Dr. Igor Pioro
Associate Professor, P.Eng.
Director of Graduate Program
Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science
UOIT
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4
Office: UA 3042
e-mail: Igor.Pioro@uoit.ca
Tel: 905.721.8668 ext. 2880
Fax: 905.721.3046
Education
- Doctor of Technical Sciences, 1992
- Ph.D., 1983
- Master of Applied Science (Thermal Physics, Diploma of Honour), National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnic Institute", 1979
Courses Taught
- Thermalhydraulic Concepts for Engineers and Scientists
- Heat Transfer in Nuclear Reactor Applications
- Heat Transfer
- Thermodynamic Cycles
- Fluid Mechanics
Research Areas:
- Nuclear engineering (thermal hydraulics of nuclear reactors and Generation IV nuclear reactor concepts)
- Thermal Sciences (boiling, forced convection including supercritical pressures, etc.)
- Heat Engineering (two-phase thermosyphons, heat exchangers, heat-recovery systems, etc.)
Honours, Awards & Affiliations
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Akiyama Medal (Award by Japan SME) to Mokry, S., Gospodinov, Ye., Pioro, I. and Kirillov, P.L. for the best paper in student track (ICONE-17, 2009).
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Certificate of Appreciation from the ICONE-18 Organizing Committee for valuable contributions in organizing the technical program and contributing to the success of the conference as a Track Leader "TRACK 15 (Student Paper Competition)" (18th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), May 17-21, Xi'an, China).
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Certificate of Recognition to Gupta, S., Farah. A., King., K., Mokry, S. And Pioro, I. as Winners in the ICONE 18 Student Best Paper Competition (Paper #30024 "Development of a New Heat-Transfer Correlation for Supercritical-Water Flow in Vertical Bare Tubes") and for participation in the Student Program (18th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), May 17-21, Xi'an, China).
Certificates of recognition to:
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Villamere, B., Allison, L., Grande, L., Mikhael, S., Rodriguez-Prado, A., and Pioro, I. for the paper "Thermal Aspects for Uranium Carbide and Uranium DiCarbide Fuels in Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors";
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Naidin, M., Monichan, R., Zirn, U., Gabriel, K. and Pioro, I. for the paper Thermodynamic Considerations for a Single-Reheat Cycle SCWR";
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Peiman, W., Gabriel, K. and Pioro, I. "Thermal Design Options of New Pressure Channel for SCWRs"; selected as Winners in the ICONE-17 Student Best Paper Competition and for participation in the Student Program.
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ICONE AWARD from the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division for many years of dedicated service and outstanding performance to ICONE - THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (2009).
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Certificate of Appreciation from the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division for valued services as Panel Chair, Student Track Leader and Steering Committee for ICONE-17 (2009).
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Certificate of Appreciation from the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division for valuable contributions in organizing the technical program and contributing to the success of the conference (ICONE-17) (2009).
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The book by Bezrodny, M.K., Pioro, I.L. and Kostyuk, T.O. "Transfer Processes in Two-Phase Thermosyphon Systems. Theory and Practice", 2005, 2nd ed., Augmented and Revised, Fact Publ. House, Kiev, Ukraine, 704 pages (in Russian) was awarded the First Prize from the National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI" as the best technical book of 2007 published by "KPI" professors (2008).
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Certificate of Appreciation from the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division for valued services as Chair of Steering Committee, Technical Program Chair and Keynote Speaker for ICONE-16 (2008).
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Certificate of Appreciation from the Organizers of ICONE-15 for valuable contributions in organizing the technical program and contributing to the success of the conference as a Track Leader (2007).
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Certificate of Appreciation from the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division for valuable contributions in organizing the technical program and contributing to the success of the ICONE-14 as a Track Leader "Next Generation Systems" (2006).
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Certificate of Appreciation from the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division for valued services in advancing the engineering profession as Chair Next Generation Systems Technical Committee for ICONE-13 (2005).
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Medal of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences for the best scientific work of a young scientist (1990).
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Badge "Inventor of the
USSR" for implementation of inventions into industry (1990).
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Professional Engineer (
Ontario,
Canada).
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Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines & Power.
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Member of International Advisory Board: Journal of Technological Systems (Ukraine)
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Member of the Reviewer's Committee for the Int. J. of the Korean Nuclear Society "Nuclear Engineering and Technology"
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Member
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ASME, Nuclear Engineering Division Executive Committee - Member
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American Nuclear Society - Member
Main Publications:
In total: 7 technical state-of-the-art books, 176 papers, 26 patents and inventions, 34 major technical reports.
TECHNICAL STATE-OF-THE-ART BOOKS
1. Pioro,I.L. and Duffey, R.B., Heat Transfer and Hydraulic Resistance at Supercritical Pressures in Power Engineering Applications, ASME Press, New York, NY, USA, 2007, 328 pages.
2. Pioro,L.S., Pioro, I.L., Kostyuk, T.O. and Soroka, B.S., Industrial Application of Submerged Combustion Melters, Fact Publ. House, Kiev, Ukraine, 2006, 240 pages.
3. Bezrodny, M.K., Pioro, I.L. and Kostyuk,T.O., Transfer Processes in Two-Phase Thermosyphon Systems. Theory and Practice, 2005, 2nd ed., Augmented and Revised, Fact Publ. House, Kiev, Ukraine,704 pages (in Russian).
4. Bezrodny, M.K., Pioro, I.L. and Kostyuk, T.O., Transfer Processes in Two-Phase Thermosyphon Systems, 2003, Fact Publ. House, Kiev,Ukraine, 480 pages (in Russian).
5. Pioro, L.S. and Pioro, I.L., Industrial Two-Phase Thermosyphons, 1997, Begell House, Inc., New York, NY, USA, 288 pages.
6. Pioro, I.L., Antonenko, V.A. and Pioro, L.S., Efficient Heat Exchangers with Two-Phase Thermosyphons, 1991, Naukova Dumka Publ. House,Kiev, Ukraine, 247 pages (in Russian).
7. Pioro, L.S. and Pioro, I.L., Two-Phase Thermosyphons and Their Application in Industry, 1988, Naukova Dumka Publ. House, Kiev, Ukraine,136 pages (in Russian).
PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
1. Mokry, S., Pioro, I., Kirillov, P. and Gospodinov, Ye., 2010. Supercritical-Water Heat Transfer in a Vertical Bare Tube, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 240, No. 3, pp. 568−576.
2. Pioro, I., 2009. Generation IV Nuclear Reactors: Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor Concept, Technological Systems (Ukraine), Vol. 5 (49).
3. Naterer, G., Suppiah, S., Lewis, M., ..., Pioro, I. et al., 2009. Recent Canadian Advances in Nuclear-Based Hydrogen Production and the Thermochemical Cu-Cl Cycle, Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy (IJHE), Vol. 34, pp. 2901-2917.
4. Naidin, M., Mokry, S., Baig, F., Gospodinov, Ye., Zirn, U., Pioro, I. and Naterer, G., 2009. Thermal-Design Options for Pressure-Channel SCWRs with Co-Generation of Hydrogen, J. of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 131, January, 8 pages..
