Faculty Profile


Kody Powell

John A. and Amy B. Williams Endowed Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests


Automation

Batteries

Energy Efficiency

Energy Storage Systems

Gas Turbines

Optimization

Process Simulation and Control

Smart Grid

Solar Energy

Awards & Honors

  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Price College of Engineering 2025
  • John A. and Amy B. Williams Endowed Professorship 2023
  • Patriot Award, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve 01/22/2019
  • Excellence in Applied Energy Engineering Research , U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 12/12/2018
  • Recognized as being a top-rated graduate instructor for Spring 2017, University of Utah College of Engineering 08/29/2017
  • Excellence in Applied Energy Engineering Research, U.S. Dept. of Energy 06/22/2017
  • Faculty Recognition Award, University of Utah Career Services 04/07/2017
  • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation 03/02/2009

Publications

  • Mohamed T Bahr, Ali Khosravani, John McLennan, Kody M Powell. (2026). Dynamic simulation and economic evaluation of dual-mode borehole thermal energy storage in electrified district energy systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, 302.
  • Mohamed T Bahr, Glen R Anderson, David R Wagner, Kody M Powell. (2026). Dynamic optimization of Electrified District cooling systems using model predictive control and borehole thermal energy storage.. Applied Thermal Engineering, 302.
  • Matthew DeHaan, Blake Billings, Julie Sieving, Kody M Powell. (2026). Intelligent industrial demand response to increase grid flexibility and reliability: A review. Energy Reports, 15.
  • Matthew R T Williams, Ethan Gallup, Kody Powell. (2026). Optimizing grid coordination and affordability in electrified multifamily buildings via real-time pricing. Energy Reports, 15.
  • Kevin McCormack, Ethan Gallup, Palash Panja, Eric Edelman, Pratt Rogers, Kody Powell, Brian McPherson. (2026). A Life Cycle Costing Approach of Potential Carbon Capture and Storage at the Hunter Unit 3 Coal-Fired Power Plant, Utah. Energies, 19(9).
  • Jiwei Yao, Blake Billings, Tao Gao, John Hedengren, Kody M Powell. (2026). Optimal sizing of battery energy storage systems for peak shaving and demand response using a degradation-aware Bayesian Optimization-Mixed-Integer Linear Programming framework. Energy Conversion and Management, 350.
  • Turan Mammadli, David R WAGNER, Kody POWELL, Deisy FERNANDES DIXON. (2026). Comparative environmental assessment of graphene synthesis techniques: A cradle-to-gate life cycle analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 540.
  • Ali Khosravani, Blake W Billings, Kody M Powell. (2026). What are the best options for long-duration energy storage? A techno-economic comparison of technologies including hybrid energy storage systems. Renewable Energy, 256.
  • Mohammad Mahdi Forootan, Shahin Akbari, Zahra Haddadzadeh, Moein Farmahini-Farahani, Abolfazl Ahmadi, Kody M Powell. (2025). Modeling and machine learning-based optimization of a hybrid biomass/solar-driven polygeneration energy system. Energy, 340.
  • Ali Khosravani, Julia K Sieving, Blake W Billings, Kody M Powell. (2025). Techno-economic analysis of long-duration energy storage integrated with high-penetration renewable energy systems. Energy Reports, 14.
  • Mohamed T Bahr, Piyush Kumar Kumawat, Blake W Billings, Palash Panja, Kody M Powell. (2025). A dynamic 2D Borehole Thermal Energy Storage (BTES) model for enhanced computational efficiency. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 75.
  • Jake Immonen, Kody M Powell. (2025). Control and optimization of a flexible green steel plant capable of responding to day-ahead electricity carbon emissions and prices. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 202.
  • Yunzhi Chen, Brian Sergi, Jonathan Ho, Gord Stephen, Wesley Cole, Kody Powell. (2025). Sparse chronology strategy for integrating seasonal energy storage in capacity expansion models. Journal of Energy Storage, 132.
  • Jake Immonen, David Weingaertner, Jittisa Ketkaew, Ravi Prasher, Kody M Powell. (2025). Process intensification and comparison of electrolytic hydrogen green steel plants for industrial decarbonization. Journal of Cleaner Production, 490.
