Research
Areas of Interest:
Phase Change Heat Transfer, Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer, Enhanced Heat Transfer, Microgravity Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Energy Systems
Current Projects
"Two-Phase Liquid-Vapor Flow in Helical Flow Channels Under Microgravity Conditions" "Tailored Surfaces for Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer"
Selected Publications
"Effects of Reduced Gravity of Nucleate Boiling Bubble Dynamics in Saturated Water", R. Siegel and E. G. Keshock, AIChE Journal , July, 1964, Vol. 10, No. 4
"Forces Acting on Bubbles in Nucleate Boiling Under Normal and Reduced Gravity Conditions", E. G. Keshock and R. Siegel, NASA TN D-2299 , 1964
"Nucleate and Film Boiling in Reduced Gravity From Horizontal and Vertical Wires", R. Siegel and E. G. Keshock, NASA TR R-216 , 1965
"Development of a Direct Condensing Radiator for Use in a Spacecraft Vapor Compression Refrigeration System", J. L. Williams, E. G. Keshock and C. Wiggins, ASME Transactions , Journal of Engineering for Industry , Vol. 5, No. 4, November, 1973
"An Experimental Study of Flow Condensation Phenomena Under Zero-Gravity Conditions in a Space Radiator System", E. G. Keshock, J. L. Williams, G. Spencer and B. French, Proc. of Fifth Int. Heat Transfer Conference , Vol. IV, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1974, pp. 236-240
"Influences of Artificial Surface Projections on Film Boiling Heat Transfer", J. A. Tevepaugh and E. G. Keshock, Advances in Enhanced Heat Transfer , ASME, August, 1979
"Analytical Comparison of Condensing Flows Inside Tubes Under Earth and Space Environments", E. G. Keshock, Acta Astronautica , Vol. 10, 1983
"A Reduced Gravity Flight Experiment: Observed Flow Regimes and Pressure Drops of Vapor and Liquid Flow in Adiabatic Piping", I. Y. Chen, R. S. Downing, R. Parish and E. G. Keshock, AIChE Symposium Series , Vol. 843, No. 263, 1988
"An Experimental Study of Predictions of Two-Phase Pressure Drop in Microgravity", I. Y. Chen, R. S. Downing, E. G. Keshock and M. M. Al-Sharif, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno Nevada, January, 1989, AIAA Jnl. of Thermophysics , October, 1991
"Correlating Parameters for Two-Phase Flow in Curved Ducts in Zero- and Multi-Gravity Environments," Proc. ASME Fluids Eng. Div. Conf ., San Francisco, CA, July 19-23, 1999
" Pressure Drop Measurements of Microgravity Two-Phase Flow in Helical Coils," Proc. Microgravity Fluid Physics and Heat Transfer Conf .," Joint Eng. Foundation, Hawaii, Sept. 19-24, 1999.
Professional Activities
Recent Conferences Attended:
ASME Fluids Engineering Division Conference, San Francisco, CA, July, 1999
Joint Engineering Foundation Conference on Microgravity Fluid Physics and Heat Transfer, Hawaii, September, 1999
ASME-AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, August, 2000
NASA Glenn Research Center, Microgravity Fluid Physics Conf., Cleveland, Aug., 2000
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference, Reno, NV, January, 2001
Professional Society Participation:
Director (national), Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Member, K-18 committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professional/Community Service:
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Slovakia for the State of Ohio (represents country of Slovakia in all official matters in the State of Ohio)
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