5. Granovskii, M., Dincer, I., Rosen, M., and Pioro, I., 2008. Thermodynamic Analysis of the Use a Chemical Heat Pump to Link a Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor and a Thermochemical Water-Splitting Cycle for Hydrogen Production, JSME J. of Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 2,No. 2, pp. 756-767.
6. Pioro, I.L., Khan, Hopps, V., M., Jacobs, Ch., Patkunam, R., Gopaul, S., and Bakan, K., 2008. SCW Pressure Channel Nuclear Reactor. Some Design Features, JSME J. of Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 874-888.
7. Pioro, I.L., 2008. Thermophysical Properties at Critical and Supercritical Pressures, Section 5.5.16 in Heat Exchanger Design Handbook, Begell House, New York, NY, USA, 14 pages.
8. Pioro, I.L., 2008. Heat Transfer to Supercritical Fluids, Section 2.2.10 in Heat Exchanger Design Handbook, Begell House, New York, NY, USA, 19 pages.
9. Pioro,L.S. and Pioro, I.L., 2008. Submerged Combustion, Section 2.10.4 in Heat Exchanger Design Handbook, Begell House, New York, NU, USA, 30 pages.
10. Granovskii, M., Dincer, I., Rosen, M.A., and Pioro, I., 2008. Performance Assessment of a Combined System to Link a Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor and a Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle for Hydrogen Production, Energy Conversion & Management, 9 pages.
11. Duffey, R.B., Pioro, I.L. and Kuran, S., Advanced Concepts for Pressure-Channel Reactors: Modularity, Performance and Safety, J.of Power and Energy Systems, 2008, Vol. 2, No. 1, JSME Journal Special Issue onICONE-15, Japan, 10 pages.
12. Pioro, I. and Duffey, R., Experimental Heat Transfer to Supercritical Water Flowing Inside Channels (Survey), Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2005, Vol. 235, No. 22, pp. 2407-2430.
13. Duffey, R.B. and Pioro, I.L., Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors: Review and Status, In Nuclear Materials and Reactors from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK, http://www.eolss.net, August 9, 2005.
14. Duffey, R.B. and Pioro, I.L., Experimental Heat Transfer of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Flowing Inside Channels (Survey), Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2005, Vol. 235, No. 8, pp. 913-924.
15. Pioro, I.L., Rohsenow, W. and Doerffer, S., Nucleate Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer-I. Review of Parametric Effects of Boiling Surface, Int. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, 2004, Vol. 47, No. 23, pp. 5033-5044.
16. Pioro, I.L., Rohsenow, W. and Doerffer, S., Nucleate Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer-II. Assessment of Prediction Methods, Int. J. Heat& Mass Transfer, 2004, Vol. 47, No. 23, pp. 5045-5057.
17. Pioro, I.,Duffey, R. and Dumouchel, T., Hydraulic Resistance of Fluids Flowing in Channels at Supercritical Pressures (Survey), Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2004, Vol. 231, No. 2, pp. 187-197.
18. Pioro, I.L., Khartabil, H.F. and Duffey, R.B., Heat Transfer to Supercritical Fluids Flowing in Channels - Empirical Correlations(Survey), Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2004, Vol. 230, No. 1-3, pp. 69-91.
19. Pioro, L.S. and Pioro, I.L., Reprocessing of Metallurgical Slag into Materials for the Building Industry, Int. J. of Waste Management, 2004, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 365-373.
20. Pioro, L.S. and Pioro, I.L., Production of Expanded-Clay Aggregate for Lightweight Concrete from Non-Self bloating Clays,Int. J. Cement & Concrete Composites, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 639-643.
21. Pioro, L.S., Osnach, A.M. and Pioro, I.L.,Production of Molten Defluorinated Phosphates in a Submerged Combustion Melter,J. of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2003, Vol. 42, pp.6697-6704.
22. Pioro, L.S. and Pioro I.L., Wasteless Combined Aggregate - Coal-Fired Steam-Generator/Melting-Converter, Int. J. of Waste Management, 2003, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 333-337.
23. Pioro, I.L., Groeneveld, D.C., Leung, L.K.H. et al.,Comparison of CHF Measurements in Horizontal and Vertical Tubes Cooled withR-134a, Int. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, 2002, Vol. 45, No. 22, pp. 4435-4450.
24. Pioro, I.L., Groeneveld, D.C., Doerffer, S.S. et al.,Effects of Flow Obstacles on the Critical Heat Flux in a Vertical Tube Cooled with Upward Flow of R-134a, Int. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, 2002, Vol. 45,No. 22, pp. 4417-4433.
25. Pioro, I.L., Groeneveld, D., Cheng, S.C. et al.,Comparison of CHF Measurements in R-134a Cooled Tubes and the Water CHF Look-up Table, Int. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, 2001, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 73-88.
26. Pioro, L.S., Sadovskiy, B.F. and Pioro, I.L.,Research and Development of High Efficiency One-Stage Melting Converter-Bunker Method for Solidification of Radioactive Wastes into Glass, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2001, Vol. 205, No. 1-2, pp. 133-144.
27. Pioro, I.L., Cheng, S.C., Vasic, A. and Felisari,R., Some Problems for Bundle CHF Prediction Based on CHF Measurements in Simple Flow Geometries, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2000, Vol. 201, Nos. 2-3, pp.189-207.
28. Cheng, S.C., Pioro, I.L., Doerffer, S. etal., Critical Heat Flux for R-134a Flow Boiling in Vertical Tubes, invited paper for the review series "Trends in Heat, Mass & Momentum Transfer", Research Trends, India, 2000, Vol. 6, pp. 89-110.
29. Pioro I.L., Experimental Evaluation of Constants for the Rohsenow Pool Boiling Correlation, Int. J. of Heat & Mass Transfer,1999, Vol. 42, pp. 2003-2013.
30. Pioro, I.L., Cheng, S.C., Vasic, A. and Salah, I.,Experimental Evaluation of the Limiting Critical Quality Values in Circular and Non-Circular Geometries, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 1999, Vol. 190, pp.317-339.
31. Pioro, I.L., Cheng, S.C., Groeneveld, D.C. et al., Experimental Study of the Effect of Non-Circular Flow Geometry on the Critical Heat Flux, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 1999, Vol. 187, pp. 339-362.
32. Pioro, I.L. and Cheng, S.C.,Effect of Non-Circular Cross Section Geometry and Shape on Critical Heat Flux, Int. J. Heat and Technology, 1997, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 77-87.
33. Kichigin, A.M. and Pioro, I.L., Major Approaches to Solving the Boiling Crisis Problem under Free Flow Conditions (a Review), Heat Transfer Research, 1995, Vol. 26, Nos. 1&2, pp. 82-90.
34. Chernyak, V.P., Pioro, I.L. et al.,Thermosyphon Heat Exchangers for Heat Utilization from Rock Dirt, Ugol' Ukrainy (Coal of Ukraine),1994, No. 1, pp. 20-22 (in Russian).
