Peter Kittel

3.4k citations
182 papers · 1.9k · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

Impact in

Papers in

  • Aerospace Engineering 121
    • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies 116
  • Mechanical Engineering 98
    • Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines 73
    • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies 40
    • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies 16
    • Heat Transfer and Optimization 15
Co-authors
Louis J. Salerno (13 shared papers)David W. Plachta (7 shared papers)Arkadiy Klebaner (119 shared papers)John Pfotenhauer (119 shared papers)Jonathan Demko (119 shared papers)Susan Breon (119 shared papers)Michael DiPirro (120 shared papers)Mark Zagarola (118 shared papers)
Journals
Cryogenics (17 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (3 papers)Physics Letters A (3 papers)Nuclear Physics A (2 papers)Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesChinaJapan

In The Last Decade

Peter Kittel

172 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peter Kittel's Hit Papers

Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 1996 · 444 citations
4440+10+20Years since publication100200300400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 1996 University of Twente Research Information

Peers

Peter Kittel
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  • Aerospace Engineering 991
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology 74
  • Mechanical Engineering 748
  • Condensed Matter Physics 231
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 142
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Ray Radebaugh United States
M. Arif United States
Jinxing Zheng China
V. Arp United States
A.T.A.M. de Waele Netherlands
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Advances in Cryogenic Engineering
University of Twente Research Information ·Peter Kittel
Hit paper breakdown →		1996444
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Advances in Cryogenic Engineering
Peter Kittel
199894
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An overview of NASA efforts on zero boiloff storage of cryogenic propellants
Cryogenics ·L. J. Hastings, David W. Plachta, Louis J. Salerno, Peter Kittel
200171
4
Ideal orifice pulse tube refrigerator performance
Cryogenics ·Peter Kittel
199250
5
An Update to Zero Boil-Off Cryogenic Propellant Storage Analysis Applied to Upper Stages or Depots in a LEO Environment
David W. Plachta, Peter Kittel
200233
6
Cryogenics and the human exploration of Mars
Cryogenics ·Louis J. Salerno, Peter Kittel
199930
7
Thermal conductance of pressed metallic contacts augmented with indium foil or Apiezon grease at liquid helium temperatures
Cryogenics ·Louis J. Salerno, Peter Kittel, A. L. Spivak
199430
8
CALCULATED REGENERATOR PERFORMANCE AT 4 K WITH HELIUM-4 AND HELIUM-3
AIP conference proceedings ·Ray Radebaugh, Yonghua Huang, Agnes O’Gallagher, John Gary, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200828
9
Passive ZBO storage of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen applied to space science mission concepts
Cryogenics ·David W. Plachta, Robert Christie, John Jurns, Peter Kittel
200626
10
General pulse tube theory
Cryogenics ·Peter Kittel, Ali Kashani, J.M. Lee, Pat R. Roach
199625
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CRYOGENIC THERMAL PERFORMANCE TESTING OF BULK-FILL AND AEROGEL INSULATION MATERIALS
AIP conference proceedings ·Brekke Scholtens, James E. Fesmire, J. P. Sass, S. D. Augustynowicz, K. W. Heckle, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200825
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STIRLING-TYPE PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER WITH 1KW OF REFRIGERATION AT 77K
AIP conference proceedings ·S. A. Potratz, T D Abbott, Mark Johnson, K. B. Albaugh, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200825
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ROBUST MULTILAYER INSULATION FOR CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS
AIP conference proceedings ·James E. Fesmire, S. D. Augustynowicz, Brekke Scholtens, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200824
14
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT BOIL-OFF REDUCTION SYSTEM
AIP conference proceedings ·David W. Plachta, Robert Christie, Eric Carlberg, J. Feller, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200824
15
DEVELOPMENT OF A MAGNETIC REFIRGERATOR FOR HYDROGEN LIQUEFACTION
AIP conference proceedings ·Takenori Numazawa, Koji Kamiya, S. Yoshioka, Hideki Nakagome, Koichi Matsumoto, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200822
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MIXED-REFRIGERANT CYCLE AND NITROGEN EXPANDER CYCLE IN SMALL SCALE NATURAL GAS LIQUEFIER
AIP conference proceedings ·Q. S. Yin, H. Y. Li, Q. H. Fan, Lin Jia, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200821
17
Thermal conductance of pressed copper contacts at liquid helium temperatures
AIAA Journal ·Louis J. Salerno, Peter Kittel, A. L. Spivak
198421
18
DAMPING OF INTRINSIC TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS IN A 4 K PULSE TUBE COOLER BY MEANS OF RARE EARTH PLATES
AIP conference proceedings ·K. Allweins, Limin Qiu, G. Thummes, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200820
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Propellant preservation for Mars missions
Peter Kittel, David W. Plachta
200019
20
CHARACTERISTICS OF MGB[sub 2] SENSOR FOR DETECTING LEVEL OF LIQUID HYDROGEN
AIP conference proceedings ·M. Takeda, Yoshiharu Matsuno, Iwao Kodama, Hiroaki Kumakura, J. G. Weisend, John Barclay, Susan Breon, Jonathan Demko, Michael DiPirro, J. Patrick Kelley, Peter Kittel, Arkadiy Klebaner, Al Zeller, Mark Zagarola, Steven Van Sciver, Andrew Rowe, John Pfotenhauer, Tom Peterson, Jennifer Lock
200819

About Peter Kittel

Peter Kittel is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 182 papers that have together received 1.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (116 papers), Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines (73 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (46 papers), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (40 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (17 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (16 papers), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (16 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aerospace Engineering (991 citations), Energy Engineering and Power Technology (74 citations), Mechanical Engineering (748 citations), Condensed Matter Physics (231 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (142 citations). Peter Kittel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Louis J. Salerno, David W. Plachta, Arkadiy Klebaner, John Pfotenhauer, Jonathan Demko, Susan Breon, Michael DiPirro, Mark Zagarola, John Barclay and Steven Van Sciver. Their work appears in journals such as Cryogenics, Review of Scientific Instruments, Physics Letters A, Nuclear Physics A and Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets.

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