Faculty Directory

Vapor Compression Heat Pump, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Systems, Software for the Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems, Single and Multi-Stage Absorption and Adsorption Systems, Conventional and Natural Working Fluids and Working Fluid Mixtures, Solar Cooling, Ocean Thermal Energy Technology, Cooling, Heating and Power (CHP) Systems Heat Pumps and Building Integration, Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling, Isothermal Compression, Compact air-to-refrigerant Heat Exchangers, Two-phase flow and heat transfer

Graduate and Undergraduate courses in energy conversion, renewable energy and heat pumping, air-conditioning and refrigeration

Recent Publications

1. Eldeeb, R., Aute, V., Radermacher, R., Pillow plate heat exchanger weld shape optimization using approximation and parallel parameterized CFD and non-uniform rational B-splines, International Journal of Refrigeration 110, 121-131, February 1, 2020.
2. Huang, Z., Ling, J., Bacellar, D., Hwang, Y., Aute, V., Radermacher, R., Airside thermal and hydraulic characteristics of compact bare tube heat exchanger under dry and wet conditions, International Journal of Refrigeration 110, 295-307, February 1, 2020.
3. Qiao, Y., Cao, T., Muehlbauer, J., Hwang, Y., Radermacher, R., Experimental study of a personal cooling system integrated with phase change material, Applied Thermal Engineering 170, 115026, April 1, 2020.
4. Huang, Z., Ling, J., Hwang, Y., Aute, V., Radermacher, R., Airside heat transfer and friction characteristics of a 0.8 mm diameter bare tube heat exchanger, Heat Transfer Engineering 41 (19-20), 1720-1730, November 12, 2020.
5. Dhumane, R., Ling, J., Aute, V., Radermacher, R, Performance comparison of low GWP refrigerants for a miniature vapor compression system integrated with enhanced phase change material, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 182, 116160, January 2021.
6. Ling, J., Dalgo, D., Zhu, S., Qiao, Y., Wang, L., Aute, Srebric, J., Muehlbauer, J., Hwang, Y., Radermacher, R, Energy savings and thermal comfort evaluation of a novel personal conditioning device, Energy and Buildings, Vol. 241, 110917, June 15, 2021.
7. Dhumane, R., Qiu, T., Ling, J., Aute, V., Hwang, Y., Radermacher, R., Kirkwood, A.C., Esformes, J., Investigation of the Variability in the Measurement of Cyclic Degradation Coefficient of Air Conditioning Systems, International Journal of Refrigeration, April 20, 2021.
8. Suzukida, J., Bacellar, D., Radermacher, R., Home Retrofit Results In Net Positive Energy Operation, ASHRAE Journal, June 2021.
9. Gao, L, Liu, T., Cao, T., Hwang, Y., Radermacher, R., Comparing deep learning models for multi-energy vectors prediction on multiple types of building, Applied Energy 301, 117486, 2021.
10. Gao, L., Cao, T., Hwang, Y., Radermacher, R. Graph-based configuration optimization for S-CO2 power generation systems, Energy Conversion and Management 244, 114448, 2021.
11. Wan, H., Cao, T., Hwang, Y., Radermacher, R., Chin, S., Comprehensive investigations on Life Cycle Climate Performance of unitary air-conditioners, International Journal of Refrigeration 129, 332-341, September 1, 2021.
12. Gao, L., Tao, C., Hwang, Y., Radermacher, R., Robustness analysis in supercritical CO2 power generation system configuration optimization, Energy 242, March 1, 2022.
13. Chen, D., Riaz, A., Aute, V., Radermacher, R., A solid-liquid model based on lattice Boltzmann method for phase change material melting with porous media in cylindrical heat exchangers, Applied Thermal Engineering, January 29, 2022.
14. Qian, S., D. Catalini, J. Muehlbauer, B. Liu, H. Mevada, H. Hou, Y. Hwang, R. Radermacher, I. Takeuchi, High-performance multimode elastocaloric cooling system, Science. May 19, 2023; 380(6646):722-727. DOI:10.1126/science.adg7043.
15. Baker, J., L. Cao, Y. Hwang*, C. Wang, and R. Radermacher, Performance investigation of an electrochemical ammonia compressor stack, Int. J. of Refrigeration, 153, 67-77, September 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2023.05.020.