35. Usenko, V.I., Pioro, I.L. and Korol',E.P., Non-Frosting Modular Air-Stove Heat Exchangers, Ugol' Ukrainy (Coal of Ukraine),1993, No. 6, pp. 31-33 (in Russian).
36. Gorislavets, S.P., Il'enko, B.K.,Levchenko, V.P., Mayorov, V.I. and Pioro, I.L., Mobile Small Plant for Processing Gas Condensate in Engine Fuel, Gazovaya Promyshlennost' (J. of Gas Industry), 1992, No. 7, pp. 21-23 (in Russian).
37. Kichigin, A.M. and Pioro, I.L., Analysis of Methods for Detecting Dryout and Burnout Fluxes, Heat Transfer Research, 1992, Vol. 24, No. 7, pp. 957-964.
38. Pioro, I.L., Maximum Heat-Transferring Capacity of Two-Phase Thermosiphons with Separate Vapor and Condensate Streams, Heat Transfer Research, 1992, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 535-542.
39. Tikhonovskiy, S.A. and Pioro, I.L., Maximum Heat Flux to Antifreeze Boiling in a Two-Phase Thermosiphon, Heat Transfer Research,1992, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 390-397.
40. Kichigin, A.M. and Pioro, I.L., About Crisis Mechanism of Heat Transfer under Boiling in Conditions of Free Liquid Motion,Promyshlennaya Teplotekhnika, 1991, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 19-33 (in Russian).
41. Korol', E.P., Usenko, V.I., Pioro, I.L.,and Namakshtanskaya, M.V., Thermosyphon Waste-Heat Units for Mine Air Heating,Transactions of the Scientific-Research Institute of Mining Mechanics, Issue 1,Part 2, Donetsk, Ukraine, 1991, pp. 203-214 (in Russian).
42. Pioro, I.L., Kriveshko, A.A., Treputnev,V.V. et al., Development and Testing of Airheater with Two-Phase Thermosyphons for Heating System, Promyshlennaya Energetika, 1990, No. 7, pp. 37-39 (in Russian).
43. Dolinsky, A.A., Pioro, I.L. and Tikhonovsky, S.A.,Generalization of Experimental Data of Ultimate Heat Transfer in Two-Phase Thermosyphons at Boiling of Antifreezes, Promyshlennaya Teplotekhnika, 1990,Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 9-16 (in Russian).
44. Dolinsky, A.A., Pioro, I.L. and Tikhonovsky, S.A.,Critical Heat Fluxes in Boiling of Mixtures and Solutions, Promyshlennaya Teplotekhnika, 1989, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 18-23 (in Russian).
45. Pioro, I.L., Applications of Heat Exchangers with Two-Phase Thermosyphons, Promyshlennaya Energetika, 1989, No. 7, pp. 45-48 (in Russian).
46. Pioro, I.L., Modular Thermosiphon Waste Heat Boiler, Applied Thermal Sciences, 1989, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 118.
47. Pioro, I.L., A Heater with a Thermosiphon Fuel Evaporator, Applied Thermal Sciences, 1989, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 117.
48. Pioro, I.L. and Kalashnikov, A.Yu., Maximum Heat Transfer in Two-Phase Thermosyphons with External Down-Flow Channel, Applied Thermal Sciences, 1988, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 62-67.
49. Pioro, I.L. and Vorontsova, M.V., Calculation of the Limiting Heat Flux for a Liquid Boiling in a Two-Phase Thermal Syphon, J. of Engineering-Physics, 1987, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 1003-1008.
50. Pioro, L.S., Kalashnikov, A.Yu. and Pioro, I.L.,Application of Two-Phase Thermosyphons in Industry, Promyshlennaya Energetika,1987, No. 6, pp. 16-20 (in Russian).
51. Pioro, I.L., Influence of the Inclination Angle of a Two-Phase Thermosyphon on the Limiting Heat Flux, Heat Transfer-Soviet Research, 1986, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 35-38.
52. Pioro, I.L., Correlation of Experimental Data on the Maximum Heat and Mass Transfer in Two-Phase Thermosyphons, Heat Transfer-Soviet Research, 1985, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 75-83.
53. Pioro, I.L., Gomzhina, L.D. and Kalashnikov, A.Yu.,Some Problems of Designing Modular Thermosyphon Waste-Heat Boilers,Promyshlennaya Energetika, 1985, No. 9, pp. 35-38 (in Russian).
54. Pioro, L.S., Olabin, V.M., Pioro, I.L. etal., Utilization of Heat from the Effluent Gas of Glass-Melting Furnaces, Glassand Ceramics, 1984, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 166-169.
55. Tolubinsky,V.I. and Pioro, I.L., Experimental Determination of Limiting Heat Fluxes of Closed Two-Phase Thermosyphons, Promyshlennaya Teplotekhnika, 1983, Vol. 5, No.2, pp. 3-7 (in Russian).
56. Tolubinsky, V.I. and Pioro, I.L.,Investigation of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Two-Phase Thermosyphons, Chemical Technology, 1983, No. 5, pp. 38-39 (in Russian).
57. Pioro, I.L., Investigation of Closed Two-Phase Thermosyphons Used for Cooling of Melting Converters, Applied Problems of Heat Transfer and Hydrodynamics, Naukova Dumka, Publ. House, Kiev,1982, pp. 76-79 (in Russian).
58. Pioro, I.L., Maximum Heat Transfer Capability of Two-Phase Thermosyphons, Heat Transfer-Soviet Research, 1983,Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 24-31.
59. Pioro, I.L., New Type of Waste Heat Boiler, Glass and Ceramics, 1981, Vol. 38, No. 11, pp. 560-562.
PAPERS PRESENTED AND PUBLISHED AT REFEREED CONFERENCES
1. Mokry, S., Farah, A., King, K., Gupta, S. and Pioro, I., 2010. Updated Heat-Transfer Correaltions for Supercritical Water in Vertical Bare Tubes,Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT-2010), July19‑21,Antalya, Turkey, Paper #860.
2. Duffey, R., Leung, L.K.H. and Pioro, I., 2010. Design Principles and Features of Supercritical Water-cooled Reactors to Meet Design Goals of Generation-IV Nuclear Reactor Concepts, IAEA Technical Meeting on Heat Transfer, Thermal-Hydraulics and System Design for Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, July 5-9, 13 pages.
3. Pioro, I., Mokry, S., Duffey, R. and Leung, L.K.H., 2010. SuperCritical Water-cooled Nuclear Reactor (SCWR) Concepts: Thermodynamic Cycles and Thermal Aspects of Pressure-Channel Design, IAEA Technical Meeting on Heat Transfer, Thermal-Hydraulics and System Design for Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, July 5-9, 20 pages.
4. Arkadyev, V.Yu. and Pioro, I.L., 2010. Information Gaining and Processing System on the Basis of Two-Level Computer-Based System, International Workshop on Real Time Measurements, Instrumentation & Control (RTMIC), IEEE NPSS (Toronto), UOIT, Oshawa, ON, June 25 & 26, pp. 8-1 - 8-4.