  • Jaron Wallace, John Hedengren, Kody Powell, Matthew Memmott. (2024). Model predictive control of a grid-scale Thermal Energy Storage system in RELAP5-3D. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 177.
  • Palash Panja, Milind Deo, Kody Powell, Sidney Green, John McLennan. (2024). Operational strategies and well design for reservoir thermal energy storage (RTES). Geoenergy, 2(1).
  • Yunzhi Chen, Daniel Hill, Blake Billings, John Hedengren, Kody Powell. (2024). Hydrogen underground storage for grid electricity storage: An optimization study on techno-economic analysis. Energy Conversion and Management, 322.
  • Jake Immonen, Kody M Powell. (2024). Dynamic modeling of a direct reduced iron shaft furnace to enable pathways towards decarbonized steel production. Chemical Engineering Science, 300.
  • Gang Jiang, Yixing Chen, Zhe Wang, Kody Powell, Blake Billings, Jianli Chen. (2024). A deep learning-based Bayesian framework for high-resolution calibration of building energy models. Energy and Buildings, 323.
  • Ethan R Gallup, Jake Tuttle, Kody M Powell. (2024). Effects of input gradient regularization on neural networks time-series forecasting of thermal power systems. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 189.
  • An Ho, Blake W Billings, John D Hedengren, Kody M Powell. (2024). Flexible operation of nuclear hybrid energy systems for load following and water desalination. Renewable Energy Focus, 51.
  • Ali Khosravani, Matthew DeHaan, Blake W Billings, Kody M Powell. (2024). Electrification of residential and commercial buildings integrated with hybrid renewable energy systems: A techno-economic analysis. Energy, 302.
  • Piyush Kumar Kumawat, Haiyan Zhou, Kevin Kitz, John McLennan, Kody Powell, Milind Deo, Palash Panja. (2024). Sensitivity analysis of borehole thermal energy storage (BTES): examining key factors for system optimization. Energy Storage and Saving, 3(3).
  • Jiwei Yao, Qiang Gao, Tao Gao, Benben Jiang, Kody M Powell. (2024). A Physics–Guided Machine Learning Approach for Capacity Fading Mechanism Detection and Fading Rate Prediction Using Early Cycle Data. Batteries, 10(8).
  • Matthew R T Williams, Chris Parker, Amanda Dillon, Blake Billings, Kody Powell. (2024). Sustainability and affordability of building electrification: A state-by-state holistic approach for multifamily buildings. Sustainable Cities and Society, 109.
  • Keane Stewart, Connor Moran, Kensley Fowler, David McFarland, Kody Powell, Jacob Tuttle, Andrew Fry. (2024). Utilization of an Advanced Sensor network to determine fuel heating value and Real-Time net unit heat rate during transient operation. Fuel, 365.
  • Yunzhi Chen, Blake W Billings, Kody M Powell. (2024). Industrial processes and the smart grid: overcoming the variability of renewables by using built-in process storage and intelligent control strategies. International Journal of Production Research, 62(5).
  • Ali Khosravani, Elaheh Safaei, Michael Reynolds, Kerry E Kelly, Kody M Powell. (2023). Challenges of reaching high renewable fractions in hybrid renewable energy systems. Energy Reports, 9.
  • Jake Immonen, Kody M Powell. (2023). Hydrogen from solar? A rigorous analysis of solar energy integration concepts for a high temperature steam electrolysis plant. Energy Conversion and Management, 298.
  • Javad Rezazadeh Mehrenjani, Ayat Gharehghani, Samareh Ahmadi, Kody M Powell. (2023). Dynamic simulation of a triple-mode multi-generation system assisted by heat recovery and solar energy storage modules: Techno-economic optimization using machine learning approaches. Applied Energy, 348.
  • Elaheh Safaei Kouchaksaraei, Ali Khosravani Semnani, Kody M Powell, Kerry E Kelly. (2023). Regional impacts on air quality and health of changing a manufacturing facility’s grid-boiler to a combined heat and power system. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 73(10).
  • Daniel Hill, Dawson McCrea, An Ho, Matthew Memmott, Kody Powell, John Hedengren. (2023). A Multi-Scale method for combined design and dispatch optimization of nuclear hybrid energy systems including storage. e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering Electronics and Energy, 5.
