Publications of Dr. Groulx
Last Update: July 2016
Copyright © 2014 Lab of Applied Multiphase Thermal Engineering (LAMTE) - Dr. Dominic Groulx, All Rights Reserved
Part of the Department of Mechanical Engineerng within the Faculty of Engineering at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Copyright © 2014 Lab of Applied Multiphase Thermal Engineering (LAMTE) - Dr. Dominic Groulx, All Rights Reserved
Part of the Department of Mechanical Engineerng within the Faculty of Engineering at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Journal Papers
37. ESAU, T., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, GROULX, D., CORSCADDEN, K., CHANG, Y., SCHUMANN, A.W., HARVARD, P. (2016) Economic Analysis for Smart Sprayer Application in Wild Blueberry Fields, Precision Agriculture, v. , pp.
36. C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D.* (2016) Cooling of Server Electronics: A Design Review of Existing Technology, Applied Thermal Engineering, v. , pp.
35. FAROOQUE, A.A., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., NGUYEN-QUANG, T. (2016) Response of Wild Blueberry Fruit Loss to Spatial Variability in Crop Characteristics and Slope of the Ground, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, v. , pp.
34. BENMERKHI, M., AFRID, M., GROULX, D.* (2016) Thermally Developing Forced Convection in a Metal Foam-Filled Elliptic Annulus, Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, v. 97 pp. 253-269
33. KAHWAJI, S., JOHNSON, M.B., C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A.* (2016) Stable, Low-Cost Phase Change Material for Building Applications: the Eutectic Mixture of Decanoic Acid and Tetradeconoic Acid, Applied Energy, v. 168, pp. 457-464
32. KABBARA, M., GROULX, D.*, JOSEPH, A. (2016) Experimental Investigations of a Latent Heat Energy Storage Unit using Finned Tubes, Applied Thermal Engineering, v. 101, pp. 601-611 (first presented at the 2015 ASME-ATI-UIT Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, Naples (Italy))
31. SPONAGLE, B., GROULX, D.* (2016) Measurement of Thermal Interface Conductance at Variable Clamping Pressures using a Steady Method, Applied Thermal Engineering, v. 96, pp. 671-681
30. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., KABBARA, M., GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A. (2016) Validation of a Heat Conduction for Finite Domain, Non-uniformly Heated, Laminate Bodies, Heat and Mass Transfer, v. 52, pp. 1283-1293
29. FAROOQUE, A.A., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, NGUYEN-QUANG, T., GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., CHANG, Y.K. (2016) Development of a Predictive Model for Wild Blueberry Fruit Losses during Harvesting using Artificial Neural Network, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, v. , pp.
28. JOSEPH, A.*, KABBARA, M., GROULX, D., ALRED, P., WHITE, M.A. (2016) Characterization and Real-Time Testing of Phase-Change Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Storage, International Journal of Energy Research, v. 40 , pp. 61-70
27. C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D.* (2015) Simulating Phase Change Heat Transfer using COMSOL and FLUENT: Effect of the Mushy-Zone Constant, Computational Thermal Sciences, v. 7, pp. 427-440
26. LE DÛ, M., DUTIL, Y., ROUSSE, D.R.*, PARADIS, P.-L., GROULX, D. (2015) Economic and Energy Analysis of Domestic Ground Source Heat Pump Systems in four Canadian Cities, Journal of Renewable Sustainable Energy, v. 7, 053113, 14 p. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4931902)
25. MANCHESTER, S.C., SWAN, L.G.*, GROULX, D. (2015) Regenerative Air Energy Storage for Remote Wind-Diesel Micro-grid Communities, Applied Energy, v. 137, pp. 490-500
24. ESAU, T.J., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, CHANG, Y.K., GROULX, D., SHUMANN, A.W., FAROOQUE, A.A. (2014) Prototype Variable Rate Sprayer for Spot-Application of Agrochemicals in Wild Blueberry, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, v. 30, pp. 717-725
23. FAROOQUE, A.A., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., YARBROUGH, D.E., QUANG, T (2014) Effect of Ground Speed and Header Revolutions on the Picking Efficiency of a Commercial Wild Blueberry Harvester, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, v. 30, pp. 535-546
22. LIU, C., GROULX, D.* (2014) Experimental Study of the Phase Change Behavior of Lauric Acid inside a Horizontal Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System, Int. Journal Thermal Sciences, v. 82, pp. 100-110
21. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A. (2014) Thermographic Validation of a Two-Region Fin Model for Laminate Heat Conduction, Heat and Mass Transfer, v. 50, pp. 895-905
20. MURRAY, R., GROULX, D.* (2014) Experimental Study of the Phase Change and Energy Characteristics inside a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: Part 2 Simultaneous Changing and Discharging, Renewable Energy, v. 63, pp. 724-734
19. MURRAY, R., GROULX, D.* (2014) Experimental Study of the Phase Change and Energy Characteristics inside a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: Part 1 Consecutive Changing and Discharging, Renewable Energy, v. 62, pp. 571-581
18. MANCHESTER, S., BARZEGAR, B., SWAN, L.*, GROULX, D. (2013) Energy Storage Requirements for In-Stream Tidal Generation on a Limited Capacity Electricity Grid, Energy, v. 61, pp. 283-290
17. ZERARI, K.*, AFRID, M., GROULX, D. (2013) Forced and Mixed Convection in the Annulus Between Two Horizontal Confocal Elliptical Cylinders, Int. Journal Thermal Sciences, v. 74, pp. 126-144
16. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., ALLRED, P., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A.* (2013) Determination of Enthalpy-Temperature-Composition Relations in Incongruent-Melting Phase Change Materials, Applied Thermal Engineering, v. 61, pp. 193-197
15, DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A. (2013) Heat Conduction in Laminate Multilayer Bodies with Applied Finite Heat Source, Int. Journal Thermal Sciences, v.72 , pp. 47-59
14. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., WHITMAN, C.A., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A.* (2013) Dodecanoic Acid as a Promising Phase-Change Material for Thermal Energy Storage, Applied Thermal Engineering, v.53, pp. 37-41
13. FAROOQUE, A.A., CHANG, Y.K., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., ESAU, T.J. (2013) Performance Evaluation of Multiple Ground Sensors Mounted on a Commercial Wild Blueberry Harvester to Sense Plant Height, Fruit Yield and Topographic Features in Real-time, Computer and Electronics in Agriculture, v.91, pp. 135-144
12. QUINN, W.R.*, AZAD, M., GROULX, D. (2013) Mean Streamwise Centerline Velocity Decay and Entrainment in Triangular and Circular Jets, AIAA Journal, v.51, pp. 70-79
11. OGOH, W., GROULX, D.* (2012) Effects of the Number and Distribution of Fins on the Storage Characteristics of a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: a Numerical Study, Heat and Mass Transfer, v.48 , pp. 1825-1835
10. OLIVER, D., GROULX, D.* (2012) Thermo-economic Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems Scaled for use in Homes and Small Communities, Journal of Renewable Sustainable Energy, v.4, 023117, 18 p. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4705524)
9. AZAD, M., QUINN, W.R.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Mixing in Turbulent Jets Issuing from Isosceles Triangular Orifices with Different Apex Angles, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, v.39, pp. 237-251
8. OGOH, W., GROULX, D.* (2012) Effects of the Heat Transfer Fluid Velocity on the Storage Characteristics of a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: a Numerical Study, Heat and Mass Transfer, v.48, pp. 439-449
7. GROULX, D.*, SPONAGLE, B. (2010) Ray-Tracing Analysis of a Two-Stage Solar Concentrator, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, v.34, pp. 263-275
6. GROULX, D.* (2010) Analytical Solution of the Unsteady One-Dimensional Conduction Problem with Two Time-Varying Boundary Conditions: Duhamel's Theorem and Separation of Variables, Heat and Mass Transfer, v.46 , pp. 707-716
5. JAIN, V., BASU, P.*, GROULX, D. (2010) A Method for Reduction in Start-Up Time of a Bubbling Bed Boiler Combustor, ASME J. of Energy Resources Technology, v.132 , 7 p.
