Publications
2026
Li, Benjamin J., Yuan, Haomin, Saini, Nadish, Su, Guanyu (2026, Nov 15-18). Single Bubble Direct Numerical Simulation of Interface Mass Transfer in Molten Salts with Level Set Method [Manuscript accepted]. 2026 American Nuclear Society Winter Conference & Expo, Phoenix, AZ, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/wc2026/
Lee, Kyoung, Sircar, Arpan, Li, Benjamin J. (2026, Nov 15-18). Dissolution-Driven Quasi-Compressibility in Conservative VOF/Level Set Multiphase Flow [Manuscript accepted]. 2026 American Nuclear Society Winter Conference & Expo, Phoenix, AZ, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/wc2026/
Su, Guanyu (2026, Nov 15-18). Permeation against Vacuum Tritium Extraction in Molten Salt Breeder using Novel Triply Periodic and Printed Circuit Geometries [Manuscript accepted]. Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2026 (ATH 2026), Phoenix, AZ, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/ath2026/
Li, Benjamin J., Su, Guanyu, Dai, Dezhi, Yuan, Haomin, Saini, Nadish (2026). Toward Efficient Tritium Extraction: High-Fidelity Simulation of Gas-Liquid Contactors in Molten Salts. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 267, 128915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2026.128915
Walsh, Beau, Su, Guanyu (2026). Realistic performance metric for latent heat thermal energy storage in advanced low-carbon energy systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, 303, 132138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2026.132138
Jois, Yaamini, Li, Benjamin J., Su, Guanyu (2026, Apr 16-18). Evaluation of liquid spray column tritium extractor performance [Conference presentation]. American Nuclear Society Student Conference 2026, College Station, TX, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/student2026/
Anuskiewicz, Dylan, Li, Benjamin J., Su, Guanyu (2026, Apr 16-18). Packed bed geometry impacts on turbulent mixing and mass transfer [Conference poster]. American Nuclear Society Student Conference 2026, College Station, TX, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/student2026/
Li, Benjamin J., Su, Guanyu (2026, Apr 16-18). An engineering and economic figure of merit for tritium extractors [Conference poster]. American Nuclear Society Student Conference 2026, College Station, TX, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/student2026/
Anthony, Luke, Vandeputte, Maud, D'Antonio, Nick, Sinha, Sahil, Su, Guanyu (2026, Apr 16-18). Tritium extraction using 3D-printable TPMS geometries for commercial fusion [Conference poster]. American Nuclear Society Student Conference 2026, College Station, TX, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/student2026/
Park, Wooseong, Su, Guanyu, Jeong, Yong Hoon (2026). Integrated cross-scale modeling of dissolved phase transport in molten salt systems. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 264, 128777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2026.128777(opens in new tab)
2025
Yu, Hyoung Suk, Hughes, Matthew, Aguiar, Gustavo Matana, Su, Guanyu, Bucci, Matteo, & Jeong, Yong Hoon (2025, Aug 31-Sep 5). A holistic segmentation of boiling heat transfer features using U_NET based Convolutional Neural Network. NURETH-21 - 21st International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Busan, South Korea. https://doi.org/10.979.11955566/63
Walsh, Beau, Su, Guanyu (2025, Aug 31-Sep 5). A realistic metric for latent heat thermal energy storage systems to be paired with advanced reactors. NURETH-21 - 21st International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Busan, South Korea. https://doi.org/10.979.11955566/63
Park, Wooseong, Su, Guanyu, Jeong, Yong Hoon (2025, Aug 31-Sep 5). Development of a novel OpenFOAM solver for tritium permeation modeling in molten fluoride salt systems. NURETH-21 - 21st International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Busan, South Korea. https://doi.org/10.979.11955566/63
Li, Benjamin J., Su, Guanyu (2025, Aug 31-Sep 5). miscibleSpeciesTransport: a new OpenFOAM-based framework for studying interphase tritium transfer in molten salt systems. NURETH-21 - 21st International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Busan, South Korea. https://doi.org/10.979.11955566/63
Li, Benjamin J., Su, Guanyu (2025, Jun 16-18). Comparison of interfacial mass transfer theories for modeling interphase tritium transfer between molten salt and argon [Conference presentation]. American Nuclear Society Annual Conference 2025, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/ac2025/
Turovskiy, Alexander, Labrador, Esteban, Shitamoto, Sean (2025, Apr 3-5). Tritium extraction using compact heat exchangers for commercial fusion [Conference presentation]. American Nuclear Society Student Conference 2025, Albuquerque, NM, United States. https://www.ans.org/meetings/student2025/
2024
Li, Benjamin J., Walsh, Beau (2024, Dec 2). The HEAT (High-temperature Energy system and Advanced Technology) laboratory [Conference poster]. Advanced Fuels Campaign FY24 Annual Review Meeting, Berkeley, CA, United States. https://nuclearfuel.inl.gov/