Research Terms
Energy Alternative Energy Solar Fuels Renewable Energy Resources Solar Energy Engineering Heat Engineering Solar Heating Other
Keywords
Air Quality Covid-19 Csp Nanotechnology Pco Peco Prrn Solar Desalination Thermal Energy Storage
Industries
Air & Environment Biofuels Solar Renewable Energy
Dr. D. Yogi Goswami is a Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida. He is also a Co-Founder and Chief Science and Technology Advisor of Molekule, Inc. Dr. Goswami has conducted research over the last 45 years on solar energy, energy storage, thermodynamics and indoor air quality (IAQ). He has published as an author or editor 22 books and more than 400 scientific papers. He is Editor-in-chief Emeritus of the preeminent scientific journal Solar Energy. Dr. Goswami is a recipient of the highest energy related awards of ASME, ASES, ISES and AAES and more than 50 other awards and certificates from major engineering and scientific societies. Dr. Goswami is a Fellow of AAAS, ASHRAE, ASES, ISES and the National Academy of Inventors. He is a Honorary Member of ASME. He also holds 31 patents and has been inducted in the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. His invention of Photo-electrochemical oxidation (PECO) technology for air purification, which is commercially available as Molekule, was picked as one of the 25 best inventions by Time magazine in 2017.
PATENTS
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters (Total: 36)
REFEREED PAPERS IN TECHNICAL JOURNALS (Journals: 207; Conf. Proc’s: 215; Total: 422)
Betancourt, A., Goswami, D.Y., Bhethanabotla, V. R., and Kuhn, J. (2021), Stability and kinetics of silica?protected plasmonic photocatalysts for gas?phase degradation of total volatile organic compounds,” Catalysis Letters, May 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-021-03666-w
Osterman, K., and Goswami, D.Y., (2021), “Effect of PCM fraction and melting temperature on temperature stabilization of hybrid sensible/latent thermal energy storage system for a CO2 Brayton power cycle,” Energy Conversion and Management, June 2021, 237:114024, DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114024
Betancourt, A., Goswami, D.Y., Bhethanabotla, V. R., and Kuhn, J. (2021), “Scalable and stable silicon-coated silver nanoparticles, produced by electron-beam evaporation and rapid thermal annealing, for plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis,” Catalysis Communications, Open Access, Vol. 149.
Americano da Costa, M.V., Narasimhan, A., Guillen, D., Joseph, B., Goswami, D.Y. (2020), “Generalized distributed state space model of a CSP plant for simulation and control applications: Single-phase flow validation,” Renewable Energy, 2020, 153, pp. 36–48
Kaushik, A.K., Dhau, J.S.; Gohel, H; Mishra, Y.K.; Kateb, B.; Kim, N.Y; and Goswami, D.Y. (2020), "Electrochemical SARS-CoV-2 sensing at point-of-care and artificial intelligence for intelligent COVID-19 management," Open Access, ACS Applied Bio Materials.
Rao N G, Kumar A, Colon C, et al. (March 27, 2020) Impact of a New Portable Air Purification Technology Device in the Pediatric Hospital Setting – A Pre-post Assessment Study. Cureus 12(3): e7440. doi:10.7759/cureus.7440
Han, Z., Ram, M.K., Kamal, R., Alamro, T., Goswami, D.Y., Jotshi, C. (2019) “Characterization of molten salt doped with different size nanoparticles of Al203, International Journal of Energy Research, 43:3732-3745. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4531
Kamal, R., Moloney, F., Wickramaratne, C., Narasimhan, A., and Goswami, D.Y. (2019) “Strategic control and cost optimization of thermal energy storage in buildings using EnergyPlus,” Applied Energy 242, pp. 77-90
Narasimhan, A., Singh, P., Wikramaratne, C., Kamal, R. and Goswami, D.Y. (2019) “Mapping scroll expander performance for organic working fluids using dimensionless parameters in Ns-Ds diagram, Energy, 182, 1 Sept 2019, Pages 739-752
Rao, N., Kumar, A., Wong, J., Shridhar, R. and Goswami, D.Y. (2018) “Effect of a Novel Photoelectrochemical Oxidation Air Purifier on Nasal and Ocular Allergy Symptoms” Allergy & Rhinology Volume 9: 1–9, DOI: 10.1177/2152656718781609
C Wickramaratne, JS Dhau, R Kamal, P Myers, DY Goswami (2018) "Macro encapsulation and characterization of chloride based inorganic phase change materials for high temperature thermal energy storage systems” Applied Energy 221, 587-596 |
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G Demirkaya, RV Padilla, A Fontalvo, A Bula, DY Goswami ( 2018) “Experimental and theoretical analysis of the Goswami cycle operating at low temperature heat sources” Journal of Energy Resources Technology 140 (7), 072005 |
