Wilfried Roetzel

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
109 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Wilfried Roetzel is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wilfried Roetzel has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 38 papers in Computational Mechanics and 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wilfried Roetzel's work include Heat Transfer and Optimization (67 papers), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (32 papers) and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (18 papers). Wilfried Roetzel is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Optimization (67 papers), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (32 papers) and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (18 papers). Wilfried Roetzel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and South Africa. Wilfried Roetzel's co-authors include Yimin Xuan, Nandy Putra, Sarit K. Das, Peter Thiesen, Sarit K. Das, Yimin Xuan, Xing Luo, Chakkrit Na Ranong, Pingjing Yao and Georg Fieg and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

Wilfried Roetzel

107 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Conceptions for heat transfer correlation of nanofluids 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2003 2002 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Conceptions for heat transfer correlation of nanofluids
    2000 2.4k citations Yimin Xuan, Wilfried Roetzel International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →
  2. Temperature Dependence of Thermal Conductivity Enhancement for Nanofluids
    2003 2.0k citations Sarit K. Das, Nandy Putra et al. Journal of Heat Transfer profile →
  3. Pool boiling characteristics of nano-fluids
    2002 857 citations Sarit K. Das, Nandy Putra et al. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →
  4. Natural convection of nano-fluids
    2002 831 citations Nandy Putra, Wilfried Roetzel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wilfried Roetzel Germany 25 6.3k 5.8k 2.2k 1.1k 524 109 7.9k
G. Roy Canada 23 4.9k 0.8× 4.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 859 0.8× 404 0.8× 54 5.8k
S. Kakaç United States 37 4.2k 0.7× 5.5k 0.9× 2.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 1.0k 2.0× 153 8.6k
Arthur E. Bergles United States 48 3.1k 0.5× 8.0k 1.4× 3.6k 1.7× 556 0.5× 512 1.0× 224 9.3k
Mohammad Ghalambaz Iran 55 7.3k 1.1× 8.4k 1.4× 4.6k 2.2× 2.3k 2.1× 347 0.7× 255 10.3k
Ahmad Shafee Iran 52 5.9k 0.9× 6.0k 1.0× 3.9k 1.8× 1.5k 1.4× 268 0.5× 194 8.6k
Mohammad Akbari Iran 39 3.4k 0.5× 3.1k 0.5× 998 0.5× 815 0.8× 384 0.7× 84 4.6k
E. Bilgen Canada 39 2.7k 0.4× 2.6k 0.4× 2.1k 1.0× 686 0.6× 181 0.3× 162 4.5k
Mohamed Ali Saudi Arabia 43 3.8k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.2× 268 0.2× 591 1.1× 130 5.6k
Seyfolah Saedodin Iran 36 3.7k 0.6× 3.6k 0.6× 984 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 360 0.7× 120 5.1k
Sarit K. Das India 30 1.7k 0.3× 2.5k 0.4× 997 0.5× 621 0.6× 332 0.6× 125 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wilfried Roetzel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wilfried Roetzel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yao, Pingjing, et al.. (2006). A New and Efficient NLP Formulation for Synthesizing Large Scale Multi-Stream Heat Exchanger Networks. Journal of The Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers. 37(4). 383–394. 7 indexed citations
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Yao, Pingjing, et al.. (2004). A Parallel Genetic Algorithm/Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Synthesizing Multistream Heat Exchanger Networks. Journal of The Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers. 35(3). 285–297. 12 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried. (2004). Design And Operation Of Heat ExchangerNetworks. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 46. 1 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried, et al.. (2004). Synthesis of Flexible Heat Exchanger Networks with Stream Splits Based on Rangers of Stream Supply Temperatures and Heat Capacity Flowrates. 中国化学工程学报：英文版. 12(2). 240–246. 3 indexed citations
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Das, Sarit K., Nandy Putra, Peter Thiesen, & Wilfried Roetzel. (2003). Temperature Dependence of Thermal Conductivity Enhancement for Nanofluids. Journal of Heat Transfer. 125(4). 567–574. 1997 indexed citations breakdown →
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Das, Sarit K., Nandy Putra, & Wilfried Roetzel. (2002). Pool boiling characteristics of nano-fluids. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 46(5). 851–862. 857 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xuan, Yimin & Wilfried Roetzel. (2000). Conceptions for heat transfer correlation of nanofluids. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 43(19). 3701–3707. 2392 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roetzel, Wilfried & Sarit K. Das. (1995). Hyperbolic axial dispersion model: concept and its application to a plate heat exchanger. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 38(16). 3065–3076. 24 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried & Yimin Xuan. (1993). The effect of heat conduction resistances of tubes and shells on transient behaviour of heat exchangers. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 36(16). 3967–3973. 3 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried, Xing Luo, & Yimin Xuan. (1993). Measurement of heat transfer coefficient and axial dispersion coefficient using temperature oscillations. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 7(4). 345–353. 10 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried, et al.. (1993). Verlauf der Fluidtemperaturen im Querstromrohrbündel. Wärme- und Stoffübertragung. 28(8). 457–463. 2 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried & Yimin Xuan. (1993). Transient behaviour of shell and tube heat exchangers. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 16(5). 296–302. 5 indexed citations
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Xuan, Yimin, et al.. (1991). Thermal analysis of shell and tube exchangers with divided-flow pattern. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 34(3). 853–861. 4 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried, et al.. (1987). Analytisches Verfahren zur thermischen Berechnung mehrgängiger Rohrbündelwärmeübertrager. 39(12). 2 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried, et al.. (1985). Herleitung der Energiegleichung für einphasige strömende Fluide. Wärme- und Stoffübertragung. 19(3). 203–204. 1 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried, et al.. (1980). Schnelle Berechnung der mittleren Temperaturdifferenz in luftgekühlten Kreuzstromwärmeaustauschern. Wärme- und Stoffübertragung. 14(2). 131–136. 2 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried. (1975). Approximating design method for mixed vapour condensers. Pharmaceutical Research. 31(2). 291–304. 1 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried. (1974). Iteration-free calculation of the heat transfer coefficient in air-cooled cross-flow heat exchangers. The Chemical Engineering Journal. 7(1). 79–81. 5 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried, et al.. (1972). Schmidt- und Prandtlzahl binärer Gasgemische. Forschung im Ingenieurwesen. 38(1). 25–30. 4 indexed citations
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Roetzel, Wilfried, et al.. (1970). Application Of Code FLOW3D To SimulateFlow And Temperature Fields In Shell AndTube Heat Exchangers. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 29. 1 indexed citations

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