4. JAIN, V., GROULX, D.*, BASU, P. (2010) Study of Heat Transfer between an Over-Bed Oil Burner Flame and a Fluidized Bed during Start-Up: Determination of the Flame to Bed Convection Coefficient, Applied Energy, v.87, pp. 2605-2614
3. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2007) Study of the Effect of Convection on Close Contact Melting of High Prandtl Number Substances, Int. Journal Thermal Sciences, v.46, pp. 213-220
2. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2006) Study of Close Contact Melting of Ice from a Sliding Heated flat Plate, Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, v.49, pp. 4407-4416
1. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2003) Effects of Convection and Inertia on Close Contact Melting, Int. Journal of Thermal Sciences, v.42, pp. 1073-1080
Invited Talks
6. GROULX, D. (2016) Wrap-Up Presentation: Temperature Control of Portable Electronics using PCMs, Intel F2F Workshop on Platform Thermal Cooling, Hillsboro, Oregon (USA).
5. GROULX, D. (2016) Heat Transfer Applications to Energy and Electronics Systems, Engineering Dean's Talk, Halifax (Canada).
4. GROULX, D. (2015) Temperature Control of Portable Electronics using Phase Change Materials (PCMs), Intel F2F Workshop on Platform Thermal Cooling, Hillsboro, Oregon (USA).
3. GROULX, D. (2014) Fanless Cooling using Thermal Energy Storage Materials: Phase Change Materials (PCMs) Encapsulated in a Heat Sink, Intel F2F Workshop on Platform Thermal Cooling, Hillsboro, Oregon (USA)
2. GROULX, D. (2012) Thermal and Electrical Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Integration, Nova Scotia Energy Research & Development Forum 2012, Halifax (Canada)
1. GROULX, D. (2007) Experimental and analytical study of close contact melting of phase change material: ice, IRM Research Day, Halifax (Canada)
Conferences Papers
(most conference papers can be found on Dr. Groulx's ResearchGate profile)
64. AHMED, T.*, BHOURI, M., KAHWAJI, S., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A. (2016) Experimental Investigation of Thermal Management of Tablet Computers using Phase Change Materials (PCMs), ASME Heat Transfer Conference - HT2016, Washington DC (USA), 10 p.
63. C. KHEIRABADI, A.*, GROULX, D. (2016) A Comparison of Numerical Strategies for Optimal Liquid Cooled Heat Sink Design, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2016, Washington DC (USA), 10 p.
62. KABBARA, M., C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D.* (2016) Numerical Modelling of Natural Convection Driven Melting for an Inclined/Finned Rectangular Enclosure, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2016, Washington DC (USA), 10 p.
61. HERBINGER, F., BHOURI, M., GROULX, D.* (2016) Numerical Study of an Air-PCM Heat Exchanger's Thermal Performance, Eurotherm 2016 - 7th European Thermal-Sciences Conference, Krakow (Poland), 8 p.
60. SCOTT, R.P., AHMED, T., GROULX, D.* (2016) Thermal Management of Portable Electronics using Phase Change Materials: Initial Experiments, First Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference (PRTEC), Hawaii's Big Island (USA), 5 p.
59. C. KHEIRABADI, A., KABBARA, M., GROULX, D.* (2016) Geometrical Impacts on Phase Change Heat Transfer Modeling, First Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference (PRTEC), Hawaii's Big Island (USA), 5 p.
58. GROULX, D.*, C. KHEIRABADI, A., DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., KABBARA, M., AZAD, M., DONALDSON, A., JOSPEH, A.., WHITE, M.A. (2016) Working towards solving the Rate Problem: Geometric vs Nano-Enhanced PCM Solutions, INNOSTORAGE Conference, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel), 4 p.
57. COUNSIL, J.N.*, McTAGGART, K., GROULX, D., BOULAMA, K.G. (2015) Ship Roll Motion Damping using Bilge Keels - A Detailed CFD Investigation, World Maritime Technology Conference 2015, Providence (USA), 14 p.
56. OSBOURNE, N.*, GROULX, D., PENESIS, I. (2015) 3D Modeling of a Tidal Turbine - An Investigation of Wake Phenomena, 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (EWTEC), Nantes (France), 10 p.
55. GROULX, D.* (2015) Numerical Study of Nano-Enhanced PCMs: Are They Worth It?, Proceedings of the 1st Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference (TFESC), New York City (USA), 13 p.
54 SPONAGLE, B., GROULX, D.* (2015) Thermal Modeling of Tablets: Temperature Management using Phase Change Materials, Proceedings of the 1st Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference (TFESC), New York City (USA), 14 p.
53. DODSWORTH, L.J., GROULX, D* (2015) Operational Parametric Study of a Tesla Pump: Disk Pack Spacing and Rotational Speed, ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2015, Seoul (Korea), 6 p.
52. BHARATH, A., GROULX, D*, CAMPBELL, S. (2015) Characterization of Turbulent Flow and Pressure Fluctuations over a Hydrophone by LES, ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2015, Seoul (Korea), 6 p.
51. FAROOQUE, A.A.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., QUANG, T., ESAU, T.J. (2015) Influence of Crop Characteristics and Slope of the Ground on Fruit Losses during Mechanical Harvesting, 2015 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, New Orleans (USA), X p.
50. ESAU, T.J.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., CORSCADDEN, K., CHANG, Y., SCHUMANN, A.W., HAVARD, P. (2015) Economic Analysis for Smart Sprayer Application in Wild Blueberry Fields, 2015 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, New Orleans (USA), X p.
49. GROULX, D.*, BIWOLE, P.H. (2015) Modélisation Numérique de la Fusion de Matériau à Changement de Phase Dominée par Convection Naturelle : Effet des Paramètres, XIIème Colloque Interuniversitaire Franco-Québécois sur la Thermique des Systèmes, Sherbrooke (Canada), 6 p.
48. C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D.* (2015) The Effect of the Mushy-Zone Constant on Simulated Phase Change Heat Transfer, Advances in Computational Heat Transfer CHT-15, Rutgers University, Piscataway (USA), 22 p.
47. KABBARA, M., GROULX, D.*, JOSEPH, A. (2015) Experimental Investigations of a Latent Heat Energy Storage Unit using Finned Tubes, ASME-ATI-UIT Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, Naples (Italy), 8 p.
46. DODSWORTH. L.J.*, GROULX, D. (2015) Operational Parametric Study of a Tesla Pump including Vibration Effects, ASME-ATI-UIT Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, Naples (Italy), 7 p.
45. C. KHEIRABADI, A.*, GROULX, D. (2014) Design of an Automated Thermal Cycler for Long-term Phase Change Material Phase Transition Stability Studies, COMSOL Conference Boston 2014, Boston (USA), 7 p.
44. HERBINGER, F.*, DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., GROULX, D. (2014) Thermal Modeling in a Historical Building - Improving Thermal Comfort Through the Siting of a Passive Mass of Phase Change Material, COMSOL Conference Boston 2014, Boston (USA), 7 p.
43. BHARATH, A., GROULX, D.*, CAMPBELL, S. (2014) Hydrophone Acoustic Receiver Modelling: Turbulent Flow and Acoustic Analysis for Noise Reduction, COMSOL Conference Boston 2014, Boston (USA), 7 p. (poster also selected for presentation at South Korea COMSOL Conference)
42. SKAALUM, J., JAMIESON, T., GROULX, D.* (2014) Thermal Study of Valve Regulated Lead Acid Batteries and Electronics Chamber used in Stand-alone Street Lighting Applications, COMSOL Conference Boston 2014, Boston (USA), 7 p.
41. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A. (2014) Two-Region Fin Model Adjacent Temperature Profile Interactions, Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference - IHTC 15, Kyoto (Japan), 15 p.
40. GROULX, D.*, BIWOLE, P.H. (2014) Solar PV Passive Temperature Control using Phase Change Materials, Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference - IHTC 15, Kyoto (Japan), 15 p.
39. OSBOURNE, N., GROULX, D*, PENESIS, I. (2014) Three Dimensional Simulation of Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine - Comparison with Experimental Results, 2nd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (AWTEC), Tokyo (Japan), 8 p.