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M Zeyghami, DY Goswami, E Stefanakos (2018) “A review of clear sky radiative cooling developments and applications in renewable power systems and passive building cooling” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 178, 115-128 |
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I Azad, MK Ram, DY Goswami, E Stefanakos (2018) “Fabrication and characterization of NiO based metal insulator metal diode using Langmuir Blodgett method for high frequency rectification” AIP Advances 8 (4)
Nikhil Rao, Yogi Goswami, Ambuj Kumar, Jenny Wong, Stephen B Ligget (2018) “A novel photo-electrochemical oxidation Air-Purification technology reduces Asthma Symptoms” Journal of Allery and Clinical Immunology Vol. 141 issue 2
Pirasaci, T., Wickramaratne, C., Moloney, F., Goswami, D. Y., and Stefanakos, E. (2018) “Influence of Design on Performance of a Latent Heat Storage System at High Temperatures,” Appl. Energy, 224, pp. 220–229
Moloney, F., Almatrafi, E., and Goswami, D. Y. (2018) “Working Fluid Parametric Analysis for Recuperative Supercritical Organic Rankine Cycles for Medium Geothermal Reservoir Temperatures,” Renewable Energy. Available online 10 Sept. 2018 |
Srinivasan, S.S., Demirocak, D.E., Goswami, Y., and Stefanakos, E. (2017) “Investigation of catalytic effects and compositional variations in desorption characteristics of LiNh2H2-nano MgH2” MDPI, Applied Sciences, 2017, 7, 701: doi: 10.3390/app7070701
Moloney, F., Almatrafi, E., and Goswami, D.Y. (2017) Working fluid parametric analysis for regenerative supercritical organic Rankine cycles for medium geothermal reservoir temperatures, Energy Procedia, 129, 599-606.
Ozgener, O., Ozgener, L., and Goswami, D.Y. (2017) “Seven years of energetic and exergetic monitoring for vertical and horizontal EAHE assisted agricultural building heating,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 80, pp. 175-179.
Pirasaci, T., Wickramaratne, C., Moloney, F., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2017) Dynamics of phase change in a vertical PCM capsule in the presence of radiation at high temperatures,” Applied Energy, vol. 206, pp. 498-506.
Zeyghami, M., Stefanakos, E., and Goswami, D.Y. (2017) “Development of one-dimensional photonic selective emitters for energy harvesting applications,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 163, pp, 191-198.
Abdelmola, F.M. Ram, M.K., Takshi, A., Stefanakos, E.K., Kumar, A., and Goswami, D.Y. (2016) “Photoelectrochemical cell of hybrid regioregular poly (3-hexylthiophen, 2, 5, diyl) and molybdenum disulfide film,” Surface Review and Letters, DOI (2016).
Archibold, A.R., Bhardwaj, A., Rahman, M.M., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.L. (2016) “Comparison of numerical and experimental assessment of a latent heat energy storage module for a high-temperature phase-change materials,” Journal of Energy Researches Technology, Vol. 138, September.
Azad, I., Ram, M.K., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2016) “Fabrication and characterization of ZnO Langmuir-Blodgett films and its use in metal-insulator-metal tunnel diode,” Langmuir, July, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02182
Kamal, R., Wickramaratne, C., Bhardwaj, A., Goswami, D.Y., Stefanakos, E.K., Ingley, H., “Field performance of gas-engine driven heat pumps in a commercial building” International journal of refrigeration 68 (2016) 15–27
Mueller, A., Orosz, M., Narasiman, A.K., Kamal, R., Hemond, H.F., and Goswami, Y. (2016) “Evolution and feasibility of decentralized concentrating solar thermal power systems for modern energy access in rural areas,” MRS Energy and Sustainability: A Review Journal, doi:10.1557/mre.2016.4; pp. 1-32.
Myers, P.D., Alam, T.E., Kamal, R., Goswami, D.Y, and Stefanakos E. (2016) “Nitrate salts doped with CuO nanoparticles for thermal energy storage with improved heat transfer” Applied Energy, 165, pp. 225-233.
Myers, Ph.D., and Goswami, D.Y. (2016) Thermal energy storage using chloride salts and their eutectics,” Applied Thermal Engineering, (in press, available online, July 2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.07.046
Pirasaci, T. and Goswami, D.Y. (2016) Influence of design on performance of a latent heat storage system for a direct steam generation power plant, Applied Energy, 162, pp. 644-652.
Ram, M.K., Goswami, D.Y., Takshi, A., and Stefanakos, E. (2016) A new chromic (TouchChromic) thin film. Acta Materialia, 121, pp. 326-330.
