Xavier Py

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 908 citations indexed

About

Xavier Py is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Py has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 908 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 2 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xavier Py's work include Phase Change Materials Research (9 papers), Adsorption and Cooling Systems (5 papers) and Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (3 papers). Xavier Py is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (9 papers), Adsorption and Cooling Systems (5 papers) and Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (3 papers). Xavier Py collaborates with scholars based in France, Chile and United States. Xavier Py's co-authors include Régis Olivès, Sylvain Mauran, Fabien Delaleux, P. Echégut, Catherine Bessada, Emmanuel Véron, Nicolas Calvet, Sandra Ory, Duc Nguyen and Sandra Lanini and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Chemical Engineering Science and Solar Energy.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Py

14 papers receiving 872 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Paraffin/porous-graphite-matrix composite as a high and constant power thermal storage material

2001 516 citations Xavier Py, Régis Olivès et al. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xavier Py France	10	688	498	102	101	89	14	908
Tingting Zhu China	24	757 1.1×	596 1.2×	53 0.5×	103 1.0×	208 2.3×	71	1.2k
Jaume Gasia Spain	21	1.4k 2.1×	959 1.9×	144 1.4×	44 0.4×	131 1.5×	28	1.6k
Salvatore Vasta Italy	26	1.5k 2.2×	414 0.8×	165 1.6×	76 0.8×	142 1.6×	53	1.7k
Mohamed G. Gado Egypt	20	486 0.7×	264 0.5×	66 0.6×	46 0.5×	102 1.1×	29	865
Qian Xu China	21	694 1.0×	261 0.5×	106 1.0×	66 0.7×	134 1.5×	66	1.2k
Mohamed Emam Egypt	20	675 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	81 0.8×	225 2.2×	353 4.0×	71	1.4k
Yingai Jin China	9	557 0.8×	304 0.6×	78 0.8×	24 0.2×	98 1.1×	38	742
Amir Hossein Eisapour Iran	16	559 0.8×	449 0.9×	163 1.6×	24 0.2×	108 1.2×	21	868
Karthik Nithyanandam United States	22	1.2k 1.7×	919 1.8×	111 1.1×	44 0.4×	102 1.1×	51	1.4k
Bosheng Su China	19	656 1.0×	316 0.6×	136 1.3×	39 0.4×	199 2.2×	41	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xavier Py

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14 of 14 papers shown

Hammoud, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). Photovoltaic cooling systems review integrating technical, economic, and environmental dimensions encompassing life cycle assessment. Solar Energy. 302. 114010–114010. 1 indexed citations

Py, Xavier. (2020). Thermal Energy Storage. 2 indexed citations

Fernández‐Carrión, Alberto J., Joan Andújar, Emmanuel Véron, et al.. (2017). Mediterranean basin basalts as potential materials for thermal energy storage in concentrated solar plants. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 171. 50–59. 14 indexed citations

Gutiérrez, Andrea, Laia Miró, Antoni Gil, et al.. (2016). Industrial waste materials and by-products as thermal energy storage (TES) materials: A review. AIP conference proceedings. 1734. 50019–50019. 16 indexed citations

Py, Xavier, et al.. (2015). High-Temperature Sensible Heat-Based Thermal Energy Storage Materials Made of Vitrified MSWI Fly Ashes. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 6(6). 1003–1014. 30 indexed citations

Lanini, Sandra, Fabien Delaleux, Xavier Py, Régis Olivès, & Duc Nguyen. (2014). Improvement of borehole thermal energy storage design based on experimental and modelling results. Energy and Buildings. 77. 393–400. 52 indexed citations

Azoumah, Y., Daniel Yamegueu, & Xavier Py. (2012). Sustainable electricity generation by solar pv/diesel hybrid system without storage for off grids areas. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 29. 12012–12012. 2 indexed citations

Delaleux, Fabien, et al.. (2011). Enhancement of geothermal borehole heat exchangers performances by improvement of bentonite grouts conductivity. Applied Thermal Engineering. 33-34. 92–99. 122 indexed citations

Py, Xavier, Nicolas Calvet, Régis Olivès, et al.. (2011). Recycled Material for Sensible Heat Based Thermal Energy Storage to be Used in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plants. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 133(3). 107 indexed citations

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Navarro, María Elena, Mònica Martínez, Antoni Gil, et al.. (2011). Selection and Characterization of Recycled Materials for Sensible Thermal Energy Storage. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

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Py, Xavier, et al.. (2009). Low-Cost Material for Sensible Heat Based Thermal Storage to be Used in Thermodynamic Solar Power Plants. 527–532. 12 indexed citations

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Py, Xavier, Régis Olivès, & Sylvain Mauran. (2001). Paraffin/porous-graphite-matrix composite as a high and constant power thermal storage material. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 44(14). 2727–2737. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roizard, C., Souhila Poncin, F. Lapicque, Xavier Py, & N. Midoux. (1999). Behavior of fine particles in the vicinity of a gas bubble in a stagnant and a moving fluid. Chemical Engineering Science. 54(13-14). 2317–2323. 22 indexed citations

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Py, Xavier, C. Roizard, & N. Midoux. (1995). Kinetics of sulfur dioxide oxidation in slurries of activated carbon and concentrated sulfuric acid. Chemical Engineering Science. 50(13). 2069–2079. 9 indexed citations

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