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Recent Publications

  • C. Halford and R. Boehm, "Modeling of Phase Change Materials", accepted for Energy & Buildings Journal, 2006.
  • I. Kahlil, A. Sahm, and R. Boehm, "Wet or Dry Cooling", Paper ISEC2006-99082, 2006 National Solar Energy Conference, Denver, Colorado.
  • R. Boehm et al., "Development of a Renewably-Based Hydrogen Generation/Utilization System", Paper ISEC2006-99081, 2006 National Solar Energy Conference, Denver, Colorado.
  • Rick Hurt et al., "Advanced Parabolic Trough Pilot Project - Real-time Data Collection, Archiving, and Analysis for the Solargenix Advanced Parabolic Trough", Paper ISEC2006-99078, 2006 National Solar Energy Conference, Denver, Colorado.
  • S. Deshmukh and R. Boehm, "Mathematical Modeling of Solar-Hydrogen System for Residential Application", Paper ISEC2006-99061 2006 National Solar Energy Conference, Denver, Colorado.
  • R. Mauldin, R. Hurt, J. Gardner, R. Baroody, M. Popek, Y. Baghzouz, and R. Boehm, "Conversion of a Lightweight Electric Battery Vehicle into a Hybrid Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Battery Powered Vehicle", 2006 National Hydrogen Association Meeting, Long Beach, California.
  • M. Popek, Y. Baghzouz, and R. Boehm, "Added Value of Hydrogen Fuel Cells in Electric Vehicles", 2006 National Hydrogen Association Meeting, Long Beach, California.
  • R. Boehm, J. Politano, and Z. Stefanofski, "Prediction of Gross Parameters During Enclosed Incineration of Energetic Materials", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Volume 20, No. 1, J-F 2006, pp. 135-139.
  • R. Hurt, R. Boehm, Y. Baghzouz, A. Cubano, M. J. Hale, "University of Nevada Zero Energy Home Project", 2006 ACEEE Meeting, August 13-18, Pacific Grove, California.
  • Y. Baghzouz, "Some general Rules for Distributed Generation - Feeder Interaction", IEEE/PES General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, June 18-22, 2006.
  • R. Mauldin, R. Hurt, Y. Baghzouz, R.F. Boehm, "Light-Weight Fuel Cell-Battery Hybrid Vehicle Demonstration Project", SPEEDAM, Taormina, Sicily, May 23-26, 2006.
  • K. Stone et al., "Installation and Operation of the Amonix High Concentration PV System at Nevada Power Company in Las Vegas, Nevada", 2006, IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, May 7-12, 2006, Hilo, Hawaii.
  • I. Mahderekal, C. Halford, and R. Boehm, "Simulation and Optimization of a Concentrated Photovoltaic System", Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, May 2006, pp. 139-145.
  • V. Garboushian, K. Stone, R. Boehm, R. Hurt, A. Gray, H. Hayden, "Analysis of Five Years of Field Performance of the Amonix High Concentration PV System", POWER GEN RENEWABLE CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, April 11, 2006.
  • R. Hurt, W. Yim, R. Boehm, M. J. Hale, "A Facility to Evaluate New Designs of Trough-Type Solar Collectors", POWER GEN RENEWABLE CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, April 11, 2006.
  • D. Ananthakrishnan and R. Boehm, "Design Challenges for Cost Savings in Low-cost Public Housing in the Southwest U.S.", ASES Paper, 2005 International Solar Energy Conference, August 6-12, 2005, Orlando, Florida.
  • E. Wilkinson and R. Boehm, "Zero Energy House for the Southern Nevada Area", ISEC2005-76037, 2005 International Solar Energy Conference, August 6-12, 2005, Orlando, Florida.
  • C. Halford and R. Boehm, "Modeling of Phase Change Material Peak Load Shifting", ISEC2005-76035, 2005 International Solar Energy Conference, August 6-12, 2005, Orlando, Florida.
  • A. Sahm, A. Gray, R. Boehm, K. Stone, "Cleanliness Maintenance for an Amonix Lens System", ISEC2005-76036, 2005 International Solar Energy Conference, August 6-12, 2005, Orlando, Florida.
  • K. Stone, V. Garboushian, R. Boehm, R. Hurt, A. Gray, T. Fletcher, "Installation, Operation, and Performance of the Amonix High Concentration Photovoltaic System at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas", ISEC2005-7609, 2005 International Solar Energy Conference, August 6-12, Orlando, Florida.
