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Researcher · Knoxville College · United States

R.C. DeVault

R.C. DeVault publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies and Adsorption and Cooling Systems.

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World rank
#5,573,359
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,397,726
of 1,627,098
Works
34
Citations
176
Citations per work
5.2
h-index
6
i10-index 4Top 74% in Mechanical Engineering
R.C. DeVault

What does R.C. DeVault research?

R.C. DeVault's work is mostly in Engineering (58%), Energy (9%), Physics and Astronomy (6%).

Physical Sciences: 25 works · 73.5% of their workEngineering: 20 works · 58.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 13 works · 38.0% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 works · 7.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 works · 7.6% of their workAutomotive Engineering: 2 works · 5.1% of their workEnergy: 3 works · 8.9% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 works · 8.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 works · 6.3% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 works · 6.3% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 26.5% of their workTHEIR WORKR.C. DeVault34works
Physical Sciences74%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2058.3%
    2. Energy38.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy26.3%
  2. Everything else926.5%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering38% of their works
  2. 2Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment9% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works
  6. 6Automotive Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R.C. DeVault's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thermodynamic Analysis, Organic Rankine Cycle, Waste Heat Recovery, Ejectors, Refrigerants, Adsorption Refrigeration, Thermochemical Heat Storage and Daytime Radiative Cooling.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Thermodynamic Analysis172 topics
  2. Organic Rankine Cycle91 topic
  3. Waste Heat Recovery91 topic
  4. Ejectors81 topic
  5. Refrigerants81 topic
  6. Adsorption Refrigeration71 topic
  7. Thermochemical Heat Storage71 topic
  8. Daytime Radiative Cooling51 topic
  9. Fluctuation Theorems51 topic
  10. Radiative Cooling51 topic
  11. Stochastic Thermodynamics51 topic
  12. Renewable Energy42 topics
  13. Geothermal Energy21 topic
  14. Ground Source Heat Pump21 topic
  15. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology21 topic
  16. Solar Desalination21 topic
  17. Solar Thermal Collectors21 topic
  18. Water Scarcity21 topic

Where does R.C. DeVault work?

R.C. DeVault's main affiliation in the publication record is Knoxville College, United States.

How many publications and citations does R.C. DeVault have?

OpenAlex counts 34 works and 176 citations for R.C. DeVault, an h-index of 6, ranking #5,573,359 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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