  • Keane Stewart, Connor Moran, Kody Powell, Jacob Tuttle, Andrew Fry. (2023). Creating an Advanced Sensor Network to calculate real-time, mass-weighted flue gas composition and air heater leakage of a coal-fired utility boiler under dynamic operating conditions. Journal of Process Control, 129.
  • Fang Yao, Mingwei Li, Leijiao Ge, Wenlong Liao, Kody Powell. (2023). Two-line-same-phase AC standstill measurement method for obtaining accurate PMSM d–q-axis inductance values. Journal of Power Electronics, 23(9).
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Jake Immonen, Landen D Blackburn, Jacob F Tuttle, Klas Andersson, Kody M Powell. (2023). A review on the application of machine learning for combustion in power generation applications. Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 39(6).
  • Xingzhen Bai, Xinlei Zheng, Leijiao Ge, Wenlong Liao, Kody Powell, Jiaan Zhang. (2023). Dynamic event-based forecasting-aided state estimation for active distribution systems subject to limited communication resource. Electric Power Systems Research, 221.
  • Mohamed T Bahr, Jake Immonen, Blake W Billings, Kody M Powell. (2023). Intelligent Control of Thermal Energy Storage in the Manufacturing Sector for Plant-Level Grid Response. Processes, 11(7).
  • Jiwei Yao, John D Hedengren, Tao Gao, Kody M Powell. (2023). A two-level optimization framework for battery energy storage systems to enhance economics and minimize long-term capacity fading. Journal of Energy Storage, 63.
  • An Ho, Matthew Memmott, John Hedengren, Kody M Powell. (2023). Exploring the benefits of molten salt reactors: An analysis of flexibility and safety features using dynamic simulation. Digital Chemical Engineering, 7.
  • Matthew R T Williams, Michael Reynolds, Chris Parker, Jianli Chen, Kody Powell. (2023). The impact of the electrification of buildings on the environment, economics, and housing affordability: A grid-response and life cycle assessment approach. Digital Chemical Engineering, 7.
  • Blake W Billings, Kody M Powell. (2023). Are regulations enough to expand industrial demand response? A study of the impacts of policy on industrial demand response in the United States. The Electricity Journal, 36(4).
  • Ethan Gallup, Tyler Gallup, Kody Powell. (2023). Physics-guided neural networks with engineering domain knowledge for hybrid process modeling. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 170.
  • Yunzhi Chen, Lizzie Pinegar, Jake Immonen, Kody M Powell. (2023). Conversion of food waste to renewable energy: A techno-economic and environmental assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 385.
  • Landen D Blackburn, Jacob F Tuttle, Klas Andersson, John D Hedengren, Kody M Powell. (2022). Dynamic machine learning-based optimization algorithm to improve boiler efficiency. Journal of Process Control, 120.
  • Blake W Billings, An Ho, Mostafa Sahraei-Adrakani, Kody M Powell. (2022). System benefits of industrial battery storage: A comparison of grid and facility control and dispatch. Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks, 32.
  • Jiwei Yao, Kody Powell, Tao Gao. (2022). A two-stage deep learning framework for early-stage lifetime prediction for lithium-ion batteries with consideration of features from multiple cycles. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10.
  • Daniel Hill, Adam Martin, Nathanael Martin-Nelson, Charles Granger, Matthew Memmott, Kody Powell, John Hedengren. (2022). Techno-economic sensitivity analysis for combined design and operation of a small modular reactor hybrid energy system. International Journal of Thermofluids, 16.
  • Jake Immonen, Kody M Powell. (2022). Dynamic optimization with flexible heat integration of a solar parabolic trough collector plant with thermal energy storage used for industrial process heat. Energy Conversion and Management, 267.
  • Blake W Billings, Philip J Smith, Sean T Smith, Kody M Powell. (2022). Industrial battery operation and utilization in the presence of electrical load uncertainty using Bayesian decision theory. Journal of Energy Storage, 53.
  • Derek Machalek, Jake Tuttle, Klas Andersson, Kody M Powell. (2022). Dynamic energy system modeling using hybrid physics-based and machine learning encoder–decoder models. Energy and AI, 9.