38. ESAU, T.J.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., CHANG, Y., SCHUMANN, A.W., HAVARD, P. (2014) Smart Sprayer for Spot-Application of Agrochemical in Wild Blueberry fields, 2014 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, Montréal (Canada), X p.
37. FAROOQUE, A.A.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., QUANG, T., GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., CHANG, Y.K. (2014) Predictive Model for wild Blueberry Fruit Losses during Harvesting, 2014 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, Montréal (Canada), X p.
36. JOSEPH, A.*, KABBARA, M., GROULX, D., ALRED, P., WHITE, M.A. (2014) Real-Time Testing of Phase-Change Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Storage, Proceedings of the International Conference on Clean Energy 2014 (ICCE14), Istanbul (Turkey), 9 p.
35. KABBARA, M.*, GROULX, D., JOSPEH, A. (2014) Experimental Study of a Latent Heat Storage Unit with a Helical Coil Heat Exchanger, Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2014, Toronto (Canada), 5 p.
34. GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A., JOSPEH, A. (2014) PCM-Based Thermal Storage Research at Dalhousie University: A Review, Eurotherm Seminar #99: Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Lleida (Spain), 10 p.
33. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L.*, GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A., SWAN, L. (2014) Thermodynamic Evaluation of Supercooled Seasonal Heat Storage at the Drake Landing Solar Community, Eurotherm Seminar #99: Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Lleida (Spain), 10 p.
32. MANCHESTER, S.*, SWAN, L., GROULX, D. (2013) Compressed Air Energy Storage for In-Stream Tidal Generation on a Limited Capacity Electricity Grid, 10th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (EWTEC), Aalborg (Denmark), 8 p.
31. ESAU, T.J.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., CHANG, Y., SCHUMANN, A.W., HAVARD, P., FAROOQUE, A.A. (2013) Development and Performance Testing of a Light Source System on a Smart Sprayer for Spot-Application of Agrochemical in Wild Blueberry Fields, 2013 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, Kansas City (USA), 12 p.
30. FAROOQUE, A.A.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., NGUYEN-QUANG, T., YABOROUGH, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., CHANG, Y.K., ESAU, T.J. (2013) Effects of Ground Speed and Header Revolutions on the Picking Efficiency of Wild Blueberry Harvester, 2013 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, Kansas City (USA), 12 p.
29. LE DÛ, M.*, DUTIL, Y., ROUSSE, D.R., GROULX, D. (2013) Étude Thermo-Économique d'une Implantation Géothermique Résidentielle pour Quatre Villes Canadiennes, XIème Colloque Interuniversitaire Franco-Québécois sur la Thermique des Systèmes, Reims (France), 6 p.
28. MARIN, G.*, MURRAY, R.E., GROULX, D. (2013) The Effect of Inlet Orientation on the Phase Change Heat Transfer in a Vertical Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System, Proceedings of the 24th CANCAM, Saskatoon (Canada), 5 p.
27. MANCHESTER, S., BARZEGAR, B., SWAN, L., GROULX, D.* (2012) Energy Storage to Accommodate In-Stream Tidal Electricity Generators on Weak Distribution Grids, 1st Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (AWTEC), Jeju Island (South Korea), 8 p.
26. TROWSE, G.*, ROSS, J., GROULX, D., MOLLOY, S. (2012) At the End of the Line: Approaches for Adding Sustainable Energy to Rural Maritime Communities, 4th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), Dublin (Ireland), 7 p.
25. SAMARA, F., GROULX, D.*, BIWOLE, P.H. (2012) Natural Convection Driven Melting of Phase Change Material: Comparison of Two Methods, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2012, Boston (USA), 8 p.
24. SPONAGLE, B.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Improvement of a Steady State Method of Thermal Interface Material Characterization by Use of a Three Dimensional FEA Simulation in COMSOL, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2012, Boston (USA), 7 p.
23. FAROOQUE, A.A.*, CHANG, Y.K., ZAMAN, Q.U., ESAU, T.J., GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W. (2012) Sensor Fusion on a Wild Blueberry Harvester for Fruit Yield, Plant Height and Topographic Features Mapping to Improve Crop Productivity, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Indianapolis (USA), 19 p.
22. SPONAGLE, B.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Characterization of Thermal Interface Materials Using Steady State Experimental Method, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2012, Puerto Rico (USA), 8 p.
21. LIU, C., MURRAY, R.E., GROULX, D.* (2012) Experimental Study of Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System using Lauric Acid as the Phase Change Material, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2012, Puerto Rico (USA), 10 p.
20. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L.*, GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A. (2012) Reclaimed Laminate Waste as Novel, Heat Transfer Enhancing, Encapsulation for Long-term PCM Heat Storage, Cleantech2012, Santa Clara (USA), 4 p.
19. AZAD, M., QUINN, W.R.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Near-Field Mixing in Turbulent Free Jets Issuing from Triangular Orifices with Different Apex Angles, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville (USA), 13 p.
18. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L.*, GROULX, D. (2011) Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Modeling - COMSOL Uses in Undergraduate Education, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2011, Boston (USA), 6 p.
17. SPONAGLE, B.*, AMADU, M., GROULX, D., PEGG, M. (2011) Modeling of Heat Transfer Between a CO2 Sequestration Well and the Surrounding Geological Formation, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2011, Boston (USA), 6 p.
16. LIU, C.*, GROULX, D. (2011) Numerical Study of the Effect of Fins on the Natural Convection Driven Melting of Phase Change Material, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2011, Boston (USA), 7 p.
15. MURRAY, R.E., GROULX, D.* (2011) Modeling Convection During Melting of a Phase Change Material, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2011, Boston (USA), 7 p.
14. AZAD, M.*, QUINN, W.R., GROULX, D. (2011) Mixing in Turbulent Free Jets Issuing from Isosceles Triangular Orifices with Different Apex Angles, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Guangzhou, (China), p. 539-542
13. AZAD, M.*, QUINN, W.R., GROULX, D. (2011) Mean Streamwise Centerline Velocity Decay and Entrainment in Triangular and Circular Jets, 41st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu (USA), 11 p.
12. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L.*, MURRAY, R.E., SAFATLI, A., MARIN, G., STEWART, J., OSBOURNE, N., WHITE, M.A., GROULX, D. (2011) Phase Change Material Selection in the Design of a Latent Heat Energy Storage System Coupled with a Domestic Hot Water Solar Thermal System, 2011 ASHRAE Annual Conference, Montréal (Canada), 8 p.
11. MURRAY, R.E.*, DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., STEWART, J., OSBOURNE, N., MARIN, G., SAFATLI, A., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A. (2011) Design of a Latent Heat Energy Storage System Coupled with a Domestic Hot Water Solar Thermal System, Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress - WREC 2011, Linköping (Sweden), 8 p.
10. OGOH, W., GROULX, D.* (2010) Stefan's Problem: Validation of a One-Dimensional Solid-Liquid Phase Change Heat Transfer Process, Proceedings of the 6th Annual COMSOL Conference, Boston (USA), 6 p.
9. GROULX, D.*, OGOH, W.* (2010) Thermal Behavior of Phase Change Material During Charging Inside a Finned Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: Effects of the Arrangement and Number of Fins, Proceedings of the 14th International Heat Transfer Conference - IHTC 14, Washington DC (USA), 8 p.
8. GROULX, D.*, OGOH, W. (2009) Solid-Liquid Phase Change Simulation Applied to a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System, Proceedings of the 5th Annual COMSOL Conference, Boston (USA), 7 p. (Was awarded "Best Technical Paper" of the conference).