5. Mokry, S.J., Pioro, I.L., Farah, A. and King, K., 2010. Supercritical Heat Transfer Correlation for Carbon DioxideFlowing Upward in a Vertical Tube, Proceedings of the International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP-10), Embedded Topical Meeting,San Diego, CA, USA, June 13-17, Paper #10328, 12 pages.
6. King, K., Farah, A., Gupta, S., Mokry, S. and Pioro, I., 2010. Comparison of Three-Rod Bundle Data with Existing Heat-Transfer Correlations for Bare Vertical Tubes, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29991, 7 pages.
7. Grande, L., Peiman, W., Mikhael, S., Villamere, B., Rodriguez-Prado, A., Allison, L. and Pioro, I.,2010. Thermal Aspects of Using Uranium Nitride in Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29790, 8 pages.
8. Farah, A., King, K., Gupta, S., Mokry, S., Peiman, W. and Pioro, I., 2010. Comparison of Selected Forced-Convection Supercritical-Water Heat-Transfer Correlations for Vertical Bare Tubes, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29990, 10 pages.
9. Patel,H.,Milner,A.,Pascoe,C.,Peiman,W.,Richards, G., Grande, L.and Pioro, I., 2010.Thermal Aspects of Using Thorium Dioxide as Alternative Nuclear Fuel in SuperCritical Water-Cooled Reactors, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29975, 7 pages.
10. Pascoe,C.,Milner,A.,Patel,H.,Peiman,W.,Richards, G., Grande, L.,andPioro, I., 2010. Thermal Aspects of Using Uranium Dicarbide Fuel in an SCWR at Maximum Heat Flux Conditions, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29974, 8 pages.
11. Saltanov, Eu., Peiman, W., Farah, A., King, K., Naidin, M.andPioro, I., 2010. Steam-Reheat Options for Pressure-Tube SCWRs, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29972, 12 pages.
12. Samuel, J., Harvel, G. and Pioro I., 2010. Design Concept and Heat Transfer Analysis for a Double Pipe Channel for SCWR Type Reactors, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29956, 8 pages.
13. Pioro, I., Naidin, M., Mokry, S., Saltanov, Eu., Peiman, W., King, K., Farah, A. and Thind, H., 2010.General Layouts of Supercritical-Water NPPs, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29993, 9 pages.
14. Milner,A.,Pascoe,C.,Patel,H.,Peiman,W.,Richards, G.and Pioro, I., 2010. Thermal Aspects of Using Uranium Mononitride Fuel in a SuperCritical Water-Cooled Reactor at Maximum Heat Flux Conditions, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 29998, 8 pages.
15. Gupta, S., Farah, A., King, K., Mokry, S. and Pioro, I., 2010. Developing New Heat-Transfer Correlation for Supercritical-Water Flow in Vertical Bare Tubes, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 30024, 9 pages.
16. Mokry, S., Gupta, S., Farah, A., King, K. and Pioro, I.L., 2010. Analysis of Updated Supercritical Water Heat Transfer Correlations for Vertical Bare Tubes, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 30192, 12 pages.
17. Thind, H., Pioro, I., and Harvel G., 2010. Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor with Intermediate Heat Exchangers, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 30104, 10 pages.
18. Peiman, W., Saltanov, Eu., Gabriel, K. and Pioro,I., 2010. Heat-Loss Calculations in a SCWR Fuel-Channel, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-18), Xi'an, China, May 17-21, Paper 30069, 9 pages.
19. Grande, L., Rodriguez-Prado, A., Mikhael, S., Villamere, B., Allison, L. and Pioro, I., 2010. Thermal Aspects of Uranium Nitride, Mixed Oxide and Thoria Fuels as Applied to SuperCritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors, Proceedings of the31stAnnual Conference of Canadian Nuclear Society and 34thCNS/CNA Student Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 24−27, 9 pages.
20. Lukomski, A., Pioro, I., and Gabriel, K., Aspects of Hydrogen Production Using a SuperCritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor, Proceedings of the31stAnnual Conference of Canadian Nuclear Society and 34thCNS/CNA Student Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 24−27, 10 pages.
21. Gupta, S., Farah, A., King, K., Mokry, S. and Pioro, I., 2010. Development of Heat-Transfer Correlation for Water Flowing in Vertical Bare Tubes at Supercritical Conditions, Proceedings of the31stAnnual Conference of Canadian Nuclear Society and 34thCNS/CNA Student Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 24−27, 13 pages.
22. Peiman, W., Milner, A., Pascoe, C., Patel, H., Richards, G., and Pioro, I., 2010. Heat Transfer in a Bundle Cooled with Supercritical Freon-12, Proceedings of the31stAnnual Conference of Canadian Nuclear Society and 34thCNS/CNA Student Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 24−27, 13 pages.
23. Farah, A., King, K., Gupta, S., Mokry, S., Peiman, W. and Pioro, I., 2010. A Study of Selected Forced-Convection SuperCritical-Water Heat-Transfer Correlations for Vertical Bare Tubes Based on a Wide-Range Dataset, Proceedings of the31stAnnual Conference of Canadian Nuclear Society and 34thCNS/CNA Student Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 24−27, 13 pages.
24. Saltanov, Eu., King, K., Farah, A.,andPioro, I., 2010. Nuclear Steam-Reheat Options: World Experience, Proceedings of the31stAnnual Conference of Canadian Nuclear Society and 34thCNS/CNA Student Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 24−27, 8 pages.
25. Lizon-A-Lugrin, L., Teyssedou, A. and Pioro, I., 2010. Optimization of Power-Cycle Arrangements for Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors (SCWRs), Proceedings of the31stAnnual Conference of Canadian Nuclear Society and 34thCNS/CNA Student Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 24−27, 17 pages.
26. Pioro, I., Mokry, S., Peiman, W., Saltanov, Eu., Thind, H., Grande, L., Samuel, J. and Harvel, G., 2010. Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors: Thermodynamic-Cycles Plant Layouts and Thermal Aspects of Pressure-Channel Design, Transactions of the European Nuclear Conference (ENC 2010) (http://www.euronuclear.org/
events/enc/enc2010/
transactions.htm), Barcelona, Spain, May 30 − June 2, 11pages.
27. Grande, L., Peiman, W., Rodriguez-Prado, A., Villamere, B., Mikhael, S., Allison, L. and Pioro, I.Thermal Aspects of Mixed Oxide Fuel in Application to Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors, Proceedings ofthe 2ndCanada-China Joint Workshop on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (CCSC-2010), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 25-28, Paper No. 62, 11 pages.
28. Peiman, W., Gabriel, K. and Pioro,I., 2010.Heat-Loss Calculations for Pressure-Channel SCWRS, Proceedings of the 2ndCanada-China Joint Workshop on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (CCSC-2010), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 25-28, Paper No. 56, 16 pages.