  • Aaron T Bame, Joseph Furner, Ian Hoag, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell, Brian D Iverson. (2022). Optimization of solar-coal hybridization for low solar augmentation. Applied Energy, 319.
  • An Ho, Daniel Hill, John Hedengren, Kody M Powell. (2022). A nuclear‑hydrogen hybrid energy system with large-scale storage: A study in optimal dispatch and economic performance in a real-world market. Journal of Energy Storage, 51.
  • Landen D Blackburn, Jacob F Tuttle, Klas Andersson, Andrew Fry, Kody M Powell. (2022). Development of novel dynamic machine learning-based optimization of a coal-fired power plant. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 163.
  • Jake Immonen, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody M Powell. (2022). Simulating a solar parabolic trough collector plant used for industrial process heat using an optimized operating scheme that utilizes flexible heat integration. Solar Energy, 236.
  • Wenlong Liao, Yusen Wang, Yuelong Wang, Kody Powell, Qi Liu, Zhe Yang. (2022). Scenario Generation for Cooling, Heating, and Power Loads Using Generative Moment Matching Networks. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 8(6).
  • Zachariah Steven Baird, Dmitri Neshumayev, Oliver Järvik, Kody M Powell. (2021). Comparison of the most likely low-emission electricity production systems in Estonia. PLOS ONE, 16(12).
  • Derek Machalek, Titus Quah, Kody M Powell. (2021). A novel implicit hybrid machine learning model and its application for reinforcement learning. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 155.
  • Anne Dougherty, Blake Billings, Nestor Camacho, Kody Powell. (2021). Improving the economics of battery storage for industrial customers: Are incentives enough to increase adoption?. The Electricity Journal, 34(9).
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Kody M Powell. (2021). Thermoeconomic Evaluation and Optimization of Using Different Environmentally Friendly Refrigerant Pairs for a Dual-Evaporator Cascade Refrigeration System. Processes, 9(10).
  • Derek Machalek, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody M Powell. (2021). State-by-State comparison of combined heat and power to photovoltaic installations at manufacturing facilities with heat and power loads. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 47.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Saber Khanmohammadi, Jake Immonen, Kody Powell. (2021). Techno-economic analysis and environmental benefits of solar industrial process heating based on parabolic trough collectors. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 47.
  • An Ho, Kasra Mohammadi, Matthew Memmott, John Hedengren, Kody M Powell. (2021). Dynamic simulation of a novel nuclear hybrid energy system with large-scale hydrogen storage in an underground salt cavern. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(61).
  • Kody M Powell, Kasra Mohammadi. (2021). Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Multi-Generation and Hybrid Energy Systems. Processes, 9(7).
  • Jacob F Tuttle, Landen D Blackburn, Klas Andersson, Kody M Powell. (2021). A systematic comparison of machine learning methods for modeling of dynamic processes applied to combustion emission rate modeling. Applied Energy, 292.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Jon G McGowan, Kody Powell. (2021). Thermoeconomic analysis of a multigeneration system using waste heat from a triple power cycle. Applied Thermal Engineering, 190.
  • Moataz Sheha, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell. (2021). Techno-economic analysis of the impact of dynamic electricity prices on solar penetration in a smart grid environment with distributed energy storage. Applied Energy, 282.
  • Jacob F Tuttle, Nate White, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell. (2020). A novel dynamic simulation methodology for high temperature packed-bed thermal energy storage with experimental validation. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 42.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Saber Khanmohammadi, Hossein Khorasanizadeh, Kody Powell. (2020). Development of high concentration photovoltaics (HCPV) power plants in the US Southwest: Economic assessment and sensitivity analysis. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 42.