7. GROULX, D., SPONAGLE B.* (2009) Ray-Tracing Analysis of a Two-Stage Solar Concentrator made of two Parabolic Troughs, Proceedings of the 22th CANCAM, Halifax (Canada), pp. 330-331
6. OGOH, W.*, GROULX, D. (2009) Thermal Storage in a Cylindrical Container: Heat Transfer Rate Optimization Using Fin, Proceedings of the 22th CANCAM, Halifax (Canada), pp. 274-275
5. JAIN, V.*, GROULX, D., BASU, P. (2009) Heat Transfer between Over Bed Oil Burner Flame and a Fluidized Bed during Start-up, Proceedings of the 22th CANCAM, Halifax (Canada), pp. 285-286
4. GROULX, D.* (2008) Analytical Solution for Time-Dependent One-Dimensional Conduction Problem with Time-Dependent Boundary Conditions: Duhamel's Theorem and Separation of Variables, Proceedings of the CSME Forum 2008, Ottawa, Canada. 8 p.
3. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2005) Study of Close Contact Melting of Ice from a Sliding Heated Flat Plate, Proceedings of the 20th CANCAM, Montréal (Canada), pp. 269-270
2. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2002) Fundamental Study of Convection Dominated Close Contact Melting, Progress in transport phenomena, International symposium on transport phenomena 13th, Victoria (Canada) pp. 81-85
1. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2001) Étude du transfert de chaleur par contact direct, 69e congrès de l'ACFAS, Sherbrooke (Canada)
Internal Reports and Thesis
23. WERT, S., CRUICHSHANK, C., GROULX, D.* (2016) Energy Analysis of the Connaught Building, Technical Report for PWGSC, Halifax, 29 p.
22. GROULX, D.*, KAHWAJI, S., WERT, S., CRUICHSHANK, C. (2016) Potential Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for an Air-PCM Storage Device, Technical Report for PWGSC, Halifax, 9 p.
21. OSBOURNE, N., GROULX, D.* (2015) A Numerical Investigation of Tidal Turbine Subsea Base Design Modification, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Open Hydro, Halifax, 57 p.
20. BARRETT, M., SCOTT, R.P., BHOURI, M., GROULX, D.* (2015) Rehouse's Wood Stove Water Heater Assessment, Science & Technology Assistance Report written for ReHouse as part of an IRAP project, Halifax, 19 p.
19. NANTAU, C., PEARRE, N., GROULX, D.* (2015) Wind Farm Scale CFD Study: Linking Weather Results with CFD, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Scotia Weather Services Inc., Halifax, 40 p.
18. OSBOURNE, N., GROULX, D.* (2015) Actuator Disk Execution in ANSYS CFX, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Open Hydro, Halifax, 10 p.
17. GROULX, D.* (2015) CFD Study of an Air Destratifier: Numerical Feasibility Study, LAMTE Technical Report written for Integrated Energy Products as part of the Nova Scotia Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Productivity and Innovation Voucher Program, Halifax, 25 p.
16. HALIBURTON, L., SPONAGLE, B., GROULX, D.* (2015) Improved System for Characterizing the Thermal Conductance of Thermal Interface Materials, LAMTE Technical Report - Raytheon Research Contract, Halifax, 40 p.
15. C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D*, WHITE, M.A. (2014) Design of an Automated Thermal Cycler for Phase Change Material Phase Transition Stability Studies, LAMTE Technical Report - INTEL Research Contract, Halifax, 66 p.
14. CAMPBELL, S., BHARATH, A., GROULX, D.* (2014) Turbulent Flow Characterization and Modeling over a Submerged Hydrophone, ENGAGE - Technical Report for OceanSonics, Halifax, 47 p.
13. KAHWAJI, S., HERBINGER, F., WHITE, M.A.*, GROULX, D. (2014) Phase Change Materials for Passive Comfort Control in the Toronto Carpet Factory, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Internat Energy Solutions, Halifax, 58 p.
12. SKAALUM, J., JAMIESON, T., GROULX, D.* (2014) Heat Generation and Thermal Response of Enclosed Batteries/Electronics in Autonomous Street Lighting Applications, ENGAGE - Technical Report for PoleCo Ltd., Halifax, 213 p.
11. SPONAGLE, B., DODSWORTH, L., GROULX, D.* (2014) Heat Pump with Microwave Heat Source: An Initial Feasibility Study, Science & Technology Assistance Report written for McCharles Consulting Ltd. as part of an IRAP project, Halifax, 41 p.
10. JAMIESON, T., GROULX, D.* (2014) Interconnected Energy Flow Analysis and Heat Recovery Strategy at the Michelin Bridgewater Manufacturing Facility, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Michelin, Halifax, 121 p.
9. STEWART, J., GROULX, D.* (2013) Thermal Electrics for Use in Electronic Cooling, LAMTE Technical Report - Raytheon Research Contract, Halifax, 50 p.
8. MANCHESTER, S., BARZEGAR, B., SWAN , L.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Energy Storage Requirements for In-Stream Tidal Development on the Digby Neck, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Fundy Tidal Inc., Halifax, 57 p.
7. HAMPSON, M., BENTZEN, N., PRIETO, D., SIBBALD, J., GROULX, D.* (2012) Compact Ruggedized Liquid Pump; Design, Construction and Testing, LAMTE Technical Report - Raytheon Research Contract, Halifax, 69 p.
6. GROULX, D.*, SPONAGLE, B. (2012) High Temperature Heating Element Search and Identification for an Automotive Application, Science & Technology Assistance Report written for Allendale Electronics Ltd. as part of an IRAP project, Halifax, 58 p.
5. GROULX, D.* (2009) Requirement for the Study of LIFE Solar Concentrator, Science & Technology Assistance Report written for Lunenburg Industrial Foundry and Engineering as part of an IRAP project, Halifax, 10 p.
4. SPONAGLE, B., GROULX, D.* (2008) Prometheus Solar Concentration Project: Ray-Tracing Analysis of the Gamma Unit, Technical Report for Lunenburg Industrial Foundry and Engineering, Lunenburg, 52 p.
3. YUEN, B.K.C., KOKO, T.S.*, GROULX, D., AKPAN, U.O. (2008) Further Analysis of the Static/Thermal Response of Submarine Exhaust Valve Cooling, MARTEC Technical Report TR-08-25, for DRDC Atlantic, Halifax, 65 p.
2. GROULX, D.*, (2006) Méthode de transfert de chaleur inverse: résolution du problème de conduction unidimensionnel et transitoire dans le cas où une des deux conditions aux frontières est inconnue, THERMAUS, Département de Génie Mécanique, Sherbrooke, 56 p.
1. GROULX, D. (2005) Étude fondamentale de la fusion par contact direct : effet de la convection, Sherbrooke (Canada), 102 p.
Books/Book Chapters
8. NOËL, J., DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., KAHWAJI, S., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A. (2016) Chapter 13: Phase Change Materials, in T.M. LETCHER, Storing Energy with Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources, (pp. 249-272), Cambridge, MA, Elsevier Inc., 565 p.
7. GROULX, D. (2010) Étude Fondamentale de la fusion par contact direct: effets de la convection et des forces d'inertie, Éditions Universitaires Européennes, Berlin, 110 p.
6. GROULX, D., LATULIPPE, P., (2009) La physique au secondaire, Éditions Grand Duc, Laval, 328 p.
5. GROULX, D., BARBEAU, C., et al. (2008) Science-tech au secondaire: Manuel de l'élève (grade 10), volume 1, Éditions Grand Duc, Laval, 368 p.
4. GROULX, D., SCHEPPER, C., LAHAIE, R. et al. (2007) Science-tech au secondaire: manuel de l'élève, volume 1 (grade 9), Laval, Éditions Grand Duc, 290 p.
3. GROULX, D., SCHEPPER, C., LAHAIE, R. et al. (2007) Science-tech au secondaire: manuel de l'élève, volume 2 (grade 9), Laval, Éditions Grand Duc, 258 p.
2. SCHEPPER, C., LAHAIE, R., GROULX, D. et al. (2007) Science-tech au secondaire: Guide d'enseignement (grade 9), volume 1, Éditions Grand Duc, Laval, 300 p.
1. SCHEPPER, C., LAHAIE, R., GROULX, D. et al. (2007) Science-tech au secondaire: Guide d'enseignement (grade 9), volume 2, Éditions Grand Duc, Laval, 300 p.