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Ram, M.K., Myers, P.D., J.D., Goswami, D.Y., Stefanakos, E.K., Arvanitis, K.D., Papanicolaou, E., and Belessiotis, V. (2016) “Microencapsulated dimethyl terephthalate phase change material for heat transfer fluid performance enhancement,” International Journal of Energy Research, DOI: 10.1002/34.3615.
Ram, M.K., Myers, P.D., Jotshi, C., Goswami, D.Y., Stefanakos, E.K., Arvanitis, K., Belesiotis, V., and Papanikolaou, E., (2016) “Microencapsulated dimethyl terephthalate phase change material for heat transfer fluid performance enhancement,” International Journal of Energy Research, DOI 10.1002/34.3615 (2016).
Ram, M.K., Goswami, D.Y., Takshi, A., and Stefanakos, E.K. (IN PRESS 2016) “A new chromic (TouchChromic) thin film,” Acta Materialia,
Alam, T.E., Dhau, J.S., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2015) “Macroencapsulation and characterization of phase change materials for latent heat thermal energy storage systems,” Applied Energy, 154, pp 92-101.
Archibold, A.R., Goswami, DYT., Rahman, M.M., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2015) Multi-mode heat transfer analysis during freezing of an encapsulated storage medium,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 84, pp. 600-609.
Archibold, A.R., Rahman, M.M., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2015) “The effects of radiative heat transfer during the melting process of a high temperature phase change material confined in a spherical shell,” Applied Energy, 138, pp. 675-684.
Bellan, S., Alam, E.E., Gonzalez-Aguilar, J., Romero, M., Rahman, M.M., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2015) “Numerical and experimental studies on heat transfer characteristics of thermal energy storage system packed with molten salt PCM capsules,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 90:5, pp. 970-979.
Besarati, S.M., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2015) “Development of a solar receiver based on compact heat exchanger technology for supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles,” ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Transactions of the ASME, June, Vol. 137, pp. 031018 1-8.
Lee, M.S., Goswami, D.Y., Kothurkar, N., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2015) “Development and evaluation of calcium oxide absorbent immobilized on fibrous ceramic fabrics for high temperature carbon dioxide capture,” Powder Technology, 274, pp. 313-318.
Myers, Jr., P.D., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2015) “Molten salt spectroscopy for quantification of radiative absorption in novel metal chloride-enhanced thermal storage media.” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Transactions of the ASME. Vol. 137, No. 4, August. Article number: 041002.
Zeyghami, M., and Goswami, D.Y. (2015) “A review of solar thermo-mechanical refrigeration and cooling methods,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 51, pp. 1428-1445.
Archibold, A.R., Gonzalez-Aguilar, J., Rahman, M.M., Goswami, D.Y., Romero, M., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2014) “The melting process of storage materials with relatively high phase change temperatures in partially filled spherical shells,” Applied Energy, 116, pp. 243-252.
Archibold, A.R., Rahman, M.M., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2014) “Analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow during melting inside a spherical container for thermal energy storage,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 64 (1-2), pp. 396-407.
Bellan, S., Gonzalez-Aquilar, Romero, M., Rahman, M.M., Goswami, D.Y., Stefanakos, E.K., and Couling, D. (2014) “Numerical analysis of charging and discharging performance of a thermal energy storage system with encapsulated phase change material,” Applied Thermal Engineering, (vol. 71, #1, October; pp. 481-500). doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.07.009.
Besarati, S.M., and Goswami, D.Y. (2014) “A computationally efficient method for the design of the heliostat field for solar power tower plant,” Renewable Energy, 69, 226232.
Besarati, S.M., and Goswami, D.Y. (2014) “Analysis of advanced supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles with a bottoming cycle for concentrating solar power applications,” Journal of Solar energy Engineering, February, Vol. 136, pp 010904-1-7.
Besarati, S.M., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2014) “Optimal heliostat aiming strategy for uniform distribution of heat flux on the receiver of a solar power tower plant,” Energy Conversion and Management, 84, pp. 234-243.
Celestin, M., Krishnan, S., Bhansali, S., Stefanakos, E., and Goswami. D. Y. (2014) “A review of self-assembled monolayers as potential terahertz frequency tunnel diodes,” Nano Research, Vol. 7, #5, May, pp. 589-625. (DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0429-8, Tsinghua University Press: Springer).
Lee, M.S., Kothukur, N., Goswami, D.Y., and Stefanakos, E.K. (2014 ) “Development and evaluation of calcium oxide absorbent immobilized on fibrous ceramic fabrics for high temperature carbon dioxide capture”, Powder Technology.