  • R. Boehm, Y. Baghzouz, T. Maloney, "A Strategy for Renewable Hydrogen Market Penetration", Solar World Congress, Orlando, FL, August 6-12, 2005.
  • Y. Baghzouz, "Determination of Photovoltaic Effective Load Carrying Capacity on Local Power Grid", POWERTECH '05, Saint-Pittsburg, Russia, June 27-30, 2005.
  • Y. Baghzouz, "An Overview of Probabilistic Aspects of Harmonics in Power Systems", IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 12-15, 2005
  • K. Stone, R. Hurt, T. Fletcher, V. Garboushian, A. Gray, H. Hayden, and R. Boehm, "Evaluation of the Amonix High Concentration Photovoltaic System after Five Years of Field Operation", 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 6 - 10 June 2005, Barcelona, Spain.
  • J. Braithwaite and R. Boehm, "Incorporating Thermal Storage into a SEGS Plant Using TRNSYS—A Status Report", ISEC Solar 2004 Conference, Paper 65027.
  • C. Halford and R. F. Boehm, "Simulation of Concentrated Photovoltaic Cooling System", ISEC Solar 2004 Conference, paper 65019.
  • E. Wilkinson and R. Boehm, "Shading Analysis for a Zero Energy House", ISEC Solar 2004 Conference paper 65017.
  • I. Mahderekal and R. F. Boehm, "Thermal Analysis of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Receiver", ISEC SOLAR 2004 Conference, paper 65006.
  • A. Kumpanon and R. Boehm, "Value Analysis of Building Energy Conservation Options", ISEC Solar 2004 Conference, paper 65005.
  • S. Durk, S. Lateef and Y. Baghzouz, "Feeder Switch Currents During Load Transfer", to be presented at the IEEE Power Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 6-10, 2004
  • F. Brown, R. Boehm and G. Shen, "2-D Axisymmetric Finite Difference Modeling of Thermistor Probe Heating on the Kidney", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2003 ASME SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE, 2003.
  • P. Brady, C. Dai, Y. Baghzouz, "Need to Modify Switched Capacitor Controls on Feeders with Distributed Generation", Proc. IEEE/PES T&D Conference, Dallas, TX, Sept. 7-12, 2003.
  • J. Mulvey and R. Boehm, "Modeling of a Solid/Liquid Thermal Storage System", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2003 ASME SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE, 2003.
  • C. Dai and Y. Baghzouz, "On the Voltage Profile of Distribution Feeders with Distributed Generation", Proc. 2003 IEEE/PES General Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 13-17, 2003.
  • S. Pay and Y. Baghzouz, "Effectiveness of Supercapacitor-Battery Combination in Electric Vehicles", Proc. PowerTech '03, Bologna, Italy, June 23-26, 2003.
  • R. Boehm, "Direct Contact Heat Transfer", Chapter 19 in Handbook of Heat Transfer (edited by A. Bejan and A. Kraus), John Wiley and Sons Publishers, 2003.
  • L. Sanidad, Y. Baghzouz, R. Boehm, E. Hodge, "Field Tests of a PV-Powered Air Monitoring System", Transactions of the ASME - Journal of Solar Energy, Vol. 125, No. 2, 2003, pp. 203-206.
  • R. Haiduck and Y. Baghzouz, "Statistical Characteristics of Harmonics Generated by a Cluster of Gaming Machines", Proc. 10th IEEE/ICHQP, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 7-9, 2002, pp. 87-91.
  • Y. Baghzouz, R.F. Burch, et al. "Time-Varying Harmonics: Part II - Harmonic Summation and Propagation", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2002, pp. 279-284.
  • B. Karam, Y. Baghzouz, R.F. Boehm, "Alternative Energy Production with Grid-Connected Solar Dish-Stirling Systems" Proc. IEEE/PES 2002 Summer Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 21-25, 2002.
  • J. Fiene, T, Braithwaite, R. Boehm, Y. Baghzouz, and T. Kell "Development of a Hydrogen Engine for a Hybrid Electric Bus", Paper 2002-01-1085, SAE 2002 World Congress, Detroit.
  • C. Halford, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, Y. Baghzouz, S. Moujaes, D. Pepper "The UNLV Solar Dish-Stirling Project", 2002 American Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting, 2002.
  • Y. Baghzouz, B. Karam, and R.F. Boehm, "Statistical Characteristics of Energy Production by Solar Dish-Stirling Systems", Proc. IEEE/PMAPS, Naples, Italy, September 22-26, 2002.
