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Technical Papers

Non-Integrated Hot-Reservoir Variable Conductance Heat Pipes

51st International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES-2022, 10-14 July 2022, St. Paul, Minnesota, Jeff Diebold, Calin Tarau, Joshua Smay, Timothy Hahn, and Ryan Spangler

Synthesis and Characterization of the Magnesium/Boron Solid Solutions for Energetic Applications

Prawal P. K. Agarwal, Devon Jensen, Chien-Hua Chen, Robert M. Rioux, Themis Matsoukas. In collaboration with Penn State University.

CO2 conversion to syngas via electrification of endothermal reactors: Process design and environmental impact analysis

Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 265, 1 August 2022, 115763

Demonstration of a Passive Loop Cooling Tower

Ojas Govardhan, Chien-Hua Chen, Josh Charles, Sean Hoeing, Mike Ellis, and Richard Bonner. “Demonstration of a Passive Loop Cooling Tower” Cooling Technology Insititute. 2022 Cooling Technology Institute Annual Conference. Paper No: TP22_11 Category: Dry Cooling.

Development of a Non-Catalytic JP-8 Reformer

Chien-Hua Chen, Joel Crawmer, Brad Richard, Howard Pearlman, Paul Ronney. “Development of a Non-Catalytic JP-8 Reformer.” 2018 NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium. Power and Mobility Technical Sessions.

Progress on the Development of a “Swiss-Roll” Fuel Reformer for Syngas Production

Chien-Hua Chen, Bradley Richard, Ying Zheng, Howard Pearlman, Shrey Trivedi, Srushti Koli, Andrew Lawson, Paul Ronney. “Progress on the Development of a “Swiss-Roll” Fuel Reformer for Syngas Production.” ASME 2016 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2016 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. ISBN: 978-0-7918-5032-9

A Novel TPOX-Based “Swiss-Roll” Fuel Reformer

Chien-Hua Chen, Howard Pearlman, Paul Ronney. “A Novel TPOX-Based “Swiss-Roll” Fuel Reformer.” AICHE Annual Meeting.

A Fuel Flexible Reforming System for Portable Scale SOFC

Chien-Hua Chen, Howard Pearlman, Shakya Sur, Jordan Thayer, Shrey Trivedi, Paul Ronney, Ioannis Valsamakis, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos.
“A Fuel Flexible Reforming System For Portable Scale SOFC” 2013 NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium

A “Scale-Up” Swiss-roll Combustor and It’s Application in Waste Gas Incineration

Joel Crawmer, Chien-Hua Chen, Bradley Richard, Howard Pearlman, Paul Ronney. Thomas Edwards “2018 ESSCI Swiss-roll JP-8 Fuel Reformer with Direct Center Fuel Injection and Mixing Chamber Design”. Spring Technical Meeting Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute. State College, Pennsylvania.