Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Energy Research Center
Registered Professor Engineer

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154
Phone: (702) 895-4160 || Fax: (702) 895-3936
Mailcode: 4027 || Email: bob.boehm@unlv.edu

 

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Publications

 

Selected Recent Publications

 

  Archival Journal Articles, Books, Chapters in Books

 

R. Boehm, H. Yang, J. Yan, Chapter I.1.1. Introduction: Renewable Energy, in HANDBOOK OF CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS (J. Yan, Editor in Chief), Wiley, 2015, pp. 3-8.

R. Boehm, Chapter I.4.16 Brief Introduction to Solar Energy Utilization, in HANDBOOK OF CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS (J. Yan, Editor in Chief), Wiley, 2015, pp. 265-282.

R. Boehm, Chapter I.4.21 Solar Water Heating, in HANDBOOK OF CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS (J. Yan, Editor in Chief), Wiley, 2015, pp. 335-354.

S. B. Sadineni, F. Atallah, R. F. Boehm, Impact of Roof Integrated PV Orientation on the Residential Electricity Peak Demand, APPLIED ENERGY, 92, 2012, pp 204-210.

S. B. Sadineni, F. Atallah, R. F. Boehm, Measurements and Simulations for Peak Electrical Load Reduction in Cooling Dominated Climate, ENERGY, 37, 2011, pp. 689-697.

R. Boehm, Some Solar Related Technologies and Their Applications, Chapter 1 in ENERGY & POWER GENERATION: SELECT APPROACHES (K. R. Rao, Editor), ASME, New York, N.Y. 2011.

S. B. Sadineni, T. France, Robert F. Boehm, Economic Feasibility of Energy Efficiency Measures in Residential Buildings, RENEWABLE ENERGY, 2011, 36, pp. 2925-2931.

S. B. Sadineni, Srikanth Madala, Robert F. Boehm, Passive Building Energy Savings: A Review of Building Envelope Components, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 15(8), 2011, 3617-3631.

H. Deng and R. Boehm, “An Estimation of the Performance Limits and Improvement of Dry Cooling on Trough Solar Thermal Plants,” APPLIED ENERGY, 88(1), 2011, 216-223.

C. Halford and R. Boehm, “An On-Sun Parametric Study of Hydrogen Production Using WO3¬ Photoanodes,” EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 35(1), 2011,180-189.

L. Zhu, R. Boehm, Y. Wang, C. Halford, Y. Sun, “Water Immersion Cooling of PV Cells in a High Concentration System,” SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 95(2), February 2011, 538-545.

S. Sadineni and R. Boehm, “Concentrator Solar Cell Installations at the University of Nevada Las Vegas,” Chapter 16 in SOLAR CELLS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2010, 361-376.

  Reviewed Conference Proceedings

 

Y. Moumouni, R. Boehm, Utilization of Energy Storage to Buffer PV Output during Cloud Transients, APPLIED MECHANICS AND MATERIALS, Volume 705, Chapter 5, 2014, pp. 295-304.

Y. Moumouni, R. Boehm, Utilization of Energy Storage to Buffer PV Output during Cloud Transients, APPLIED MECHANICS AND MATERIALS, Volume 705, Chapter 5, 2014, pp. 295-304.

Y. Moumouni, Y. Baghzouz, R. Boehm, Power Smoothing of a Commercial-size Photovoltaic System by an Energy Storage System, IEEE 16th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), Bucharest, Romania, May, 25-28, 2014.

Z. Zheng, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, The 2013 University of Nevada Las Vegas Solar Decathlon House–Strategy, Design, Simulation and Results, ES-Fuel Cell2014-6458, ASME ESFuelCell 2014 Conference.

A. Cross, K. Hammer, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, An Autonomous Controller for Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pumps, Residential Solar Thermal Collection, and Hydronic Floor Heating, ES-FuelCell2014-6316, ASME ESFuelCell 2014 Conference.

R. Boehm, The Status of Solar Energy Development in Taiwan, ECOS 2013, Guilin, China, July 16-19, 2013.

R. Boehm, Future of Buildings: Zero Energy or Peak Reduction? ECOS 2013, Guilin, China, July 16-19, 2013.

R. Boehm, Two Energy Conserving House Projects in the Mohave Desert, APEC Low Carbon Model Town Forum, Tianjin University, November 14 and15, 2012.