29. Farah, A., King, K., Gupta, S., Mokry, S. and Pioro, I., 2010.Comparison of Selected Heat-Transfer Correlations for Supercritical Water Flowing Upward in Vertical Bare Tubes, Proceedings of the 2ndCanada-China Joint Workshop on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (CCSC-2010), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 25-28, Paper No. 25, 12 pages.
30. Mokry, S., Farah, A., Gupta, S., King, K. and Pioro, I., 2010.Comparative Study and Advancement on aSupercritical-Water Heat-Transfer Correlation for Vertical Bare Tubes, Proceedings of the 2ndCanada-China Joint Workshop on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (CCSC-2010), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 25-28, Paper No. 21, 17 pages.
31. Lukomski, A., Pioro, I., and Gabriel, K., 2010. Aspectson Hydrogen Co-Generation Using a Thermochemical Cycle Linked to a Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor, Proceedings of the 2ndCanada-China Joint Workshop on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (CCSC-2010), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 25-28, Paper No. 62, 12 pages.
32. Richards, G., Milner, A., Pascoe, C., Patel, H.,Peiman,W.,Pometko,R.S.,Opanasenko, A.N., Shelegov, A.S., Kirillov, P.L. and Pioro, I.L., 2010. Heat Transfer in a Vertical 7-Element Bundle Cooled with Supercritical Freon-12, Proceedings of the 2ndCanada-China Joint Workshop on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (CCSC-2010), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 25-28, 10 pages.
33. Saltanov, Eu., King, K., Farah, A.,andPioro, I., 2010. Nuclear Steam-Reheat Options: Russian Experience, Proceedings of the 2ndCanada-China Joint Workshop on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (CCSC-2010), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 25-28, Paper No. 72, 8 pages.
34. Naidin, M., Pioro, I., Duffey, R., Mokry, S., Grande, L., Villamere, B., Allison, L., Rodriguez-Prado, A., Mikhael, S. and Chophla, K., 2009.SuperCriticalWater-Cooled Nuclear Reactors (SCWRs): Thermodynamic Cycle Options and Thermal Aspects of Pressure-Channel Design, International Conference on Opportunities and Challenges for Water Cooled Reactors in the 21st Century, Book of Extended Synopses, IAEA, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 27-30, Paper 5S03, pp. 134-135.
35. Mokry, S., Farah, A., King, K., Gupta, S., Pioro, I. and Kirillov, P., 2009. Development of a Supercritical Water Heat-Transfer Correlation for Vertical Bare Tubes, Proc. of the International Conference "Nuclear Energy for New Europe", Bled, Slovenia, Sep. 14-17.
36. Naidin, M., Pioro, I., Duffey, R., Zirn, U. and Mokry, S., 2009. SCW NPPs: Layouts and Thermodynamic Cycles Options, Proc. of the International Conference "Nuclear Energy for New Europe", Bled, Slovenia, Sep. 14-17.
37. Villamere, B., Allison, L., Grande, L., Mikhael, S., Rodriguez-Prado, A., and Pioro, I., 2009. Thermal Aspects for Uranium Carbide and Uranium DiCarbide Fuels in Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #75990, 12 pages. Best paper in student track.
38. Mokry, S., Gospodinov, Ye., Pioro, I. and Kirillov, P.L., 2009. Supercritical Water Heat-Transfer Correlation for Vertical Bare Tubes, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #76010, 8 pages. Best paper in student track. Akiyama Medal from JSME.
39. Naidin, M., Monichan, R., Zirn, U., Gabriel, K. and Pioro, I., 2009. Thermodynamic Considerations for a Single-Reheat Cycle SCWR, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #75984, 8 pages. Best paper in student track.
40. Naidin, M., Pioro, I., Zirn, U. and Chophla, K.., 2009. SuperCritical Water Reactor NPP Concept: No-Reheat Cycle Option, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #75989, 9 pages.
41. Grande, L., Villamere, B., Rodriguez-Prado, A., Mikhael, S., Allison, L. and Pioro, I., 2009. Thermal Aspects of Using Thoria Fuel in Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #75969, 10 pages.
42. Allison, L., Grande, L., Mikhael, S., Rodriguez-Prado, A., Villamere, B. and Pioro, I., 2009. Thermal Design Options Using Uranium Carbide and Uranium Di-Carbide in SCWR Uniformly-Heated Fuel Channel, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #75975, 10 pages. Best paper in student track.
43. Razumovskiy, V.G., Pismennyy, Eu.N., Koloskov, A.Eu. and Pioro, I.L., 2009. Heat Transfer to Supercritical Water in Vertical Annular Channel and 3-rod Bundle, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #75212, 6 pages.
44. Peiman, W., Gabriel, K. and Pioro, I., 2009. Thermal Design Options of New Pressure Channel for SCWRs, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #75514, 11 pages.
45. Saltanov, Eu., Monichan, R., Tchernyavskaya E. and Pioro, I., 2009. Steam-Reheat Option for SCWRs, Proc. of the 17th International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium, Paper #76061, 10 pages.
46. Pioro, I., Naidin, M. and Zirn, U., 2009. Thermodynamic Considerations for SCW NPP Cycles, Proc. of the 6th Int. Scientific and Technical Conference on Safety Assurance of NPP with WWER, Podolsk, Russia, May 26-29, Paper #MNTK-2009-003, 20 pages.
47. Naidin, M., Mokry, S., Monichan, R., Chophla, K., Pioro, I., Naterer, G. and Gabriel, K. 2009. Thermodynamic Analysis of SCW NPP Cycles with Thermo-Chemical Co-Generation of Hydrogen, Proc. of the International Conference on Hydrogen Production-2009 (ICH2P-09), University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, Paper No. ICH2P-GP163, 14 pages.
48. Mokry, S.J., Pioro, I.L. and Duffey, R.B., 2009. Experimental Heat Transfer to Supercritical CO2 Flowing Upward in a Bare Vertical Tube, Proc. of the Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle Symposium, April 29-30, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA, 15 pages.
49. Naidin M., Pioro I., Zirn, U. and Mokry S. and Naterer, G. 2009. Supercritical Water-Cooled NPPs with Co-Generation of Hydrogen: General Layout and Thermodynamic-Cycles Options, Proc. of the 4th Int. Symp. on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors, March 8-11, Heidelberg, Germany, Paper No. 78, 11 pages.
50. Vanyukova, G.V., Kuznetsov, Yu.N., Loninov, A.Ya., Papandin, M.V., Smirnov, V.P. and Pioro, I.L., 2009. Application of CFD-Code to Calculations of Heat Transfer in a Fuel Bundle of SCW Pressure-Channel Reactor, Proc. of the 4th Int. Symp. on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors, March 8-11, Heidelberg, Germany, Paper No. 28, 9 pages.
51. Duffey, R., Khartabil, H., Kuran, S., Zhou, T. and Pioro, I., 2008. ULTRA SCWR+: Practical Advanced Water Reactor Concepts, Proceedings of the 16th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (16PBNC), Aomori, Japan, October 13-18, Paper #P16P1247, 7 pages.
