Cholik Chan

904 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 757 citations indexed

About

Cholik Chan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cholik Chan has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 757 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 1 paper in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Cholik Chan's work include Phase Change Materials Research (8 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (8 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (5 papers). Cholik Chan is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (8 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (8 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (5 papers). Cholik Chan collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Cholik Chan's co-authors include Peiwen Li, Ben Xu, Jon T. Van Lew, Wafaa Karaki, Qiuwang Wang and James E. O’Brien and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar Energy.

In The Last Decade

Cholik Chan

9 papers receiving 732 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Application of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in concentrated solar thermal power plants: A review to recent developments

2015 539 citations Ben Xu, Peiwen Li et al. Applied Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cholik Chan United States	6	672	510	68	51	49	9	757
Bernd Hafner Germany	9	638 0.9×	554 1.1×	54 0.8×	70 1.4×	51 1.0×	16	756
Maike Johnson Germany	13	751 1.1×	492 1.0×	69 1.0×	53 1.0×	45 0.9×	28	834
Anant Shukla India	4	554 0.8×	467 0.9×	47 0.7×	36 0.7×	45 0.9×	5	635
Gerard Peiró Spain	12	603 0.9×	491 1.0×	58 0.9×	88 1.7×	47 1.0×	20	706
Ammar M. Abdulateef Iraq	12	889 1.3×	707 1.4×	77 1.1×	99 1.9×	25 0.5×	17	1000
Mauricio Carmona Colombia	12	406 0.6×	375 0.7×	55 0.8×	58 1.1×	43 0.9×	29	566
Mohd Afzanizam Mohd Rosli Malaysia	10	342 0.5×	497 1.0×	113 1.7×	78 1.5×	32 0.7×	46	658
Nils Breidenbach Germany	7	528 0.8×	357 0.7×	43 0.6×	45 0.9×	67 1.4×	8	609
X. Potau Spain	6	674 1.0×	435 0.9×	62 0.9×	93 1.8×	65 1.3×	8	809
Jinwei Chang China	7	357 0.5×	223 0.4×	83 1.2×	22 0.4×	38 0.8×	8	461

Countries citing papers authored by Cholik Chan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cholik Chan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cholik Chan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cholik Chan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cholik Chan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cholik Chan. Cholik Chan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Xu, Ben, Peiwen Li, & Cholik Chan. (2015). Application of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in concentrated solar thermal power plants: A review to recent developments. Applied Energy. 160. 286–307. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Ben, Peiwen Li, & Cholik Chan. (2014). Volume Sizing for Thermal Storage With Phase Change Material for Concentrated Solar Power Plant. 3 indexed citations

3.

Xu, Ben, et al.. (2014). General volume sizing strategy for thermal storage system using phase change material for concentrated solar thermal power plant. Applied Energy. 140. 256–268. 61 indexed citations

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Xu, Ben, Peiwen Li, & Cholik Chan. (2014). Fluid Charge and Discharge Strategies of Dual-Media Thermal Storage Systems in the Starting-Up Process of Daily Cyclic Operations. 1 indexed citations

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Karaki, Wafaa, et al.. (2012). Experimental Investigation of Thermal Storage Processes in a Thermocline Tank. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 134(4). 33 indexed citations

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Li, Peiwen, et al.. (2011). Similarity and generalized analysis of efficiencies of thermal energy storage systems. Renewable Energy. 39(1). 388–402. 51 indexed citations

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Li, Peiwen, et al.. (2011). Generalized charts of energy storage effectiveness for thermocline heat storage tank design and calibration. Solar Energy. 85(9). 2130–2143. 62 indexed citations

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Karaki, Wafaa, et al.. (2011). Experimental Investigation of Thermal Storage Processes in a Thermocline Storage Tank. 1389–1396. 5 indexed citations

9.

Chan, Cholik. (1986). Thermocapillary Convection During Laser Surface Heating (Surface Tension). 2 indexed citations

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