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Scientific publications

Books

G. Ziskind and Y. Kozak (2018) Phase-Change Materials for Thermal Management of Electronic Components, World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, 296 pages (a volume in Set 3 of Encyclopedia of Thermal Packaging, Editor-in-Chief A. Bar-Cohen).

Journal Papers

S.S. Dammati, Y. Kozak, C. Rising, J. Reyes, K. Ahmed, A.Y. Poludnenko (2020) Numerical investigation of the accuracy of particle image velocimetry technique in gas-phase detonations, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, in press.

Y. Nimrodi, Y. Kozak, D. Portnikov, G. Ziskind (2020) Melting in a vertical pipe due to asymmetric heating, Renewable Energy 152, 179-188.

Y. Kozak, S.S. Dammati, L.G. Bravo, P.E. Hamlington, A.Y. Poludnenko (2020) WENO interpolation for Lagrangian particles in highly compressible flow regimes, Journal of Computational Physics 402, 109054.

Y. Kozak, Y. Zeng, R. Al Ghossein, J.M. Khodadadi, G. Ziskind (2019) Close-contact melting on an isothermal surface with the inclusion of non-Newtonian effects. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 865, 720–742.

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind (2017) Novel enthalpy method for modeling of PCM melting accompanied by sinking of the solid phase, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 112, 568–586

A. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, T. Rozenfeld, G. Ziskind (2017) Experimental demonstration, modeling and analysis of a novel latent-heat thermal energy storage unit with a helical fin. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 110, 692–709.

Y. Kozak, M.M. Farid, G. Ziskind (2017) Experimental and comprehensive theoretical study of cold storage packages containing PCM. Applied Thermal Engineering 115, 899-912.

A.Y. Uzan, Y. Kozak, Y. Korin, I. Harary, H. Mehling, G. Ziskind (2017) A novel multi-dimensional model for solidification process with supercooling. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 106, 91-102.

M. Ezra, Y. Kozak, V. Dubovsky, G. Ziskind (2016) Analysis and optimization of melting temperature span for a multiple-PCM latent heat thermal energy storage unit. Applied Thermal Engineering 93, 315-329.

T. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, R. Hayat, G. Ziskind (2015) Close-contact melting in a horizontal cylindrical enclosure with longitudinal plate fins: demonstration, modeling and application to thermal storage. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 86, 465-477.

Y. Kozak, T. Rozenfeld, G. Ziskind (2014) Close-contact melting in vertical annular enclosures with a non-isothermal base: theoretical modeling and application to thermal storage. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 72, 114-127.

Y. Kozak, B. Abramzon, G. Ziskind (2013) Experimental and numerical investigation of a hybrid PCM-air heat sink. Applied Thermal Engineering 59, 142-152.

Patents

G. Ziskind, Y. Kozak, Thermal energy storage device, United States Patent Application US 2016/0298910 A1.

Conference Papers and Presentations

Y. Nimrodi, D. Portnikov, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Asymmetric melting in a vertical pipe, Eurotherm Seminar Nº112: Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Lleida, Spain, 15-17 May 2019.
 

Y. Kozak, S.S. Dammati, L.G. Bravo, P.E. Hamlington, A.Y. Poludnenko, Novel Lagrangian-particle tracking method for highly compressible, turbulent, reacting flows, AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, USA, 7-11 January 2019.
 

Y. Kozak, S.S. Dammati, L. O’Neill, L.G. Bravo, P.E. Hamlington, A.Y. Poludnenko, Novel method for Lagrangian-particle analysis of highly compressible reacting turbulence, 71st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics, Atlanta, GA, USA, 18-20 November 2018.
 

T. Shockner, A. Nir, D. Portnikov, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Experimental study of close-contact melting in a cylindrical enclosure, Proceedings of the 16th International Heat Transfer Conference, Beijing, China, 10-15 August 2018.
 

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, An enthalpy method for melting with solid bulk motion and convection in the melt, Proceedings of ICHMT - International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Napoli, Italy, 28 May-2 June 2017.
 

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, A general numerical approach to melting of moving bodies, Proceedings of TFEC2017 - The 2nd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2-5 April 2017.
 

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, New enthalpy method coupled with solid bulk motion, Proceedings of the 34th Israeli Conference of Mechanical Engineering, Haifa, Israel, 21-22 November 2016.
 

A. Rozenfeld, T. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, A novel latent heat storage unit, Proceedings of the 34th Israeli Conference of Mechanical Engineering, Haifa, Israel, 21-22 November 2016.
 

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Melting in a rectangular cavity, Proceedings of HT2016 - ASME 2016 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 10-14 July 2016.
 

A. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, T. Rozenfeld, G. Ziskind, A novel double-pipe heat storage unit, Proceedings of HT2016 - ASME 2016 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 10-14 July 2016.
 

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Modeling of melting with solid bulk motion, Proceedings of THERMACOMP2016 - Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems, Atlanta, GA, USA, 6-8 July 2016.
 

Y. Kozak, M. Farid, G. Ziskind, Experimental and theoretical study of cold storage with PCM, INNOSTORAGE - Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 16-18 February 2016.
 

Y. Kozak, Y. Zeng, R. Al Ghossein, G. Ziskind, J. Khodadadi, Close-contact melting of nano-enhanced PCMs, INNOSTORAGE - Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 16-18 February 2016.
 

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Modeling of melting in the presence of solid sinking, INNOSTORAGE - Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 16-18 February 2016.
 

M. Ezra, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Analysis of a multi-PCM latent heat storage unit, INNOSTORAGE - Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 16-18 February 2016.
 

A. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, T. Rozenfeld, G. Ziskind, A novel latent heat storage unit with a helical fin, INNOSTORAGE - Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 16-18 February 2016.
 

A. Uzan, Y. Kozak, Y. Korin, G. Ziskind, Mathematical modeling of solidification with subcooling, INNOSTORAGE - Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 16-18 February 2016.
 

R. Hayat, T. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Enhanced melting for latent heat storage, First Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference (TFESC), New-York, NY, USA, 9-12 August 2015.
 

T. Rozenfeld, R. Hayat, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Enhanced melting for transient thermal management, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems and ASME 2015 12th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannel - InterPACKICNMM2015, San Francisco, CA, USA, 6-9 July 2015.
 

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Close-contact melting modeling combined with the enthalpy method, Proceedings of CHT-15 - ICHMT International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 25-29 May 2015.
 

Y. Kozak, T. Rozenfeld, R. Hayat, G. Ziskind, Modeling of constrained melting in a radially finned latent thermal energy storage unit, Proceedings of CHT-15 - ICHMT International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 25-29 May 2015.

Y. Kozak, Y. Zeng, R. Al Ghossein, G. Ziskind, J.M. Khodadadi, Investigation of close-contact melting of nanostructure-enhanced phase change materials, ASME-ATI-UIT 2015 Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, Napoli, Italy, 17-20 May 2015.

 

Y. Kozak, Y. Zeng, R. Al Ghossein, G.,  Ziskind, J.M. Khodadadi, An Experimental and numerical investigation of close-contact melting of nanostructure-enhanced phase change materials, Auburn University - Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, Auburn, AL, USA, 23 October 2014.
 

T. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Enhanced melting in geometries suitable for thermal energy storage, 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 10-15 August 2014.

T. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Heat transfer enhancement in latent heat storage units, 11th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 16-20 June 2014.

T. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Phase-change processes in concentric finned storage units, Eurotherm Seminar Nº99: Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Lleida, Spain, 28-30 May 2014.

Y. Kozak, T. Rozenfeld, G. Ziskind, New developments in modeling of close-contact melting, Eurotherm Seminar Nº99: Advances in Thermal Energy Storage, Lleida, Spain, 28-30 May 2014.

Y. Kozak, T. Rozenfeld, G. Ziskind, Analysis of a latent heat storage device with radial fins, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 14-19 July 2013.

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Detailed numerical modeling of a hybrid PCM-air heat sink, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 14-19 July 2013.

T. Rozenfeld, Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Analysis of latent heat storage devices with fins, Proceedings of the 2nd International Energy Storage Conference: Sustainable Energy Storage in Buildings, Dublin, Ireland, 19-21 June 2013.
 

Y. Kozak, B. Abramzon, G. Ziskind, Experimental and numerical analysis of a hybrid PCM-air heat sink, ICME - Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 17-18 October 2012.
 

Y. Kozak, G. Ziskind, Numerical modeling of a finned PCM heat sink, ICNAAM - International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Kos, Greece, 19-25 September 2012.
 

Y. Kozak, B. Abramzon, G. Ziskind, Analysis of a hybrid PCM-air heat sink, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT2012, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 8 12 July 2012.

Y. Kozak, B. Abramzon, G. Ziskind, Experimental investigation of a finned PCM heat sink, Presented at Eurotherm Seminar Nº93: Thermal Energy Storage and Transportation: Materials, Systems and Applications, Bordeaux, France, 16-18 November 2011.
 

Y. Kozak, B. Abramzon, G. Ziskind, Development of a hybrid PCM-air heat sink, Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Pacific Rim Technical Conference & Exposition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Systems - InterPACK2011, Portland, Oregon, 6-8 July 2011.

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