Lecturer's Notes
1. GROULX, D. (2002) Notes de cours: Thermofluide I (IMC 210), Sherbrooke (Canada), 147 p.
37. ESAU, T., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, GROULX, D., CORSCADDEN, K., CHANG, Y., SCHUMANN, A.W., HARVARD, P. (2016) Economic Analysis for Smart Sprayer Application in Wild Blueberry Fields, Precision Agriculture, v. , pp.
36. C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D.* (2016) Cooling of Server Electronics: A Design Review of Existing Technology, Applied Thermal Engineering, v. , pp.
35. FAROOQUE, A.A., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., NGUYEN-QUANG, T. (2016) Response of Wild Blueberry Fruit Loss to Spatial Variability in Crop Characteristics and Slope of the Ground, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, v. , pp.
34. BENMERKHI, M., AFRID, M., GROULX, D.* (2016) Thermally Developing Forced Convection in a Metal Foam-Filled Elliptic Annulus, Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, v. 97 pp. 253-269
33. KAHWAJI, S., JOHNSON, M.B., C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A.* (2016) Stable, Low-Cost Phase Change Material for Building Applications: the Eutectic Mixture of Decanoic Acid and Tetradeconoic Acid, Applied Energy, v. 168, pp. 457-464
32. KABBARA, M., GROULX, D.*, JOSEPH, A. (2016) Experimental Investigations of a Latent Heat Energy Storage Unit using Finned Tubes, Applied Thermal Engineering, v. 101, pp. 601-611 (first presented at the 2015 ASME-ATI-UIT Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, Naples (Italy))
31. SPONAGLE, B., GROULX, D.* (2016) Measurement of Thermal Interface Conductance at Variable Clamping Pressures using a Steady Method, Applied Thermal Engineering, v. 96, pp. 671-681
30. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., KABBARA, M., GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A. (2016) Validation of a Heat Conduction for Finite Domain, Non-uniformly Heated, Laminate Bodies, Heat and Mass Transfer, v. 52, pp. 1283-1293
29. FAROOQUE, A.A., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, NGUYEN-QUANG, T., GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., CHANG, Y.K. (2016) Development of a Predictive Model for Wild Blueberry Fruit Losses during Harvesting using Artificial Neural Network, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, v. , pp.
28. JOSEPH, A.*, KABBARA, M., GROULX, D., ALRED, P., WHITE, M.A. (2016) Characterization and Real-Time Testing of Phase-Change Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Storage, International Journal of Energy Research, v. 40 , pp. 61-70
27. C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D.* (2015) Simulating Phase Change Heat Transfer using COMSOL and FLUENT: Effect of the Mushy-Zone Constant, Computational Thermal Sciences, v. 7, pp. 427-440
26. LE DÛ, M., DUTIL, Y., ROUSSE, D.R.*, PARADIS, P.-L., GROULX, D. (2015) Economic and Energy Analysis of Domestic Ground Source Heat Pump Systems in four Canadian Cities, Journal of Renewable Sustainable Energy, v. 7, 053113, 14 p. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4931902)
25. MANCHESTER, S.C., SWAN, L.G.*, GROULX, D. (2015) Regenerative Air Energy Storage for Remote Wind-Diesel Micro-grid Communities, Applied Energy, v. 137, pp. 490-500
24. ESAU, T.J., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, CHANG, Y.K., GROULX, D., SHUMANN, A.W., FAROOQUE, A.A. (2014) Prototype Variable Rate Sprayer for Spot-Application of Agrochemicals in Wild Blueberry, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, v. 30, pp. 717-725
23. FAROOQUE, A.A., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., YARBROUGH, D.E., QUANG, T (2014) Effect of Ground Speed and Header Revolutions on the Picking Efficiency of a Commercial Wild Blueberry Harvester, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, v. 30, pp. 535-546
22. LIU, C., GROULX, D.* (2014) Experimental Study of the Phase Change Behavior of Lauric Acid inside a Horizontal Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System, Int. Journal Thermal Sciences, v. 82, pp. 100-110
21. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A. (2014) Thermographic Validation of a Two-Region Fin Model for Laminate Heat Conduction, Heat and Mass Transfer, v. 50, pp. 895-905
20. MURRAY, R., GROULX, D.* (2014) Experimental Study of the Phase Change and Energy Characteristics inside a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: Part 2 Simultaneous Changing and Discharging, Renewable Energy, v. 63, pp. 724-734
19. MURRAY, R., GROULX, D.* (2014) Experimental Study of the Phase Change and Energy Characteristics inside a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: Part 1 Consecutive Changing and Discharging, Renewable Energy, v. 62, pp. 571-581
18. MANCHESTER, S., BARZEGAR, B., SWAN, L.*, GROULX, D. (2013) Energy Storage Requirements for In-Stream Tidal Generation on a Limited Capacity Electricity Grid, Energy, v. 61, pp. 283-290
17. ZERARI, K.*, AFRID, M., GROULX, D. (2013) Forced and Mixed Convection in the Annulus Between Two Horizontal Confocal Elliptical Cylinders, Int. Journal Thermal Sciences, v. 74, pp. 126-144
16. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., ALLRED, P., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A.* (2013) Determination of Enthalpy-Temperature-Composition Relations in Incongruent-Melting Phase Change Materials, Applied Thermal Engineering, v. 61, pp. 193-197
15, DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A. (2013) Heat Conduction in Laminate Multilayer Bodies with Applied Finite Heat Source, Int. Journal Thermal Sciences, v.72 , pp. 47-59
14. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., WHITMAN, C.A., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A.* (2013) Dodecanoic Acid as a Promising Phase-Change Material for Thermal Energy Storage, Applied Thermal Engineering, v.53, pp. 37-41
13. FAROOQUE, A.A., CHANG, Y.K., ZAMAN, Q.U.*, GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., ESAU, T.J. (2013) Performance Evaluation of Multiple Ground Sensors Mounted on a Commercial Wild Blueberry Harvester to Sense Plant Height, Fruit Yield and Topographic Features in Real-time, Computer and Electronics in Agriculture, v.91, pp. 135-144
12. QUINN, W.R.*, AZAD, M., GROULX, D. (2013) Mean Streamwise Centerline Velocity Decay and Entrainment in Triangular and Circular Jets, AIAA Journal, v.51, pp. 70-79
11. OGOH, W., GROULX, D.* (2012) Effects of the Number and Distribution of Fins on the Storage Characteristics of a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: a Numerical Study, Heat and Mass Transfer, v.48 , pp. 1825-1835
10. OLIVER, D., GROULX, D.* (2012) Thermo-economic Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems Scaled for use in Homes and Small Communities, Journal of Renewable Sustainable Energy, v.4, 023117, 18 p. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4705524)
9. AZAD, M., QUINN, W.R.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Mixing in Turbulent Jets Issuing from Isosceles Triangular Orifices with Different Apex Angles, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, v.39, pp. 237-251
8. OGOH, W., GROULX, D.* (2012) Effects of the Heat Transfer Fluid Velocity on the Storage Characteristics of a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: a Numerical Study, Heat and Mass Transfer, v.48, pp. 439-449
7. GROULX, D.*, SPONAGLE, B. (2010) Ray-Tracing Analysis of a Two-Stage Solar Concentrator, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, v.34, pp. 263-275
6. GROULX, D.* (2010) Analytical Solution of the Unsteady One-Dimensional Conduction Problem with Two Time-Varying Boundary Conditions: Duhamel's Theorem and Separation of Variables, Heat and Mass Transfer, v.46 , pp. 707-716
5. JAIN, V., BASU, P.*, GROULX, D. (2010) A Method for Reduction in Start-Up Time of a Bubbling Bed Boiler Combustor, ASME J. of Energy Resources Technology, v.132 , 7 p.