  • Tofigh Sayahi, Alicia Garff, Timothy Quah, Katrina Lê, Thomas Becnel, Kody M Powell, Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon, Anthony E Butterfield, Kerry E Kelly. (2020). Long-term calibration models to estimate ozone concentrations with a metal oxide sensor. Environmental Pollution, 267.
  • By Kody M Powell, Derek Machalek, Titus Quah. (2020). Real-time optimization using reinforcement learning. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 143.
  • Titus Quah, Derek Machalek, Kody M Powell. (2020). Comparing Reinforcement Learning Methods for Real-Time Optimization of a Chemical Process. Processes, 8(11).
  • Kevin Ellingwood, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell. (2020). Dynamic optimization and economic evaluation of flexible heat integration in a hybrid concentrated solar power plant. Applied Energy, 276.
  • Jacob F Tuttle, Landen D Blackburn, Kody M Powell. (2020). On-line classification of coal combustion quality using nonlinear SVM for improved neural network NOx emission rate prediction. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 141.
  • Landen D Blackburn, Jacob F Tuttle, Kody M Powell. (2020). Real-time optimization of multi-cell industrial evaporative cooling towers using machine learning and particle swarm optimization. Journal of Cleaner Production, 271.
  • Moataz Sheha, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell. (2020). Solving the duck curve in a smart grid environment using a non-cooperative game theory and dynamic pricing profiles. Energy Conversion and Management, 220.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Kevin Ellingwood, Kody Powell. (2020). Novel hybrid solar tower-gas turbine combined power cycles using supercritical carbon dioxide bottoming cycles. Applied Thermal Engineering, 178.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Kevin Ellingwood, Kody Powell. (2020). A novel triple power cycle featuring a gas turbine cycle with supercritical carbon dioxide and organic Rankine cycles: Thermoeconomic analysis and optimization. Energy Conversion and Management, 220.
  • Derek Machalek, Moriah Henning, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody M Powell. (2020). Economic and environmental impacts of a non-traditional combined heat and power system for a discrete manufacturing facility. Journal of Cleaner Production, 265.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Saber Khanmohammadi, Hossein Khorasanizadeh, Kody Powell. (2020). A comprehensive review of solar only and hybrid solar driven multigeneration systems: Classifications, benefits, design and prospective. Applied Energy, 268.
  • Mohammad Saghafifar, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell. (2020). Design and analysis of a dual-receiver direct steam generator solar power tower plant with a flexible heliostat field. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 39.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Yazhou Jiang, Soheyl Borjian, Kody Powell. (2020). Thermo-economic assessment and optimization of a hybrid triple effect absorption chiller and compressor. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 38.
  • Khalid Rashid, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell. (2020). Dynamic simulation and techno-economic analysis of a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant hybridized with both thermal energy storage and natural gas. Journal of Cleaner Production, 248.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Mohammad Saeed Efati Khaledi, Mohammad Saghafifar, Kody Powell. (2020). Hybrid systems based on gas turbine combined cycle for trigeneration of power, cooling, and freshwater: A comparative techno-economic assessment. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 37.
  • Kevin Ellingwood, Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell. (2020). A novel means to flexibly operate a hybrid concentrated solar power plant and improve operation during non-ideal direct normal irradiation conditions. Energy Conversion and Management, 203.
