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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
33
Citations
5352
World Ranking
2982
National Ranking
1018

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Edwin F. Church Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2013 - ASME Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

William M. Worek is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans the field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Mechanical Engineering as well as related subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Building and Construction, Biomedical Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work covers a range of specialized topics. Main research areas include:

  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
  • Phase Change Materials Research

The publication record features recent papers with contributions to energy-related cooling technologies and heat management systems:

  • "A spatiotemporal indirect evaporative cooler enabled by transiently interceding water mist," 2020, Energy
  • "Review of Dew Point Evaporative Cooling Technology for Air Conditioning Applications," 2021, Applied Sciences
  • "Water desalination through the dewpoint evaporative system," 2020, Energy Conversion and Management
  • "Cooling performance of an active-passive hybrid composite phase change material (HcPCM) finned heat sink: Constant operating mode," 2023, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • "Nondimensional convection numbers modeling thermally stratified storage tanks: Richardson's number and hot-water tanks," 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Frequent collaborations include partnerships with researchers such as Demis Pandelidis, Sabri Cetin, T. Butcher, Yaroslav Chudnovsky, and M Ally. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth of publications and knowledge exchange within their fields of study.

The scientist has published extensively in established venues including:

  • Heat Transfer (12 publications)
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (11 publications)
  • Energy Conversion and Management (5 publications)
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (4 publications)
  • Applied Sciences (4 publications)

Throughout their career, William M. Worek has been recognized with awards from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, including the ASME Medal and the Edwin F. Church Medal in 2013, and the status of Fellow awarded in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Optimum design criteria for an Organic Rankine cycle using low-temperature geothermal heat sources

    H.D. Madhawa Hettiarachchi;Mihajlo Golubovic;William M. Worek;Yasuyuki Ikegami

  • Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 2nd ed.

    J. A. Duffie;William A. Beckman;W. M. Worek

  • Diffusion-thermo and thermal-diffusion effects in transient and steady natural convection from a vertical surface

    Zafer Dursunkaya;William M. Worek

  • The Performance of the Kalina Cycle System 11(KCS-11) With Low-Temperature Heat Sources

    H. D. Madhawa Hettiarachchi;Mihajlo Golubovic;William M. Worek;Yasuyuki Ikegami

  • Nanofluids and critical heat flux, experimental and analytical study

    M.N. Golubovic;H.D. Madhawa Hettiarachchi;W.M. Worek;W.J. Minkowycz

  • Analysis of heat and mass transfer in porous sorbents used in rotary regenerators

    L.A. Sphaier;W.M. Worek

  • NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF COMBINED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES IN A ROTARY DEHUMIDIFIER

    W. Zheng;W M. Worek

  • Optimization of wet-surface heat exchangers

    Shyr Tzer Hsu;Zalman Lavan;William M. Worek

  • Entropy generation in combined heat and mass transfer

    J.Y. San;W.M. Worek;Z. Lavan

  • Three-dimensional laminar slip-flow and heat transfer in a rectangular microchannel with constant wall temperature

    H.D. Madhawa Hettiarachchi;Mihajlo Golubovic;William M. Worek;W.J. Minkowycz

  • Entropy Generation in Convective Heat Transfer and Isothermal Convective Mass Transfer

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  • Sorption properties for different types of molecular sieve and their influence on optimum dehumidification performance of desiccant wheels

    Mihajlo N. Golubovic;H.D.M. Hettiarachchi;William M. Worek

  • THE EFFECT OF LONGITUDINAL HEAT CONDUCTION IN CROSS FLOW INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE AIR COOLERS

    H.D. Madhawa Hettiarachchi;Mihajlo Golubovic;W.M. Worek

  • Thermal contact resistance across a copper-silicon interface

    Ali M. Khounsary;David Chojnowski;Lahsen Assoufid;William M. Worek

  • Comparison study of the counter-flow regenerative evaporative heat exchangers with numerical methods

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  • Parametric study of an open-cycle adiabatic, solid, desiccant cooling system

    Dhanes Charoensupaya;William M. Worek

  • Comparison of desiccant air conditioning systems with different indirect evaporative air coolers

    Unknown

  • Performance study of the Maisotsenko Cycle heat exchangers in different air-conditioning applications

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  • Heat transfer and pressure drop properties of high viscous solutions in plate heat exchangers

    F.S.K. Warnakulasuriya;W.M. Worek

  • Theoretical prediction of thermal conductivity for thermal protection systems

    F. Gori;S. Corasaniti;W.M. Worek;W.J. Minkowycz

  • A spatiotemporal indirect evaporative cooler enabled by transiently interceding water mist

    Muhammad Wakil Shahzad;Jie Lin;Ben Bin Xu;Laurent Dala

  • Parametric analysis of heat and mass transfer regenerators using a generalized effectiveness-NTU method

    L.A. Sphaier;W.M. Worek

  • Simulation of a regenerative, closed-cycle adsorption cooling/heating system

    A. Hajji;W.M. Worek

  • Comparisons between 2-D and 1-D Formulations of Heat and Mass Transfer in Rotary Regenerators

    L. A. Sphaier;W. M. Worek

  • Evaluation of rotary dehumidifier performance with and without heated purge

    Mihajlo N. Golubovic;H.D. Madhawa Hettiarachchi;William M. Worek

  • INFLUENCE OF ELEVATED PRESSURE ON SORPTION IN DESICCANT WHEELS

    Mihajlo N. Golubovic;William M. Worek

  • Adiabatic water absorption properties of an aqueous absorbent at very low pressures in a spray absorber

    F.S.K. Warnakulasuriya;W.M. Worek

Frequent Co-Authors

W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago
Ephraim M Sparrow
Ephraim M Sparrow University of Minnesota
Richard J Goldstein
Richard J Goldstein University of Minnesota
Young I. Cho
Young I. Cho Drexel University
Oronzio Manca
Oronzio Manca University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Noam Lior
Noam Lior University of Pennsylvania
Ibrahim Dincer
Ibrahim Dincer University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Wan Ki Chow
Wan Ki Chow Hong Kong Polytechnic University
William A. Beckman
William A. Beckman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Giulio Lorenzini
Giulio Lorenzini University of Parma

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