4. JAIN, V., GROULX, D.*, BASU, P. (2010) Study of Heat Transfer between an Over-Bed Oil Burner Flame and a Fluidized Bed during Start-Up: Determination of the Flame to Bed Convection Coefficient, Applied Energy, v.87, pp. 2605-2614
3. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2007) Study of the Effect of Convection on Close Contact Melting of High Prandtl Number Substances, Int. Journal Thermal Sciences, v.46, pp. 213-220
2. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2006) Study of Close Contact Melting of Ice from a Sliding Heated flat Plate, Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, v.49, pp. 4407-4416
1. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2003) Effects of Convection and Inertia on Close Contact Melting, Int. Journal of Thermal Sciences, v.42, pp. 1073-1080
Invited Talks
6. GROULX, D. (2016) Wrap-Up Presentation: Temperature Control of Portable Electronics using PCMs, Intel F2F Workshop on Platform Thermal Cooling, Hillsboro, Oregon (USA).
5. GROULX, D. (2016) Heat Transfer Applications to Energy and Electronics Systems, Engineering Dean's Talk, Halifax (Canada).
4. GROULX, D. (2015) Temperature Control of Portable Electronics using Phase Change Materials (PCMs), Intel F2F Workshop on Platform Thermal Cooling, Hillsboro, Oregon (USA).
3. GROULX, D. (2014) Fanless Cooling using Thermal Energy Storage Materials: Phase Change Materials (PCMs) Encapsulated in a Heat Sink, Intel F2F Workshop on Platform Thermal Cooling, Hillsboro, Oregon (USA)
2. GROULX, D. (2012) Thermal and Electrical Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Integration, Nova Scotia Energy Research & Development Forum 2012, Halifax (Canada)
1. GROULX, D. (2007) Experimental and analytical study of close contact melting of phase change material: ice, IRM Research Day, Halifax (Canada)
Conferences Papers
(most conference papers can be found on Dr. Groulx's ResearchGate profile)
64. AHMED, T.*, BHOURI, M., KAHWAJI, S., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A. (2016) Experimental Investigation of Thermal Management of Tablet Computers using Phase Change Materials (PCMs), ASME Heat Transfer Conference - HT2016, Washington DC (USA), 10 p.
63. C. KHEIRABADI, A.*, GROULX, D. (2016) A Comparison of Numerical Strategies for Optimal Liquid Cooled Heat Sink Design, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2016, Washington DC (USA), 10 p.
62. KABBARA, M., C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D.* (2016) Numerical Modelling of Natural Convection Driven Melting for an Inclined/Finned Rectangular Enclosure, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2016, Washington DC (USA), 10 p.
61. HERBINGER, F., BHOURI, M., GROULX, D.* (2016) Numerical Study of an Air-PCM Heat Exchanger's Thermal Performance, Eurotherm 2016 - 7th European Thermal-Sciences Conference, Krakow (Poland), 8 p.
60. SCOTT, R.P., AHMED, T., GROULX, D.* (2016) Thermal Management of Portable Electronics using Phase Change Materials: Initial Experiments, First Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference (PRTEC), Hawaii's Big Island (USA), 5 p.
59. C. KHEIRABADI, A., KABBARA, M., GROULX, D.* (2016) Geometrical Impacts on Phase Change Heat Transfer Modeling, First Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference (PRTEC), Hawaii's Big Island (USA), 5 p.
58. GROULX, D.*, C. KHEIRABADI, A., DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., KABBARA, M., AZAD, M., DONALDSON, A., JOSPEH, A.., WHITE, M.A. (2016) Working towards solving the Rate Problem: Geometric vs Nano-Enhanced PCM Solutions, INNOSTORAGE Conference, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel), 4 p.
57. COUNSIL, J.N.*, McTAGGART, K., GROULX, D., BOULAMA, K.G. (2015) Ship Roll Motion Damping using Bilge Keels - A Detailed CFD Investigation, World Maritime Technology Conference 2015, Providence (USA), 14 p.
56. OSBOURNE, N.*, GROULX, D., PENESIS, I. (2015) 3D Modeling of a Tidal Turbine - An Investigation of Wake Phenomena, 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (EWTEC), Nantes (France), 10 p.
55. GROULX, D.* (2015) Numerical Study of Nano-Enhanced PCMs: Are They Worth It?, Proceedings of the 1st Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference (TFESC), New York City (USA), 13 p.
54 SPONAGLE, B., GROULX, D.* (2015) Thermal Modeling of Tablets: Temperature Management using Phase Change Materials, Proceedings of the 1st Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference (TFESC), New York City (USA), 14 p.
53. DODSWORTH, L.J., GROULX, D* (2015) Operational Parametric Study of a Tesla Pump: Disk Pack Spacing and Rotational Speed, ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2015, Seoul (Korea), 6 p.
52. BHARATH, A., GROULX, D*, CAMPBELL, S. (2015) Characterization of Turbulent Flow and Pressure Fluctuations over a Hydrophone by LES, ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2015, Seoul (Korea), 6 p.
51. FAROOQUE, A.A.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., QUANG, T., ESAU, T.J. (2015) Influence of Crop Characteristics and Slope of the Ground on Fruit Losses during Mechanical Harvesting, 2015 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, New Orleans (USA), X p.
50. ESAU, T.J.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., CORSCADDEN, K., CHANG, Y., SCHUMANN, A.W., HAVARD, P. (2015) Economic Analysis for Smart Sprayer Application in Wild Blueberry Fields, 2015 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, New Orleans (USA), X p.
49. GROULX, D.*, BIWOLE, P.H. (2015) Modélisation Numérique de la Fusion de Matériau à Changement de Phase Dominée par Convection Naturelle : Effet des Paramètres, XIIème Colloque Interuniversitaire Franco-Québécois sur la Thermique des Systèmes, Sherbrooke (Canada), 6 p.
48. C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D.* (2015) The Effect of the Mushy-Zone Constant on Simulated Phase Change Heat Transfer, Advances in Computational Heat Transfer CHT-15, Rutgers University, Piscataway (USA), 22 p.
47. KABBARA, M., GROULX, D.*, JOSEPH, A. (2015) Experimental Investigations of a Latent Heat Energy Storage Unit using Finned Tubes, ASME-ATI-UIT Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, Naples (Italy), 8 p.
46. DODSWORTH. L.J.*, GROULX, D. (2015) Operational Parametric Study of a Tesla Pump including Vibration Effects, ASME-ATI-UIT Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, Naples (Italy), 7 p.
45. C. KHEIRABADI, A.*, GROULX, D. (2014) Design of an Automated Thermal Cycler for Long-term Phase Change Material Phase Transition Stability Studies, COMSOL Conference Boston 2014, Boston (USA), 7 p.
44. HERBINGER, F.*, DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., GROULX, D. (2014) Thermal Modeling in a Historical Building - Improving Thermal Comfort Through the Siting of a Passive Mass of Phase Change Material, COMSOL Conference Boston 2014, Boston (USA), 7 p.
43. BHARATH, A., GROULX, D.*, CAMPBELL, S. (2014) Hydrophone Acoustic Receiver Modelling: Turbulent Flow and Acoustic Analysis for Noise Reduction, COMSOL Conference Boston 2014, Boston (USA), 7 p. (poster also selected for presentation at South Korea COMSOL Conference)
42. SKAALUM, J., JAMIESON, T., GROULX, D.* (2014) Thermal Study of Valve Regulated Lead Acid Batteries and Electronics Chamber used in Stand-alone Street Lighting Applications, COMSOL Conference Boston 2014, Boston (USA), 7 p.
41. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A. (2014) Two-Region Fin Model Adjacent Temperature Profile Interactions, Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference - IHTC 15, Kyoto (Japan), 15 p.
40. GROULX, D.*, BIWOLE, P.H. (2014) Solar PV Passive Temperature Control using Phase Change Materials, Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference - IHTC 15, Kyoto (Japan), 15 p.
39. OSBOURNE, N., GROULX, D*, PENESIS, I. (2014) Three Dimensional Simulation of Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine - Comparison with Experimental Results, 2nd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (AWTEC), Tokyo (Japan), 8 p.
38. ESAU, T.J.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., CHANG, Y., SCHUMANN, A.W., HAVARD, P. (2014) Smart Sprayer for Spot-Application of Agrochemical in Wild Blueberry fields, 2014 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, Montréal (Canada), X p.
37. FAROOQUE, A.A.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., QUANG, T., GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., CHANG, Y.K. (2014) Predictive Model for wild Blueberry Fruit Losses during Harvesting, 2014 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, Montréal (Canada), X p.