52. Pioro, I., Zirn, U., Naidin, M., Mokry, S., Gospodinov, Ye. and Baig, F. 2008. Supercritical water-cooled nuclear reactors: Thermodynamic-Cycles Options, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Supercritical Water and Steam in Nuclear Power Engineering: Problems and Solutions, Moscow, Russia, October 22-23, 15 pages.
53. Pioro,I.L., Kirillov, P.L., Mokry, S.J. and Gospodinov, Y.K.,2008.Supercritical Water Heat Transfer in a Vertical Bare Tube: Normal,Improved and Deteriorated Regimes, Proceedings of the International Congress on Advanced Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP-08), Anaheim, CA, USA,June 8-12, Paper #8333, Pages 10.
54. Pioro I.,Zirn U., Duffey R., Naidin M., Mokry S.,Gospodinov Ye. and Baig F., 2008. Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors:Thermodynamic-Cycles Options, 6thInternational Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics(HEFAT-2008), June 30-July 2, Pretoria, South Africa,Paper #PI1.
55. Duffey, R.B., Pioro, I.,Zhou, T., Zirn, U., Kuran, S., Khartabil, H. and Naidin, M.,2008. Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors (SCWRs): Current and Future Concepts - Steam-Cycle Options, Proceedings of the 16thInternational Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-16), Orlando, Florida,USA, May 11-15, Paper #48869, 9 pages. Best paper in student track.
56. Mokry,S., Naidin, M., Baig, F., Gospodinov, Ye., Zirn, U., Bakan, K., Pioro, I. and Naterer, G.,2008. Conceptual Thermal-Design Options for Pressure-Tube SCWRs with Thermochemical Co-Generation of Hydrogen, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-16), Orlando, Florida, USA, May 11-15, Paper #48313,13 pages.
57. Gospodinov,Ye., Mokry, S., Pioro, I. and Kirillov, P.L.,2008. Supercritical Water Heat Transfer in a Vertical Bare Tube, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-16), Orlando, Florida, USA, May 11-15,Paper #48546, 11 pages.
58. Pioro, I. and Kozioura, N., 2008. Russian Nuclear Power Plants (Past, Present and Future), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-16), Orlando, Florida, USA, May 11-15, Paper #48974,45 pages (slides).
59. Ostash, I., Kostyuk, T. and Pioro, I.,2008.Ukraine and Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plants, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-16), Orlando, Florida, USA, May 11-15, Paper #48973,25 pages (slides).
60. Razumovskiy,V.G., Pis'menny, E.N., Koloskov, A.E. and Pioro, I.L., 2008. Heat Transfer to Supercritical Water in Vertical 7-Rod Bundle, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-16), Orlando, Florida, USA, May 11-15, Paper #48954,6 pages.
61. Granovskii, M.,Dincer, I., Rosen, M.A., and Pioro, I., 2007. Exergy Analysis of a System Using a Chemical Heat Pump to Link a Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor and a Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle, Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES 2007),Istanbul, Turkey, June 3-8, 14 pages.
62. Duffey, R.B., Pioro, I.L. and Kuran, S., 2007. Advanced Concepts for Pressure-Channel Reactors: Modularity,Performance and Safety, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-15), Nagoya, Japan,April 22-26, Paper #10276, 9 pages.
63. Duffey, R.B., Kuran, S. and Pioro, I., 2007. Designing High Efficiency Reactors Using Existing Ultra-Supercritical Technology, Proc. of the 3rd Int. Symp. on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors - Design and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, March 12-15, Paper #SCR2007-I002, 11 pages.
64. Duffey,R.B. and Pioro, I.L., 2006. Advanced High-Temperature Concepts for Pressure-Tube Reactors, Including Co-Generation and Sustainability, Proceedings of the 3rd International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology - HTR 2006, October 1-4, Johannesburg, South Africa,Paper #F00000167, 12 pages.
65. Duffey, R.B., Pioro, I.L., Gabaraev, B.A. and Kuznetsov, Yu.N., 2006. SCW Pressure-Channel Nuclear Reactors: Some Design Features and Concepts, Proc. of the 14th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-14), July 17-20, Miami, Florida, USA, Paper #89609, 10pages.
66. Pis'menny,E.N., Razumovskiy, V.G., Mayevskiy, E.M., Koloskov, A.E. and Pioro, I.L., 2006.Heat Transfer to Supercritical Water in Gaseous State or Affected by Mixed Convection in Vertical Tubes, Proc. of the 14th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-14), July 17-20, Miami, Florida, USA, Paper #89483, 8 pages.
67. Guo, Y.,Bullock, D.E., Pioro, I.L. and Martin, J., 2006. Measurements of Sheath Temperature Profiles in Bruce LVRF Bundles under Post-Dryout Heat Transfer Conditions in Freon, Proc. of the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-14), July 17-20, Miami,Florida, USA, Paper #89621, 9 pages.
68. Duffey, R.B.,Pioro, I.L. and Khartabil, H.F., 2005. Supercritical Water-Cooled Pressure Channel Nuclear Reactors: Review and Status, Proc. of the Int. Conf. GLOBAL-2005"Nuclear Energy Systems for Future Generation and Global Sustainability",Tsukuba, Japan, October 9-13, Paper #20, 12 pages.
69. Pis'mennyy,E.N., Razumovskiy, V.G., Maevskiy, E.M., Koloskov, A.E., Pioro, I.L. and Duffey, R.B., Experimental Study on Temperature Regimes to Supercritical Water Flowing in Vertical Tubes at Low Mass Fluxes, Proc. of the Int. Conf.GLOBAL-2005 "Nuclear Energy Systems for Future Generation and Global Sustainability,Tsukuba, Japan, October 9-13, 2005, Paper #519, 9 pages.
70. Kirillov, P.L., Pomet'ko, R.S., Smirnov, A.M.,Grabezhnaia, V.A., Pioro, I.L., Duffey, R.B. and Khartabil, H.F., Experimental Study on Heat Transfer to Supercritical Water Flowing in Vertical Tubes, Proc.of the Int. Conf. GLOBAL-2005 "Nuclear Energy Systems for Future Generation and Global Sustainability, Tsukuba, Japan, October 9-13, 2005, Paper #518, 8 pages.
71. Pioro,I.L. and Khartabil, H.F., Experimental Study on Heat Transfer to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Flowing Upward in a Vertical Tube, Proc. of the 13th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-13), Beijing, China, May 16-20, 2005,Paper #50118, 9 pages.
72. Pioro,I. and Duffey, R., Experimental Heat Transfer to Water Flowing in Channels at Supercritical Pressures (Survey), Proc. of the ANS/ENS Int. Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, Embedded Topical Meeting GLOBAL 2003 "Advanced Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Systems", New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, November 16-20, 2003, Paper #2342, 20 pages.
73. Leung,L.K.H., Pioro, I.L. and Bullock, D.E., Post-Dryout Surface-Temperature Distributions in a Vertical Freon-Cooled 37-element Bundle, Proc. of the 10th Int. Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-10), Seoul,Korea, October 5-9, 2003, Paper #C00201, 13 pages.