Udom, I., Myers, P.D., Ram, J.K., Hepp, A.F., Archibong, E., Stefanakos, E.K., and Goswami, D.Y. (2014) “Optimization of Photocatalytic degradation of phenol using simple photocatalytic reactor,” American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 5, 743-750. Online August 2014 in Scientific Research http://www.scrip.org/journal/ajac http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajac.2014.511083
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (Total: 215)
REPORTS GENERATED FOR FUNDED RESEARCH (UP TO 2014 ONLY.)
Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida, Member; 2019 - present
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, Member; 2016 - present
AAAS, Fellow; 2014 - present
National Academy of Inventors, Fellow; 2014 - present
AAAS, Fellow; 2010 - present
Pan American Academy of Engineering, Member; 2009 - present
Academy of Inventors, USF, Member; 2009 - present
International Solar Energy Society, President; 2004 - 2005
American Society of Mechanical Engineering , Board of Directors; 2003 - 2006
International Solar Energy Society, Vice President; 2002 - 2004
American Society of Mechanical Engineering , Vice President; 2000 - 2003
International Association for Solar Energy Education, President; 2000 - 2002
American Society of Mechanical Engineering , Fellow; 1990 - present
Editor-in-Chief, International Solar Alliance and Elsevier; 2021 - 2023
Editorial Advisory Board, Handbook of Energy Systems, Elsevier Publications ; 2014 - 2019
International Scientific Committee, SolarPACES 2013 Conference/IEA; 2012 - 2014
Int'l Scientific Committee, International Solar Energy Society Solar World Congress 2013; 2011 - 2014
Editor in Chief, Solar Energy journal, of the International Solar Energy Society; 2002 - 2021
Global Energy Future; Solar Flagships program of the Government of Australia; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; 2010
New and Emerging Solar Energy Technologies; Farrington Daniels Award Lecture; Solar World Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2009
Solar Energy and Indoor Air Quality; China-US Clean Air Conference; CUAC, Beijing, China; 2015
Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Research and Development for Concentrated Solar Power Applications; National Conference on Solar Thermal Energy Technologies; NCSTET, Jodhpur, India; 2016
Research Advances in Solar and Renewable Energies; 5th Asia-Pacific forum on Renewable Energy; AFORE, Jeju, Korea; 2015
Recent Advances in Thermal Energy Storage using Phase Change Materials; Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy systems; SolarPACES, Beijing, China; 2014
Innovative new photo-electrochemical technology for destruction of airborne micro-organisms and VOCs; 17th Annual meeting of the Indoor Air Quality Association; Indoor Air Quality Association, Nashville, Tennessee; 2014
Thermal Energy Storage; Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy; MCARE 2014, Clearwater, Florida; 2014
Smart Energy Solutions in the Urban Environment; Clusters Alpini Industria Ricerca Energia (CLAIRE) ; international collaboration between Italy and France; 2013
New and Emerging Developments in Solar Energy; international workshop on the Design of sub-systems for CSP Technologies; Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India; 2013
Thermal Energy Storage; Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy ; MCARE; 2014
Innovative New Photoelectrochemical technology for destruction of airborne microorganisms and VOC’s; 17th Annual Meeting of the Indoor Air Quality Association; Indoor Air Quality Association; 2014
Renewable Energy: A Vision of Sustainable Development; International Symposium on Renewable Energies and Sustainability; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Centro de Investigación en Energía, Mexico; 2010
Director |
Elias Stefanakos Dharendra Goswami |
Phone | (813) 974-7322 |
Website | http://cerc.eng.usf.edu/ |
Mission | The mission of CERC is to develop, evaluate and promote commercialization of new environmentally clean energy sources and systems, such as hydrogen production and storage, fuel cells, solar energy conversion, and biomass utilization that meet the needs of both the electric power and transportation sectors through multi-disciplinary research, technical and infrastructure development and information transfer. |
Year: | 2007 |
Link Address: | LqCnU0fmsJk |
Keywords: | IAQ, sick building syndrome |
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Duration: | 3:00 |
Link Address: | tLX3H-zePds |
Keywords: | IAQ, sick building air |
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Duration: | 1:39 |
Year: | 2016 |
Link Address: | PScug3e72Mk |
Keywords: | CNN, Goswami |
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Duration: | 2:46 |
Year: | 2017 |
Link Address: | 0X0YS4VNN9M |
Keywords: | Florida Inventor's Hall of Fame |
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Duration: | 5:11 |
Year: | 2017 |
Link Address: | WR5HI6cKBNQ |
Keywords: | photocatalytic detoxificatiuon and disinfection; IAQ |
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Duration: | 7:30 |
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