36. JOSEPH, A.*, KABBARA, M., GROULX, D., ALRED, P., WHITE, M.A. (2014) Real-Time Testing of Phase-Change Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Storage, Proceedings of the International Conference on Clean Energy 2014 (ICCE14), Istanbul (Turkey), 9 p.
35. KABBARA, M.*, GROULX, D., JOSPEH, A. (2014) Experimental Study of a Latent Heat Storage Unit with a Helical Coil Heat Exchanger, Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2014, Toronto (Canada), 5 p.
34. GROULX, D.*, WHITE, M.A., JOSPEH, A. (2014) PCM-Based Thermal Storage Research at Dalhousie University: A Review, Eurotherm Seminar #99: Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Lleida (Spain), 10 p.
33. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L.*, GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A., SWAN, L. (2014) Thermodynamic Evaluation of Supercooled Seasonal Heat Storage at the Drake Landing Solar Community, Eurotherm Seminar #99: Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Lleida (Spain), 10 p.
32. MANCHESTER, S.*, SWAN, L., GROULX, D. (2013) Compressed Air Energy Storage for In-Stream Tidal Generation on a Limited Capacity Electricity Grid, 10th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (EWTEC), Aalborg (Denmark), 8 p.
31. ESAU, T.J.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., CHANG, Y., SCHUMANN, A.W., HAVARD, P., FAROOQUE, A.A. (2013) Development and Performance Testing of a Light Source System on a Smart Sprayer for Spot-Application of Agrochemical in Wild Blueberry Fields, 2013 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, Kansas City (USA), 12 p.
30. FAROOQUE, A.A.*, ZAMAN, Q.U., GROULX, D., NGUYEN-QUANG, T., YABOROUGH, D., SCHUMANN, A.W., CHANG, Y.K., ESAU, T.J. (2013) Effects of Ground Speed and Header Revolutions on the Picking Efficiency of Wild Blueberry Harvester, 2013 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting, Kansas City (USA), 12 p.
29. LE DÛ, M.*, DUTIL, Y., ROUSSE, D.R., GROULX, D. (2013) Étude Thermo-Économique d'une Implantation Géothermique Résidentielle pour Quatre Villes Canadiennes, XIème Colloque Interuniversitaire Franco-Québécois sur la Thermique des Systèmes, Reims (France), 6 p.
28. MARIN, G.*, MURRAY, R.E., GROULX, D. (2013) The Effect of Inlet Orientation on the Phase Change Heat Transfer in a Vertical Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System, Proceedings of the 24th CANCAM, Saskatoon (Canada), 5 p.
27. MANCHESTER, S., BARZEGAR, B., SWAN, L., GROULX, D.* (2012) Energy Storage to Accommodate In-Stream Tidal Electricity Generators on Weak Distribution Grids, 1st Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (AWTEC), Jeju Island (South Korea), 8 p.
26. TROWSE, G.*, ROSS, J., GROULX, D., MOLLOY, S. (2012) At the End of the Line: Approaches for Adding Sustainable Energy to Rural Maritime Communities, 4th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), Dublin (Ireland), 7 p.
25. SAMARA, F., GROULX, D.*, BIWOLE, P.H. (2012) Natural Convection Driven Melting of Phase Change Material: Comparison of Two Methods, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2012, Boston (USA), 8 p.
24. SPONAGLE, B.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Improvement of a Steady State Method of Thermal Interface Material Characterization by Use of a Three Dimensional FEA Simulation in COMSOL, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2012, Boston (USA), 7 p.
23. FAROOQUE, A.A.*, CHANG, Y.K., ZAMAN, Q.U., ESAU, T.J., GROULX, D., SCHUMANN, A.W. (2012) Sensor Fusion on a Wild Blueberry Harvester for Fruit Yield, Plant Height and Topographic Features Mapping to Improve Crop Productivity, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Indianapolis (USA), 19 p.
22. SPONAGLE, B.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Characterization of Thermal Interface Materials Using Steady State Experimental Method, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2012, Puerto Rico (USA), 8 p.
21. LIU, C., MURRAY, R.E., GROULX, D.* (2012) Experimental Study of Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System using Lauric Acid as the Phase Change Material, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2012, Puerto Rico (USA), 10 p.
20. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L.*, GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A. (2012) Reclaimed Laminate Waste as Novel, Heat Transfer Enhancing, Encapsulation for Long-term PCM Heat Storage, Cleantech2012, Santa Clara (USA), 4 p.
19. AZAD, M., QUINN, W.R.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Near-Field Mixing in Turbulent Free Jets Issuing from Triangular Orifices with Different Apex Angles, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville (USA), 13 p.
18. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L.*, GROULX, D. (2011) Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Modeling - COMSOL Uses in Undergraduate Education, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2011, Boston (USA), 6 p.
17. SPONAGLE, B.*, AMADU, M., GROULX, D., PEGG, M. (2011) Modeling of Heat Transfer Between a CO2 Sequestration Well and the Surrounding Geological Formation, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2011, Boston (USA), 6 p.
16. LIU, C.*, GROULX, D. (2011) Numerical Study of the Effect of Fins on the Natural Convection Driven Melting of Phase Change Material, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2011, Boston (USA), 7 p.
15. MURRAY, R.E., GROULX, D.* (2011) Modeling Convection During Melting of a Phase Change Material, Proceeding of the COMSOL Conference Boston 2011, Boston (USA), 7 p.
14. AZAD, M.*, QUINN, W.R., GROULX, D. (2011) Mixing in Turbulent Free Jets Issuing from Isosceles Triangular Orifices with Different Apex Angles, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Guangzhou, (China), p. 539-542
13. AZAD, M.*, QUINN, W.R., GROULX, D. (2011) Mean Streamwise Centerline Velocity Decay and Entrainment in Triangular and Circular Jets, 41st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu (USA), 11 p.
12. DESGROSSEILLIERS, L.*, MURRAY, R.E., SAFATLI, A., MARIN, G., STEWART, J., OSBOURNE, N., WHITE, M.A., GROULX, D. (2011) Phase Change Material Selection in the Design of a Latent Heat Energy Storage System Coupled with a Domestic Hot Water Solar Thermal System, 2011 ASHRAE Annual Conference, Montréal (Canada), 8 p.
11. MURRAY, R.E.*, DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., STEWART, J., OSBOURNE, N., MARIN, G., SAFATLI, A., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A. (2011) Design of a Latent Heat Energy Storage System Coupled with a Domestic Hot Water Solar Thermal System, Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress - WREC 2011, Linköping (Sweden), 8 p.
10. OGOH, W., GROULX, D.* (2010) Stefan's Problem: Validation of a One-Dimensional Solid-Liquid Phase Change Heat Transfer Process, Proceedings of the 6th Annual COMSOL Conference, Boston (USA), 6 p.
9. GROULX, D.*, OGOH, W.* (2010) Thermal Behavior of Phase Change Material During Charging Inside a Finned Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System: Effects of the Arrangement and Number of Fins, Proceedings of the 14th International Heat Transfer Conference - IHTC 14, Washington DC (USA), 8 p.
8. GROULX, D.*, OGOH, W. (2009) Solid-Liquid Phase Change Simulation Applied to a Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System, Proceedings of the 5th Annual COMSOL Conference, Boston (USA), 7 p. (Was awarded "Best Technical Paper" of the conference).
7. GROULX, D., SPONAGLE B.* (2009) Ray-Tracing Analysis of a Two-Stage Solar Concentrator made of two Parabolic Troughs, Proceedings of the 22th CANCAM, Halifax (Canada), pp. 330-331
6. OGOH, W.*, GROULX, D. (2009) Thermal Storage in a Cylindrical Container: Heat Transfer Rate Optimization Using Fin, Proceedings of the 22th CANCAM, Halifax (Canada), pp. 274-275
5. JAIN, V.*, GROULX, D., BASU, P. (2009) Heat Transfer between Over Bed Oil Burner Flame and a Fluidized Bed during Start-up, Proceedings of the 22th CANCAM, Halifax (Canada), pp. 285-286
4. GROULX, D.* (2008) Analytical Solution for Time-Dependent One-Dimensional Conduction Problem with Time-Dependent Boundary Conditions: Duhamel's Theorem and Separation of Variables, Proceedings of the CSME Forum 2008, Ottawa, Canada. 8 p.
3. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2005) Study of Close Contact Melting of Ice from a Sliding Heated Flat Plate, Proceedings of the 20th CANCAM, Montréal (Canada), pp. 269-270
2. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2002) Fundamental Study of Convection Dominated Close Contact Melting, Progress in transport phenomena, International symposium on transport phenomena 13th, Victoria (Canada) pp. 81-85
1. GROULX, D.*, LACROIX, M. (2001) Étude du transfert de chaleur par contact direct, 69e congrès de l'ACFAS, Sherbrooke (Canada)
Internal Reports and Thesis
23. WERT, S., CRUICHSHANK, C., GROULX, D.* (2016) Energy Analysis of the Connaught Building, Technical Report for PWGSC, Halifax, 29 p.
22. GROULX, D.*, KAHWAJI, S., WERT, S., CRUICHSHANK, C. (2016) Potential Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for an Air-PCM Storage Device, Technical Report for PWGSC, Halifax, 9 p.
21. OSBOURNE, N., GROULX, D.* (2015) A Numerical Investigation of Tidal Turbine Subsea Base Design Modification, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Open Hydro, Halifax, 57 p.
20. BARRETT, M., SCOTT, R.P., BHOURI, M., GROULX, D.* (2015) Rehouse's Wood Stove Water Heater Assessment, Science & Technology Assistance Report written for ReHouse as part of an IRAP project, Halifax, 19 p.
19. NANTAU, C., PEARRE, N., GROULX, D.* (2015) Wind Farm Scale CFD Study: Linking Weather Results with CFD, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Scotia Weather Services Inc., Halifax, 40 p.
18. OSBOURNE, N., GROULX, D.* (2015) Actuator Disk Execution in ANSYS CFX, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Open Hydro, Halifax, 10 p.
17. GROULX, D.* (2015) CFD Study of an Air Destratifier: Numerical Feasibility Study, LAMTE Technical Report written for Integrated Energy Products as part of the Nova Scotia Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Productivity and Innovation Voucher Program, Halifax, 25 p.
16. HALIBURTON, L., SPONAGLE, B., GROULX, D.* (2015) Improved System for Characterizing the Thermal Conductance of Thermal Interface Materials, LAMTE Technical Report - Raytheon Research Contract, Halifax, 40 p.
15. C. KHEIRABADI, A., GROULX, D*, WHITE, M.A. (2014) Design of an Automated Thermal Cycler for Phase Change Material Phase Transition Stability Studies, LAMTE Technical Report - INTEL Research Contract, Halifax, 66 p.
14. CAMPBELL, S., BHARATH, A., GROULX, D.* (2014) Turbulent Flow Characterization and Modeling over a Submerged Hydrophone, ENGAGE - Technical Report for OceanSonics, Halifax, 47 p.
13. KAHWAJI, S., HERBINGER, F., WHITE, M.A.*, GROULX, D. (2014) Phase Change Materials for Passive Comfort Control in the Toronto Carpet Factory, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Internat Energy Solutions, Halifax, 58 p.
12. SKAALUM, J., JAMIESON, T., GROULX, D.* (2014) Heat Generation and Thermal Response of Enclosed Batteries/Electronics in Autonomous Street Lighting Applications, ENGAGE - Technical Report for PoleCo Ltd., Halifax, 213 p.
11. SPONAGLE, B., DODSWORTH, L., GROULX, D.* (2014) Heat Pump with Microwave Heat Source: An Initial Feasibility Study, Science & Technology Assistance Report written for McCharles Consulting Ltd. as part of an IRAP project, Halifax, 41 p.
10. JAMIESON, T., GROULX, D.* (2014) Interconnected Energy Flow Analysis and Heat Recovery Strategy at the Michelin Bridgewater Manufacturing Facility, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Michelin, Halifax, 121 p.
9. STEWART, J., GROULX, D.* (2013) Thermal Electrics for Use in Electronic Cooling, LAMTE Technical Report - Raytheon Research Contract, Halifax, 50 p.
8. MANCHESTER, S., BARZEGAR, B., SWAN , L.*, GROULX, D. (2012) Energy Storage Requirements for In-Stream Tidal Development on the Digby Neck, ENGAGE - Technical Report for Fundy Tidal Inc., Halifax, 57 p.
7. HAMPSON, M., BENTZEN, N., PRIETO, D., SIBBALD, J., GROULX, D.* (2012) Compact Ruggedized Liquid Pump; Design, Construction and Testing, LAMTE Technical Report - Raytheon Research Contract, Halifax, 69 p.
6. GROULX, D.*, SPONAGLE, B. (2012) High Temperature Heating Element Search and Identification for an Automotive Application, Science & Technology Assistance Report written for Allendale Electronics Ltd. as part of an IRAP project, Halifax, 58 p.
5. GROULX, D.* (2009) Requirement for the Study of LIFE Solar Concentrator, Science & Technology Assistance Report written for Lunenburg Industrial Foundry and Engineering as part of an IRAP project, Halifax, 10 p.
4. SPONAGLE, B., GROULX, D.* (2008) Prometheus Solar Concentration Project: Ray-Tracing Analysis of the Gamma Unit, Technical Report for Lunenburg Industrial Foundry and Engineering, Lunenburg, 52 p.
3. YUEN, B.K.C., KOKO, T.S.*, GROULX, D., AKPAN, U.O. (2008) Further Analysis of the Static/Thermal Response of Submarine Exhaust Valve Cooling, MARTEC Technical Report TR-08-25, for DRDC Atlantic, Halifax, 65 p.
2. GROULX, D.*, (2006) Méthode de transfert de chaleur inverse: résolution du problème de conduction unidimensionnel et transitoire dans le cas où une des deux conditions aux frontières est inconnue, THERMAUS, Département de Génie Mécanique, Sherbrooke, 56 p.
1. GROULX, D. (2005) Étude fondamentale de la fusion par contact direct : effet de la convection, Sherbrooke (Canada), 102 p.
Books/Book Chapters
8. NOËL, J., DESGROSSEILLIERS, L., KAHWAJI, S., GROULX, D., WHITE, M.A. (2016) Chapter 13: Phase Change Materials, in T.M. LETCHER, Storing Energy with Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources, (pp. 249-272), Cambridge, MA, Elsevier Inc., 565 p.
7. GROULX, D. (2010) Étude Fondamentale de la fusion par contact direct: effets de la convection et des forces d'inertie, Éditions Universitaires Européennes, Berlin, 110 p.
6. GROULX, D., LATULIPPE, P., (2009) La physique au secondaire, Éditions Grand Duc, Laval, 328 p.
5. GROULX, D., BARBEAU, C., et al. (2008) Science-tech au secondaire: Manuel de l'élève (grade 10), volume 1, Éditions Grand Duc, Laval, 368 p.
4. GROULX, D., SCHEPPER, C., LAHAIE, R. et al. (2007) Science-tech au secondaire: manuel de l'élève, volume 1 (grade 9), Laval, Éditions Grand Duc, 290 p.
3. GROULX, D., SCHEPPER, C., LAHAIE, R. et al. (2007) Science-tech au secondaire: manuel de l'élève, volume 2 (grade 9), Laval, Éditions Grand Duc, 258 p.
2. SCHEPPER, C., LAHAIE, R., GROULX, D. et al. (2007) Science-tech au secondaire: Guide d'enseignement (grade 9), volume 1, Éditions Grand Duc, Laval, 300 p.
1. SCHEPPER, C., LAHAIE, R., GROULX, D. et al. (2007) Science-tech au secondaire: Guide d'enseignement (grade 9), volume 2, Éditions Grand Duc, Laval, 300 p.
Lecturer's Notes
1. GROULX, D. (2002) Notes de cours: Thermofluide I (IMC 210), Sherbrooke (Canada), 147 p.