  • Y. Baghzouz, "Application of Interactive and Animated Software in Teaching Power Electronic Circuits", Proc. ASEE/PSW, Fresno, CA, April 7-8, 2002.
  • Y. Baghzouz and R. Boehm, "A Method to Determine BatteryCharge/Discharge Resistance in Stand-Alone PV Systems", Electrical and Computer Engineering Book Series, WSES Press, 2001, pp. 74-78.
  • R. Boehm, J. Fiene, J. Gaal, T. Briathwaite, L. Shi, Y. Baghzouz, "The Development of a Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engine", Proc. Solar Energy Conference, Washington DC, April 21-25, 2001.
  • L. Shi, S. Xu, and R. Boehm, "Analysis of a Single Layer Thermophotovoltaic System at Moderate Temperatures", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 453-457, 2001.
  • J. Fiene, L. Shi, T. Braithwaite, J. Gaal, Y. Baghzouz, and R. Boehm, and Terry Kell, "Status Report on Progress on a Hydrogen-Fueled Hybrid-Electric Bus", Proceedings: The National Hydrogen Association Annual Meeting, 2001.
  • L. Shi and R. Boehm, "Performance of Multilayered Thermophotovoltaic Elements at Moderate Temperature", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 458-462, 2001.
  • L. Z. X. Shi and R. Boehm, "Microscale Power Generation with Thermophotovoltaics", Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference, June 2001.
  • L. Sanidad, Y. Baghzouz, and R. Boehm, "Performance Simulation of a Stand-Alone Photovoltaic System", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 35TH IECEC, Volume 2, 2000, AIAA, pp. 1497-1501.
  • D. Jackovitch, R. Boehm, and Y. Baghzouz, "Energy Analysis of a Hybrid Electric Bus", Proceedings of ECOS 2000, Enschede, Netherlands.
  • R. Haiduck, Y. Baghzouz and R. F. Boehm, "Slot Harmonic Effects on DC Voltage of Generator-rectifier Set", 9th IEEE Int. Conf. on Harmonics and Quality of Power, Orlando, FL, Oct. 1-4, 2000, pp. 565-69.
  • R. Boehm, S. Magner, and R. LeChevalier, "Technical Support for a Solar Water Heater Marketing Program", Proceedings of Solar 2000, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2000.
  • Y. Baghzouz and C. Quist, "Determination of Static Load Models from LTC and Capacitor Switching Tests", Proc. 2000 IEEE/PES Summer Meeting, Seattle, WA, July 16-20, 2000, pp. 389-94.
  • L. Sanidad, R. Parsons, Y. Baghzouz, R. Boehm, "Effect of On/Off Charge Controller on Stand-Alone PV System Performance", 35th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, July 24-28, 2000, pp. 1497-501.
  • Y. Baghzouz, J. Fiene, J. Van Dam, L. Shi, E. Wilkinson and R. Boehm, "Modifications to a Hydrogen/Electric Hybrid Bus", 35th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, July 24-28, 2000, pp. 363-70.
  • J. VanDam, J. Fiene, and R. Boehm, "Development of a Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engine for a Hybrid Electric Bus", Energy 2000 (Editor P. Catania), Techonic Publishing Company, 2000, pp. 547-547.
  • R. Boehm, "Pumps and Fans", Chap 11: Fluid Mechanics (F. Kreith, Ed), CRC Press, 2000, pp. 182-188.
  • Y. Baghzouz, "A Method to Separate Load-Side and Supply-Side Harmonics", EPQU, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1999, pp. 41-46.
  • Y. Baghzouz and D. Zaninelli, "On the Contribution of Individual Customer Loads to Harmonic Voltage Levels Along Distribution Feeders", Proc. 3rd IASTED Int. Conf. Power and Energy System, Las Vegas, NV, Nov. 8-10, 1999, pp.43-48.
  • Y. Baghzouz, "Harmonic Study of Industrial Plant Equipped with Variable-Frequency Drives", Proc. 5th Int. Conf. on Electrical Power Quality and Utilization, Cracow, Poland, Sept. 15-17, 1999, pp. 143-148.
  • Y. Baghzouz and J. Black, "Accurate Calculation of Thyristor-Controlled Series Compensator Impedance", IEEE/PES T&D Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, April 11-16, 1999, pp. 238-243.
  • R. Boehm, Y.-T. Chen and J. Thomas, "An Analysis of Flat-Plate PV Output in Southern Nevada", Journal Of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 120, pp. 121-125, 1998.
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