of Transport Phenomena, Old City Publishing, Inc, pp. 233 - 244, http://www.oldcitypublishing.com/IJTP/IJTPcontents/IJTPv13n3contents.html
,2012, 'A Solar Absorption Radiant Cooling System for Subtropical Regions', in Australian Solar Energy Society 50th Annual Conference, AuSES, Melbourne, pp. 1 - 9, presented at AuSES 50th Annual Conference, Melbourne, 07 December 2012 - 09 October 2012
,2012, 'Performance of a Linear Fresnel Rooftop Mounted Concentrating Solar Collector', in Australian Solar Energy Society 50th Annual Conference, AuSES, Australia, pp. 1 - 10, presented at AuSES 50th Annual Conference, Melbourne, 07 December 2012
,2012, 'Design of a Novel Micro Solar Concentrator', in Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Auckland, NZ, pp. Paper #149, presented at International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Auckland, NZ, 19 November 2012 - 22 November 2012
,2012, 'Optimization of Cell Configuration for Maximizing Performance of a Cu/Cu2+ Aqueous Thermogalvanic Cell', in Proceedings of the 2012 IMECE Conference, ASME, Huston, Texas, pp. IMECE2012-88796 - IMECE2012-88796, presented at International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Huston, Texas, USA, 09 November 2012 - 15 November 2012
,2012, 'Space Cooling Using the Concept of Nanofluids-Based Direct Absorption Solar Collectors', in Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, ASME, Huston, Texas, USA, pp. IMECE2012-87726 - IMECE2012-87726, presented at International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Huston, Texas, USA, 09 November 2012 - 15 November 2012
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