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Selected Peer Reviewed Publications

  • V. Lamenta, N. LeFrançois, J. Nedic, M. Tetreault-Friend, Analysis of Convection-Radiation Interactions in Molten Salts using Particle Image Velocimetry, Proceedings of the 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH19) (2022)
  • M.T. Manzoor, G. Lenci, M. Tetreault-Friend, Convection in Volumetrically Absorbing Solar Thermal Receivers: A Theoretical Study, Solar Energy (2021)
  • N. Calvet, A. Slocum, A. Gil, B. Grange, R. Lahlou, T. Hammer, M. Diago, M. Tetreault-Friend, D. Codd, D. Trumper, P. Armstrong, Dispatchable Solar Power Using Molten Salt Directly Irradiated from Above, Solar Energy (2021)
  • A. Boswell, L. Hunter-Leiski, C. Wetaski, M.T. Manzoor, M. Tetreault-Friend, Design of a Novel Compact Single-Source High-Flux Solar Simulator, Energy Procedia (In press, 2021)
  • D.S. Codd, A. Gil, M.T. Manzoor, M. Tetreault-Friend, Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) - Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Advanced Concept Development and Demonstrations, Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports (2020)
  • M. Tetreault-Friend, M. Diago Martinez, T. Cooper, L. Gray, A. Slocum, A Floating Modular Cover for High Temperature Open-Tank Molten Salt Solar-thermal Volumetric Receivers, Solar Energy (2018).
  • M. Tetreault-Friend, L. Gray, S. Berdibek, T. McKrell, A. Slocum, Optical Properties of High Temperature Molten Salts Mixtures for Volumetrically Absorbing Solar Thermal Receiver Applications, Solar Energy (2017).
  • M. Tetreault-Friend, T. McKrell, E. Baglietto, A. Gil, A. Slocum, N. Calvet, Optical property characterization of molten salt mixtures for thermal modeling of volumetrically absorbing solar receiver applications, AIP conference proceedings 1850  (2017).
  • A. Gil, G. Grange, V. Perez, M. Tetreault-Friend, D. Codd, N. Calvet, A. Slocum, CSPonD demonstration project: Start-up process of a 25 kW prototype, AIP conference proceedings 1850  (2017).
  • M. Tetreault-Friend, R. Azizian, M. Bucci, J. Buongiorno, T. McKrell, M. Rubner, R. Cohen, Critical Heat Flux Maxima Resulting from Controlled Morphology of Nanoporous Hydrophilic Surface Layers, Applied Physics Letters (2016).

Invited Talks

TISEDTALKS Series, Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design, McGill University, January 2022
  • Invited Speaker: turning on the Heat: Developing efficient high-temperature energy technology using molten salts
  • Recorded talk available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFR1BZ5EWrE&list=PLq4U0PfBHnAWwn71RozG9-ndY32shqhrO&index=5
Guest scientific expert, Small Modular Reactors, Radio-Canada, April 25, 2021
  • Radio show: Les années lumière, Radio-Canada
  • Recorded talk available here: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-annees-lumiere/episodes/528425/rattrapage-du-dimanche-25-avril-2021
Applied Energy Symposium (MITAB) 2020
Cambridge, MA, USA, August 12-14, 2020
  • Keynote speaker - Innovation session: CSPonD: Demonstration of a 25 kW dispatchable solar power system (recorded talk available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUa5tOzGEak)

Upcoming Conferences

19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) 2022
  • Oral presentation: Analysis of Convection-Radiation Interactions in Molten Salts using Particle Image Velocimetry
  • Presenter: V. Lamenta

Previous Conferences

27th SolarPACES Conference – Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
Online Conference, September 2021
  • Oral presentation: Low-cost concrete-based direct absorption volumetric receivers
  • Presenter: M. T. Manzoor
ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2021
Online Conference, July 2021
  • Oral presentation: Analysis of Convection-Radiation Heat Transfer in Molten Salts for Thermal Energy Applications using Particle Image Velocimetry
  • Presenter: V. Lamenta
26th SolarPACES Conference – Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
Online Conference, September 2021
  • Oral presentation: Design of a Novel Compact Single-Source High-Flux Solar Simulator
  • Presenter: M. T. Manzoor
ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2019
Bellevue, Washington, USA, July 2019
  • ​Oral presentation: Theoretical study of radiation-induced convection in direct absorption high temperature solar receivers
  • Presenter: M. Tetreault-Friend
ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2017
Bellevue, Washington, USA, July 2017
  • Oral presentation: Modular Cover for Improved Performance of Open-Tank, Direct Absorption Molten Salt Volumetric Receivers
  • Presenter: M. Tetreault-Friend
22st SolarPACES Conference – Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 2016
  • Oral presentation: Optical property characterization of molten salt mixtures for thermal modeling of volumetrically absorbing solar receiver applications
  • Presenter: M. Tetreault-Friend
21st SolarPACES Conference – Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
Cape Town, South Africa, October 2015
  • Poster presentation: Concentrated Solar Power on Demand: CFD Modeling for Design and Optimization
  • Presenter: M. Tetreault-Friend
9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer
Boulder, CO, USA, April 2015
  • Oral presentation: Parametric Study of the Effect of Hydrophilic Porosity on Critical Heat Flux
  • Presenter: M. Tetreault-Friend
ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference
Hong Kong, December 2013
  • Oral presentation: Systematic Investigation of the Effects of Hydrophilic Porosity on Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux
  • Presenter: M. Tetreault-Friend
  • Session Chair: Boiling, Quenching and Condensation Heat Transfer on Engineered Surfaces
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