  • Derek Machalek, Aaron Young, Landen Blackburn, Pratt Rogers, Kody M Powell. (2020). Mine operations as a smart grid resource: Leveraging excess process storage capacity to better enable renewable energy sources. Minerals Engineering, 145.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Kody Powell. (2020). Thermodynamic and economic analysis of different cogeneration and trigeneration systems based on carbon dioxide vapor compression refrigeration systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, 164.
  • Cody R Simmons, Joshua R Arment, Kody M Powell, John D Hedengren. (2019). Proactive Energy Optimization in Residential Buildings with Weather and Market Forecasts. Processes, 7(12).
  • Jacob F Tuttle, Ricky Vesel, Siva Alagarsamy, Landen D Blackburn, Kody Powell. (2019). Sustainable NO x emission reduction at a coal-fired power station through the use of online neural network modeling and particle swarm optimization. Control Engineering Practice, 93.
  • Kevin Ellingwood, Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad, Helga Kovacs, Jake F Tuttle, Kody Powell. (2019). Analysing the benefits of hybridisation and storage in a hybrid solar gas turbine plant. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 38(10).
  • Moataz Sheha, Kody Powell. (2019). Using Real-Time Electricity Prices to Leverage Electrical Energy Storage and Flexible Loads in a Smart Grid Environment Utilizing Machine Learning Techniques. Processes, 7(12).
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Mohammad Saghafifar, Jon G McGowan, Kody Powell. (2019). Thermo-economic analysis of a novel hybrid multigeneration system based on an integrated triple effect refrigeration system for production of power and refrigeration. Journal of Cleaner Production, 238.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Mohammad Saghafifar, Kevin Ellingwood, Kody Powell. (2019). Hybrid concentrated solar power (CSP)-desalination systems: A review. Desalination, 468.
  • Kasra Mohammadi, Mohammad Saeed Efati Khaledi, Kody Powell. (2019). A novel hybrid dual-temperature absorption refrigeration system: Thermodynamic, economic, and environmental analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 233.
  • W Pratt Rogers, M Mustafa Kahraman, Frank A Drews, Kody Powell, Joel M Haight, Yaxue Wang, Kritika Baxla, Mohit Sobalkar. (2019). Automation in the Mining Industry: Review of Technology, Systems, Human Factors, and Political Risk. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 36(4).
  • Khalid Rashid, Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad, Kevin Ellingwood, Kody M Powell. (2019). Techno-economic evaluation of different hybridization schemes for a solar thermal/gas power plant. Energy, 181.
  • Derek Machalek, Kody Powell. (2019). Automated electrical demand peak leveling in a manufacturing facility with short term energy storage for smart grid participation. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 52.
  • Jacob F Tuttle, Kody M Powell. (2019). Analysis of a thermal generator’s participation in the Western Energy Imbalance Market and the resulting effects on overall performance and emissions. The Electricity Journal, 32(5).
  • Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad, Jake F Tuttle, Kody M Powell. (2019). Development of a roadmap for dynamic process intensification by using a dynamic, data-driven optimization approach. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 140.
  • Landen Blackburn, Aaron Young, Pratt Rogers, John Hedengren, Kody Powell. (2019). Dynamic optimization of a district energy system with storage using a novel mixed-integer quadratic programming algorithm. Optimization and Engineering, 20(2).
  • Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad, Jake F Tuttle, Kody M Powell. (2019). Dynamic modeling and optimization of a coal-fired utility boiler to forecast and minimize NOx and CO emissions simultaneously. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 124.
  • Khalid Rashid, Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad, Kody M Powell. (2019). Process intensification of solar thermal power using hybridization, flexible heat integration, and real-time optimization. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 139.
  • B Westberg, D Machalek, S Denton, D Sellers, K Powell. (2019). Proactive Automation of a Batch Manufacturer in a Smart Grid Environment. Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, 2(2).
  • Paige Brimley, Derek Machalek, Kody M Powell. (2019). Smart Scheduling of a Batch Manufacturer’s Operations by Utilization of a Genetic Algorithm to Minimize Electrical Demand. Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, 3(2).
  • Moataz N Sheha, Kody M Powell. (2019). An economic and policy case for proactive home energy management systems with photovoltaics and batteries. The Electricity Journal, 32(1).
  • Khalid Rashid, Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad, Kody M Powell. (2019). Dynamic simulation, control, and performance evaluation of a synergistic solar and natural gas hybrid power plant. Energy Conversion and Management, 179.
  • Avery J Smith, Kody M Powell. (2019). Fault Detection on Big Data: A Novel Algorithm for Clustering Big Data to Detect and Diagnose Faults. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 52(10).
  • Kevin Ellingwood, Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad, Khalid Rashid, Kody Powell. (2018). Leveraging Energy Storage in a Solar-Tower and Combined Cycle Hybrid Power Plant. Energies, 12(1).
  • Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad, John D Hedengren, Kody M Powell. (2018). Performance comparison of low temperature and chemical absorption carbon capture processes in response to dynamic electricity demand and price profiles. Applied Energy, 228.
  • Moataz N Sheha, Kody M Powell. (2018). Dynamic Real-Time Optimization of Air-Conditioning Systems in Residential Houses with a Battery Energy Storage under Different Electricity Pricing Structures. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 44.
  • Kody M Powell, Khalid Rashid, Kevin Ellingwood, Jake Tuttle, Brian D Iverson. (2017). Hybrid concentrated solar thermal power systems: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 80.
  • Jose L Mojica, Damon Petersen, Brigham Hansen, Kody M Powell, John D Hedengren. (2017). Optimal combined long-term facility design and short-term operational strategy for CHP capacity investments. Energy, 118.
  • Kody M Powell, Jong Suk Kim, Wesley J Cole, Kriti Kapoor, Jose L Mojica, John D Hedengren, Thomas F Edgar. (2016). Thermal energy storage to minimize cost and improve efficiency of a polygeneration district energy system in a real-time electricity market. Energy, 113.
  • Kody M Powell, Ammon N Eaton, John D Hedengren, Thomas F Edgar. (2016). A Continuous Formulation for Logical Decisions in Differential Algebraic Systems using Mathematical Programs with Complementarity Constraints. Processes, 4(1).
  • Thomas F Edgar, Kody M Powell. (2015). Energy intensification using thermal storage. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 9.
  • John D Hedengren, Reza Asgharzadeh Shishavan, Kody M Powell, Thomas F Edgar. (2014). Nonlinear modeling, estimation and predictive control in APMonitor. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 70.
  • Kody M Powell, John D Hedengren, Thomas F Edgar. (2014). Dynamic optimization of a hybrid solar thermal and fossil fuel system. Solar Energy, 108.
  • Wesley J Cole, Kody M Powell, Elaine T Hale, Thomas F Edgar. (2014). Reduced-order residential home modeling for model predictive control. Energy and Buildings, 74.
  • Wesley J Cole, Joshua D Rhodes, Kody M Powell, Thomas F Edgar. (2014). Turbine inlet cooling with thermal energy storage. International Journal of Energy Research, 38(2).
  • Kody M Powell, Thomas F Edgar. (2013). An adaptive-grid model for dynamic simulation of thermocline thermal energy storage systems. Energy Conversion and Management, 76.
  • Kriti Kapoor, Kody Powell, Wesley Cole, Jong Kim, Thomas Edgar. (2013). Improved Large-Scale Process Cooling Operation through Energy Optimization. Processes, 1(3).
  • Kody M Powell, Wesley J Cole, Udememfon F Ekarika, Thomas F Edgar. (2013). Optimal chiller loading in a district cooling system with thermal energy storage. Energy, 50.
  • Wesley J Cole, Kody M Powell, Thomas F Edgar. (2012). Optimization and advanced control of thermal energy storage systems. Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 28(2-3).
  • Kody M Powell, Thomas F Edgar. (2012). Modeling and control of a solar thermal power plant with thermal energy storage. Chemical Engineering Science, 71.