74. Pioro,I.L., Khartabil, H.F. and Duffey, R.B., Heat Transfer at Supercritical Pressures (Survey), Proc. of the 11th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Eng.(ICONE-11), Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, April 20-23, 2003, Paper #36454, 13 pages.
75. Pioro,I.L., Doerffer, S.S. and Cheng, S.C., An Experimental Investigation of the CHF Enhancement in Horizontal and Vertical Tubes Cooled with Water and R-134a,Proc. of the 11th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Eng. (ICONE-11), Shinjuku,Tokyo, Japan, April 20-23, 2003, Paper #36549, 11 pages.
76. Duffey,R.B., Khartabil, H.F., Pioro, I.L. and Hopwood, J.M., The Future of Nuclear:SCWR Generation IV High Performance Channels, Proc. of the 11th Int.Conf. on Nuclear Eng. (ICONE-11), Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, April 20-23, 2003,Paper #36222, 8 pages.
77. Pioro,I.L., Doerffer, S. and Cheng, S.C., An Experimental Investigation of the Limiting Critical Quality and Its Impact on CHF in Horizontal and Vertical Tubes Cooled with Water and R-134a, Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Eng. (ICONE-10), Arlington, Virginia, USA, April 14-18, 2002, Paper#22031, 10 pages.
78. Groeneveld,D.C., Pioro, I.L., Guo, Y. et al., An Experimental and Analytical Study of the Effect of Flow Obstacles on the Critical Heat Flux, Proc. of the 5th World Conf. on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics(ExHFT-5), Thessaloniki, Greece, September 24-28, 2001, ETS Publishers, Pisa,Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 254-258.
79. Pioro,I.L., Groeneveld, D.C., Cheng, S.C. et al., Effect of Flow Obstacles with Various Leading and Trailing Edges on Critical Heat Flux, Proc. of the 9th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Eng. (ICONE-9), Nice, France, April 8-12, 2001, Paper#668, 12 pages.
80. Doerffer,S.S., Groeneveld, D.C., Rudzinski, K.F., Pioro, I.L. and Martin, J.W., Some Aspects of Critical-Heat-Flux Enhancement in Tubes, Proc. of the ASME Int. Mech. Eng. Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2000), Orlando, Florida, November 5-10, 2000, ASME Heat Transfer Division (HTD), Vol. 366-4, pp. 169-176.
81. Pioro,I.L., Groeneveld, D.C., Cheng, S.C. et al., Effect of Flow Obstruction Shape on the Critical Heat Flux, Proc. of the 8th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Eng.(ICONE 8), Baltimore, Maryland, April 2-6, 2000, Paper #8350 (Track 7.04), 15pages.
82. Pioro,I.L., Groeneveld, D.C., Cheng, S. C. et al., Experimental Study of the Effect of Flow Obstructions in a Circular Tube on the Critical Heat Flux, Proc. of 9th Int. Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-9), San Francisco, California, October 3-8, 1999, Paper #227, 20 pages.
83. Pioro,I.L., Small Scale Two-Phase Loop Thermosyphons for Cooling Telecommunication MCM, Preprints of the 10th Int. Heat Pipe Conf., Stuttgart, Germany,September 21-25, 1997, Paper #A2-1, 5 pages.
84. Pioro,I.L., Boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics of Thin Liquid Layers in a Horizontally Flat Two-Phase Thermosyphon, Preprints of the 10th Int.Heat Pipe Conf., Stuttgart, Germany, September 21-25, 1997, Paper #H1-5, 6pages.
85. Pioro,I.L. and Lee, Y., New Correlations for Critical Heat Flux of Two-Phase Closed and Open Loop Thermosyphons which Account for Conjugation, Proc. of the 9th Int. Heat Pipe Conf., Albuquerque, NM, USA, 1-5 May, 1995, Advances in Heat Pipe Science and Technology, 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 514-519.
86. Lee,Y., Rhi, S.H., Pioro, I. and Kim, W.T. An Experimental Study on a Cooling System Using Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphons for Telecommunication MCM, Proc. of the 9th Int. Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Thermal-Fluid Engineering, Singapore, June25-28, 1996, pp. 480-485.
87. Pioro,I.L., Park, H.J. and Lee, Y., Heat Transfer in a Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon:Horizontal Flat Plate Type, Proc. of the 5th Int. Symp. on Thermal Engineering and Sciences for Cold Regions, Ottawa, Canada,May 19-22, 1996, pp. 489-494.
88. Pioro I.L. and Lee, Y., Critical Heat Flux in Two-Phase Thermosyphons with Binary Mixtures, Proc. of the 3rd Int. Symp. on Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer, Xi'an, China, September 19-21, 1994, Vol.1, pp. 46-55.
89. Lee, Y.,Pioro, I.L. and Yim, Ch.-S.,Effect of Conjugation on Critical Heat Flux of Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphons,Proc. of the 10th Int. Heat Transfer Conf., Brighton, UK,August 14-18, 1994, Vol. 6, pp. 217-221.
90. Lee,Y., Pioro, I.L. and Park, H.J., An Experimental Study on a Plate Type Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon, Proc. of the 4th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., Tsukuba,Japan, May 16-18, 1994, pp. 49-58.
91. Pioro,I.L., Panek, A. and Lee, Y., Critical Heat Flux of Two-Phase Thermosyphons with an External Down-Flow Channel, Proc. of the 28th National Heat Transfer Conf., San Diego, August, 1992, pp. 201-205.
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS
1. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Schtults, P. etal., Thermosyphon's Heat Exchanger, Patent of Russian Federation #2047077,27.10.1995, Bul. #30.
2. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Schtults, P. etal., Thermosyphon's Heat Exchanger, Patent of Ukraine #3301 from 27.12.1994,Bul. #6-1.
3. Pioro, I.L., Karimov, M.M., Usenko, V.I. et al., Mode of Supply Fuel in Hypersonic Engine, USSR Invention #1817892, 1993.
4. Pioro, I.L., Karimov, A.Kh., Karimov,M.M. et al., Aircraft's Cooling System, USSR Invention#1812744, 1991.
5. Pioro, I.L., Usenko, V.I., Myalkovskiy V.I. et al.,Airheater, USSR Invention #1806323, 30.03.1993, Bul. #12.
6. Pioro, I.L., Karimov, A.Kh., Karimov, M.M. et al., Mode and Aircraft Cooling System, USSR Invention #1734317, 1992.
7. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Usenko, V.I. et al., Heat Transmitting Device, USSR Invention #1728618, 1991 (patent of Ukraine #752,1993).
8. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Usenko, V.I. et al., Heat Transmitting Device, Patent of Ukraine #752, 1993.
9. Chernyak, V.P., Pioro, I.L., Malashenko, E.N. et al.,Heat Transmitting Device, USSR Invention #1719865, 1992.
10. Pioro, I.L. and Zhitar', I.N., Heat Exchanger, USSR Invention #1679165, 23.09.1991, Bul. #35.
11. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Usenko, V.I., et al., Vapor Boiler, USSR Invention #1673782, 30.08.1991, Bul. #32.
12. Pioro, L.S., Kalashnikov, A.Yu., Pioro, I.L. and Mukhoid, A.Ya., Heat Transfer Device, USSR Invention #1657926, 23.06.1991, Bul.#23.
13. Treputnev, V.V., Pioro, I.L., Kriveshko,A.A. et al., Thermosyphon Heat Exchanger, USSR Invention #1629730, 23.02.1991,Bul. #7.
14. Goryslavets, S.P., Il'enko, B.K., Seriy, V.T., Pioro,I.L. et al., Heat Exchanger, USSR Invention #1617298, 30.12.1990, Bul. #48.
15. Pioro, I.L., Ponomarenko, I.I., Bondarenko, V.N. etal., Shaft for Shafting Machines, USSR Invention #1593970, 23.09.1990, Bul.#35.
16. Pioro, I.L., Karimov, A.Kh., Karimov, M.M. et al., Aircraft, USSR Invention, 1990.
17. Pioro, L.S., Kalashnikov, A.Yu. and Pioro, I.L., Evaporative Burner, USSR Invention #1464011,03.07.1989, Bul. #9.
18. Pioro, L.S., Kalashnikov, A.Yu., Pioro, I.L. et al.,Heat Transmitting Device, USSR Invention #1456742, 07.02.1989, Bul. #5.
19. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S. and Kalashnikov, A.Yu., Heat Transmitting Device, USSR Invention #1334035, 30.08.1987, Bul. #32.
20. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Goykhman, O.L.et al., Evaporator of Liquefied Gases, USSR Invention #1322756, 08.03.1987.
21. Pioro, L.S., Olabin, V.M., Kalashnikov,A.Yu. and Pioro, I.L., Evaporative Burner, USSR Invention #1147891,30.03.1985, Bul. #12.
22. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Olabin, V.M.and Morev, V.M., Evaporative Burner, USSR Invention #1070379,30.01.1984, Bul. #4.
23. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Olabin, V.M. etal., Heat Transmitting Device, USSR Invention #1052829, 07.11.1983, Bul. #41.
24. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Olabin, V.M. and Logvinenko,Yu.A., Thermosyphon, USSR Invention #1038791, 30.08.1983, Bul. #32.
25. Pioro, I.L., Pioro, L.S., Olabin, V.M. etal., Thermosyphon, USSR Invention #956951, 07.09.1982, Bul. #33.
26. Pioro, I.L. , Pioro, L.S., Olabin, V.M. et al., Heat Transmitting Device, USSR Invention #848955, 23.07.1981, Bul. #27.
MAJOR OPEN TECHNICAL REPORTS
1. Pioro, I., Saltanov, Eu., Naidin, M., King, K., Farah, A., Peiman, W., Mokry, S., Grande, L., Thind, H., Samuel, J. and Harvel, G., 2010. Steam-Reheat Option in SCWRs and Experimental BWRs, Report for NSERC/NRCan/AECL Generation IV Energy Technologies Program (NNAPJ) entitled "Alternative Fuel-Channel Design for SCWR" with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Version 1, UOIT, Oshawa, ON, Canada, March, 128 pages.
2. Pioro, I.L. and Duffey, R.B., Literature Survey of the Heat Transfer and Hydraulic Resistance of Water, Carbon Dioxide,Helium and Other Fluids at Supercritical and Near-Critical Pressures, ReportAECL-12137/FFC-FCT-409, Chalk River Laboratories, AECL, April 2003, ISSN0067-0367, 182 pages.
3. Groeneveld, D.C., Pioro, I., Guo, Y. et al.,A Study of the Effect of Flow Obstacles on the Critical Heat Flux, ReportAECL-12104/FFC-FCT-333, Chalk River Laboratories, AECL, September 2001, 37pages.
4. Pioro, I.L., Cheng, S.C.and Antoshko, Yu.V., Comparison of CHF Measurements in Horizontal and Vertical Tubes Cooled with R-134a, Report No. UO-MCG-TH-00006, Prepared for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., March 2000, 38 pages.
5. Pioro, I.L., Cheng, S.C.,Vasic, A. and Antoshko, Yu., Effects of Flow Obstructions on the Critical Heat Flux in a Vertical Circular Tube with Upward Flow of R-134a, Report No.UO-MCG-TH-00001, Prepared for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., January 2000, 109pages.
6. Pioro,I.L., Cheng, S.C., Vasic, A. and Antoshko, Yu.V., Effects of Flow Obstruction's Edges on the Critical Heat Flux in a Vertical Circular Tube, Report No. UO-MCG-TH-00002, Prepared for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., January 2000, 33 pages.
7. Pioro, I.L., Cheng, S.C.,Vasic, A. and Antoshko, Yu.V., Experimental Study of the Effect of Flow and Geometrical Parameters on the Critical Heat Flux in a Circular Tube, Report No.UO-MCG-TH-99002, Prepared for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., December 1999, 190pages.
8. Pioro, I.L., Cheng, S.C.,Vasic, A. and Du, Q., Effect of Flow Obstructions in a Circular Tube on the Critical Heat Flux at Medium Flows, Report No. UO-MCG-TH-99001, Prepared for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., March 1999, 88 pages.9. Pioro, I.L. and Cheng, S.C.,Literature Survey of the Russian Publications Devoted to the Heat Transfer and Hydraulic Resistance of a Fluid at Supercritical Pressures, Report No.UO-MCG-TH-98003, Prepared for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., November 1998, 148pages.
10. Pioro, I.L., Cheng,S.C., Vasic, A. and Salah, I.,Experimental Study of the Effect of Flow Obstructions in a Circular Tube on Critical Heat Flux, Report No. UO-MCG-TH-98002, Prepared for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., October 1998, 66 pages.
11. Pioro, I.L., Cheng, S.C.and Wang, H.M., Effect of Cross Section Geometry and Shape on Critical Heat Flux, Report No. UO-MCG-TH-97002, Prepared for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.,September 1997, 114 pages.
12. Lee, Y. and Pioro, I.L., Testing of MESTEK Heat Pipes, Final Report, 48 pages, Supplement, 21 pages, Prepared for MESTEK CANADA, Inc., February 1997.
13. Lee, Y., Pioro, I.L. and Rhi, S.H., A Cooling System Using Two-Phase Loop Thermosyphons for ATM Switching System, Final Report, Prepared for Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute,Korea, February 1997, 148 pages.
14. Lee,Y. and Pioro, I.L., Simultaneous Boiling/Condensation in a Narrow Compartment,Progress Report, Prepared for SUNKYONG INDUSTRIES, Korea, February 1994, 28 pages.
15. Sarkisov, A.A., Khitrikov, V.A., Pioro,I.L., An Estimation and Analysis of Ways of Increasing Safety of Nuclear Power Plants Located Underground, Report, Institute of Safety Development of Atomic Energy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1991.
16. Pioro, I.L., Development of Heat Transfer Equipment with Heat Pipes (Two-Phase Thermosyphons), (In Russian), Final Report, Prepared for the USSR State Committee of Science and Technology, 1990, 155 pages
