Published Books
- Path to Passive: Nebraska's Passive Solar Primer, 1982 - available for download from the Nebraska Energy Office
- Nebraska Residential Solar Architecture, 1983 - available for download from the Nebraska Energy Office
Graduate Thesis Work
- Feasibility Study of Solar Driven Underground Cooling System, 2010 - Michel E. Shafik, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Our Published Papers
Henkel, J., Chen, B., Liu, M., & Wang, G. (2004). Analysis, Design, and Preliminary Testing of Solar Chimney for Residential Air-Conditioning Applications
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Analysis, Design and Testing of an Earth Contact Cooling Tube for Fresh Air Conditioning
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Measurement of Night Sky Emissivity in Determining Radiant Cooling from Cool Storage Roofs and Roof Ponds
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Measurement of Energy Efficiency of Building Envelopes
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Chen, B. et al., Determination of the Clear Sky Emissivity for Use in Cool Storage Roof and Roof Pond Applications, ASES proceedings, Denver, CO 1991
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Chen, B., Bonsell, J., & Bourne, R. (1990). Conceptualization of Utilizing a Water Source Heat Pump with Cool Storage Roofs, Proceedings at the annual meeting of the American Solar Energy Society, Austin, TX.
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Bourne, R. & Chen, B. (1989). Full Year Performance Simulation of a Direct-Coupled Thermal Storage Roof (DCTSR), Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Solar Energy Society, Denver, CO.
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An Assessment of Advanced Systems Designs for Water and Space Heating
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Chen, B. and Kratochvil, J. et al., "Modeling of the Radiative, Convective and Evaporative Heat Transfer Mechanisms of the Nebraska Modified Roof Pond for the Determination of Cooling Performance Curves," Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Solar Energy Society, MIT, Cambridge, MA, June, 1988.
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Chen, B. et al., "Cooling Performance Curve for the Nebraska Modified Roof Pond," ASES Conference Proceedings, Portland, 1987.
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Chen, B. et al., "Nebraska Modified Roof Pond: 1985 Summer Performance Results," ASES Conference Proceedings, Denver, 1986.
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Chen, B. et al., "Evaluation and Testing of the Nebraska Modified Roof Pond for Severe Heating and Cooling Environments," ASES Conference Proceedings, Montreal, 1985.
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External Papers Related to Our Research
K. Subbarao, J.D. Burch, C. E. Hancock, A. Lekov. and J.D. Balcomb, "Short-Term Energy Monitoring (STEM): Application of the PSTAR Method to a Residence in Fredericksburg, Virginia," Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI/NREL), Golden, CO, Sep. 1988