S. Sadenini, S. Madala, R. Boehm, A Cost Effective Tracker and Performance Monitoring System for Utility Scale Photovoltaic Installations, ASME 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 23-26, 2012, San Diego, California

O. Ayubi, A. Sahm, R. Boehm, Performance and Operation of the Southern Nevada Water Authority High Concentration Photovoltaic Plant for the Last 800 Days, ASME 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 23-26, 2012, San Diego, California

R. Boehm, Assessment of Solar Development in Taiwan, ASME 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 23-26, 2012, San Diego, California

S. Kusek, M. Caraway, T. McFarland, M. Lynn, A. Sahm, R. Boehm, O. Ayubi, Initial Testing of the Hiteck Solar Tracking Monitor, ASME 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 23-26, 2012, San Diego, California

W. Concina, S. Sadineni, R. Boehm, Development of an In-Situ Façade Evaluation Facility, 2nd Asian-US-European Thermophysics Conference—Thermal Science for Sustainable World, January 3-6, 2012, Hong Kong.

R. Boehm, Minimizing Peak Residential Electrical Demand in Hot Climates, 2nd Asian-US-European Thermophysics Conference—Thermal Science for Sustainable World, January 3-6, 2012, Hong Kong.

W. Concina, S. Sadineni, R. Boehm, Development of an In-Situ Façade Evaluation Facility, 2nd Asian-US-European Thermophysics Conference—Thermal Science for Sustainable World, January 3-6, 2012, Hong Kong.

R. Boehm, An Approach to Decreasing Peak Electrical Demand in Residences, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Energy Engineering, 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.

K. Agyenim-Boateng, R. Boehm, Impact of Storage Integrated Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Power System on Utility Peak Loads, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington, D. C.

Jonathan D. Realmuto, Suresh B. Sadineni, Srikanth Madala, Robert F. Boehm, Experimental Comparison for Utility Scale Installations, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C.

Wendell Concina, Suresh B. Sadineni, Robert F. Boehm, Solar Assisted Desiccant Cooling System Simulations for Different Climate Zones, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C.

Suresh B. Sadineni, Fady Attallah, Robert F. Boehm, Measurements and Simulations of Electric Demand from Residential Buildings for Peak Load Reduction, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C.

Wendell Concina, Suresh B. Sadineni, Robert F. Boehm, Development of a Façade Evaluation Facility for Experimental Study of Building Energy, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C.

Suresh B. Sadineni, Fady Atallah and Robert F. Boehm, Optimization of a Coupled Vapor Compression and Absorption Cooling System Driven by Gas Fueled IC Engine, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C.

A. Sahm, K Agyenim-Boateng, K. Hynes, K. Hammer, T. Roberts, R. Boehm, K. W. Stone, Two Types of Calorimeters for Assessing Fresnel Lens Performance in Concentrating Solar Systems, Proceedings of the ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ESFuelCell2011, August 7-10, 2011 Washington D.C.

G. Wood, K. W. Stone, A. Sahm, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, Performance of the Amonix’s High Concentrating Multi-junction Photovoltaic System at Southern Nevada Water Authority River Mountain Water Treatment Facility. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ESFuelCell2011, August 7-10, 2011 Washington D.C.

Ahmed Darwish, Robert Boehm, Optical and Thermal Analysis for Immersed Cooling of Photovoltaic Cells in a Highly Concentrated Beam,” ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C.

Ahmed Darwish, Robert Boehm, Compressed Air Energy Storage Flow and Power Analysis, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington D.C.

Suresh B. Sadineni, Jonathan D. Realmuto, Robert F. Boehm, An Integrated Performance Monitoring and Solar Tracking System for Utility Scale PV Plants, ASME Power Conference, July 12-14, 2011, Denver, CO

Yong Sun, Li Zhu, Yiping Wang, Robert F Boehm, Aaron M Sahm and Zhengjian Zhao. Performance of Liquid-Immersed Silicon Solar Cells under Highly Intensified Illumination. The International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems CPV-7, 4-6 April, 2011, Las Vegas, USA

Li Zhu, Robert F. Boehm. Water-Immersion Cooling of Photovoltaic Cells in High Fluxes. 14 April 2011, SPIE Newsroom. DOI: 10.1117/2.1201103.003564

G. Wood, K. W. Stone, A. Sahm, R. Hurt, R. Boehm, Installation and Operation of Southern Nevada Water Authority High Concentration Amonix Multi-Junction System, Proceedings of the ASME 2010 4th International Conference of Energy Sustainability, ES2010, May 17-22, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

K. M. N. Ahsan, R. F. Boehm, Yitung Chen, and Jianhu Nie, Numerical Modeling of Turbulent Natural Convection in Concentrating Photovoltaic System, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES2010-90187, ICOES4, May 17-22, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Li Zhu, Y.P. Wang, Robert F Boehm, Y. Sun, C. K. Halford, Thermal and Electrical Performance of DI Water Immersed PV Cells under 250X Dish Concentration. Proceedings of the 25th EU PVSEC / WCPEC-5, 06 – 10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain.