Pian, C.C.P. and Petty, S.W., "Electrical Characteristics of MHD-Generator Sidewalls with Segmented Z-Bar Design," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 16, No. 6, November-December 2000, pp. 1093-1099.

Pian, C.C.P. and Yoshikawa, K., "Performance of Biomass-Fueled High-Temperature Air Blow Gasification Systems," Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on High Temperature Air Combustion and Gasification, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan, March 2000, pp. A6-1 to A6-12.

Andol, J., Norton, P., Okhuysen, W., Pian, C.C.P., Ramsey, G., Yoshikawa, K., Kato, Y., Ishii, T., Kiga, T., Yoshitaka, E., and Yoshiie, R., "MEET Gasifier Design Verification Testing at DIAL," Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on High Temperature Air Combustion and Gasification, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan, March 2000, pp. A4.

Pian, C.C.P., "Biomass-Fueled MEET Gasification System," Invited Lecture, Proceedings of the Beijing Symposium on High-Temperature Air Combustion, October 18-19, 1999, edited by T. Hsiao and K. Yoshikawa, the Federation of Engineering Societies of China Association for Science and Technology, 1999, Beijing, pp. 69-88.

Pian, C.C.P. and Yoshikawa, K., "Development of High-Temperature Air-Blown Gasification Systems," Keynote Lecture, Proceedings of the International Conference on MHD and High Temperature Technologies 1999, Beijing, China, October 12-15, 1999, Vol. 3, pp. 815-826.

Pian, C.C.P. and Kessler, R., "Open-Cycle Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generators," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 2, March-April 1999, pp. 195-203.

Pian, C.C.P., Gannon, R.E., Norton, O.P., Okhuysen, W., and Cook, R.L., "Advanced Gasifier Design for Low Rank Coal and Waste-Derived Fuels," Proceedings of the 2nd International High Temperature Air Combustion Symposium (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, January 20-22, 1999), Energy & Resource Laboratories, Hsinchu, Taiwan, pp. E5.1-E5.12. Also, 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 1999, Reno, NV, AIAA Paper 99-0731.

Pian, C.C.P., "Analysis of Coal-Fired Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generator Experiments," 29th Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference, June 15-18, 1998, Albuquerque, NM, AIAA Paper 98-2923. Also, Proceedings of the 33rd Intersociety Engineering Conference on Energy Conversion (Colorado Springs, CO, August 2-6, 1998), American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL, 1998, Paper IECEC-98-411.

Pian, C.C.P., "Assessment of Air Pollution Control Needs for Thermal Treatments of Hazardous Waste Remediation," Proceedings of the International Symposium on High Temperature Air Coal Combustion, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan, January 29-30, 1998, pp. 181-203.

Pian, C.C.P., Kessler, R., and Schmitt, E.W., "Magnetohydrodynamic Generator Design for a Combined-Cycle Demonstration Powerplant," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 12, No. 2, March-April 1996, pp. 390-397. Also, Pian, C.C.P., Kessler, R., Schmitt, E.W., and Morrison, D.J., "Power Generator Design for the Billings MHD Demonstration Project," Proceedings of the 31st Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Whitefish, MT, June 29-July 1, 1993, pp. XII.3.1-XII.3.8.

Pian, C.C.P. and Schmitt, E.W., "Wall Surface Leakage Effects on Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generator Performance," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 12, No. 1, January-February 1996, pp. 70-71. Also, Proceedings of the 32nd Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Pittsburgh, PA, June 27-30, 1994.

Pian, C.C.P., Petty, S.W., Schmitt, E.W., and Farrar, L.C., "Prototypic Magnetohydrodynamic Anode Designs and Test Results," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 11, No. 6, November-December 1995, pp. 1330-1337. Also, "Prototypic MHD Anode Designs and Test Results," 31st Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Whitefish, MT, June 29-July 1, 1993.

Pian, C.C.P., Kessler, R., and Medin, S.A., "Open Cycle MHD Power Generators," MHD Electrical Power Generation: 1994 Status Report, Proceedings of the International Meeting on MHD Technologies, Genova, Italy, December 13-14, 1994. F. Negrini, Editor. Published by the MHD International Liaison Group, 1995. pp. 2.4-1 to 2.4-11.

Bauer, M., Pian, C.C.P., and Grigoriants, R.E., "High Temperature Flow Train," MHD Electrical Power Generation: 1994 Status Report, Proceedings of the International Meeting on MHD Technologies, Genova, Italy, December 13-14, 1994. F. Negrini, Editor. Published by the MHD International Liaison Group, 1995. pp. 2.3-1 to 2.3-12.

Owens, W.R., Pian, C.C.P., and Sokolov, Y.N., "MHD Electrical Power Plant and Retrofit," MHD Electrical Power Generation: 1994 Status Report, Proceedings of the International Meeting on MHD Technologies, Genova, Italy, December 13-14, 1994. F. Negrini, Editor. Published by the MHD International Liaison Group, 1995. pp. 2.1-1 to 2.1-12.

Pian, C.C.P. and Schmitt, E.W., "Lessons Learned from the Design and Operation of the Integrated Topping Cycle MHD Generator," Proceedings of the 32nd Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Pittsburgh, PA, June 27-30, 1994.

Pian, C.C.P. and Schmitt, E.W., "Results of the Integrated Topping Cycle MHD Generator Testing," Proceedings of the 32nd Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Pittsburgh, PA, June 27-30, 1994.

Pian, C.C.P., Dunton, A.W., Schmitt, E.W, Morrison, D.J., and Farrar, L.C., "Status of the Integrated Topping Cycle MHD Generator Testing," Proceedings of the 31st Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Whitefish, MT, June 29-July 1, 1993, pp. II.2.1-II.2.11.

Kovalsky, L., Pian, C., Bauer, J.M., and Braswell, R., "MHD Integrated Topping Cycle (ITC) Project," Proceedings of MHD Contractor’s Review Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2-4, 1993, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, pp. 1-5.

Pian, C.C.P., Dunton, A.W., Petty, S.W., Reich, J., Schmitt, E.W., and Farrar, L.C., "Design and Fabrication of the Prototypic MHD Generator for the Integrated Topping Cycle," Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on MHD Electrical Power Generation, Beijing, China, October 12-16, 1992, Vol. 2, pp. 608-619.

Pian, C.C.P., "Rapporteur's Report: Fluid Dynamics," Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on MHD Electrical Power Generation, Beijing, China, October 12-16, 1992, Vol. 5, pp. 1543-1548.

Pian, C.C.P., Dunton, A.W., Reich, J.E., Schmitt, E.W., and Farrar, L.C., "Coal-Fired Power Plant Prototypic MHD Channel Design and Fabrication: A Final Report," Proceedings of the 30th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Baltimore, MD, June 29-July 2, 1992, pp. XI.2.1-XI.2.2.

Reich, J.E., Pian, C.C.P., Schmitt, E.W., and Farrar, L.C., "Effect of Unloaded End Regions on a Long Duration MHD Generator," Proceedings of the 30th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Baltimore, MD, June 29-July 2, 1992, p. XI.3.1 (Late paper).

Bauer, J.M., Pian, C., and Kovalsky, L., "MHD Integrated Topping Cycle (ITC) Project," Proceedings of MHD Contractor’s Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, January 21-23, 1992, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, pp. 1-5.

Pollina, R.J., Petty, S.W., Pian, C.C.P., and Farrar, L., "MHD Anode Corrosion and Channel Confirmation Tests," Proceedings on the International Conference on Energy Transfer in MagnetoHydroDynamic Flows, September 30-October 4, 1991, Cadarache, France, pp. 373-378.

Pian, C.C.P. and Petty, S.W., "Prototypic MHD Generator Design of the Integrated Topping Cycle Power Train," Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Power Generation, 1991, N.R. Johanson and J.N. Chapman, Editors, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Advanced Energy Systems Division, New York, NY, 1991, AES-Vol. 23, pp. 19-27.

Pian, C.C.P., Petty, S.W., and McClaine, A.W., "Experimental Investigation of Factors Affecting the Cathode Wall Slag Layer Resegmentation Frequency," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 7, No. 6, November-December 1991, pp. 1036-1042. Also, Proceedings of the 26th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Nashville, TN, June 20-22, 1988, pp. 3.1.1-3.1.9.

Pian, C.C.P., Dunton, A.W., Farrar, L.C., Petty, S.W., Pollina, R.J., Reich, J., and Schmitt, E.W., "Prototypic MHD Generator Design of the Integrated Topping Cycle Power Train," Proceedings of the 26th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Boston, MA, August 4-9, 1991), American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL, 1991, Vol. 3, pp. 33-40.

Pian, C.C.P., Petty, S.W., Schmitt, E.W., Morrison, D.J., and Farrar, L.C., "Electrical Characteristics of MHD Generator Sidewalls with Straight- and Z-Bar Designs," Proceedings of the 29th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, New Orleans, June 18-20, 1991, pp. II.2.1-II.2.10.

Schmitt, E.W., Pian, C.C.P., Petty, S.W., and Farrar, L.C., "Operational Plans for the Integrated Topping Cycle MHD Generator," Proceedings of the 29th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, New Orleans, June 18-20, 1991, pp. II.4.1-II.4.6.

Bauer, J.M., Pian, C., and Kovalsky, L., "MHD Integrated Topping Cycle (ITC) Project," Proceedings of MHD Contractor’s Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, February 19-21, 1991, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, pp. 1-81.

Pian, C.C.P., Sadovnik, I., Petty, S.W., and McClaine, A.W., "Voltage-Current Characteristics of the Insulator Gaps in a Slagging Magnetohydrodynamic Generator," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 6, No. 4, July-August, 1990, pp. 482-489. Also, Proceedings of the 26th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Nashville, TN, June 20-22, 1988, pp. 4.2.1-4.2.10.

Pian, C.C.P., Schmitt, E.W., Farrar, L.C., and Petty, S.W., "Generator Performance Experiments Supporting the Prototypic MHD Channel Design," Proceedings of the 28th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Chicago, IL, June 26-28, 1990, pp. VI.1.1-VI.1.2.

Bauer, J.M., Pian, C., and Kovalsky, L., "MHD Integrated Topping Cycle (ITC) Project," Proceedings of MHD Contractor’s Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, January 22-24, 1990, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, pp. 1-99.

Goldfarb, V., Pian, C.C.P., and Sadovnik, I., "On the Arcing Phenomena in the MHD Channel," Proceedings of the 27th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Reno, NV, June 27-29, 1989, pp. 8.14.1-8.14.11. Also, Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on MHD Electrical Power Generation, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 4-8, 1989, pp. X.129-X.139.

Petty, S.W., Pian, C.C.P., Schmitt, E.W., and Farrar, L.C., "Coal-Fired MHD Channel Parametric Studies, Aspects of Power Generation with Iron Oxide Addition," Proceedings of the 27th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Reno, NV, June 27-29, 1989, pp. 5.5.1-5.5.10. Also, Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on MHD Electrical Power Generation, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 4-8, 1989, pp. X.1-X.10.

Schmitt, E.W., Brownell, W., McClaine, A.W., Petty, S.W., Pian, C.C.P., and Sadovnik, I., "Recent Investigations of Cathode Wall Nonuniformities," Proceedings of the 27th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Reno, NV, June 27-29, 1989, pp. 5.3.1-5.3.7. Also, Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on MHD Electrical Power Generation, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 4-8, 1989, pp. IV.34-IV.40.

Enos, G., Farrar, L., McClaine, A., Petty, S., Pian, C., et al., "MHD Generator Test Results at AVCO," MHD Electrical Power Generation, Proceedings of the First TIT-DOE Workshop, Tokyo Institute of Technology, November 15-16, 1988, pp. 94-124.

McClaine, A.W., Pian, C.C.P., Petty, S.W., Pakko, J.D., and Schmitt, E.W., "Strategies for Combating Problems Caused by Cathode Slag Shorting," Proceedings of the 26th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Nashville, TN, June 20-22, 1988, pp. 3.4.1-3.4.9.

Myrick, S., Ogle, G., Solbes, A., Petty, S.W., Pian, C.C.P., Schmitt, E.W., and Farrar, L., "Coal-Fired MHD Power Train Performance Test Results," Proceedings of the 26th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Nashville, TN, June 20-22, 1988, p. 4.3.1 (Late paper).

Pian, C.C.P., Petty, S.W., and McClaine, A.W., "Operating Characteristics of a Slagging Diagonally-Loaded Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generator," Proceedings of the 25th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Bethesda, MD, June 24-26, 1987, pp. 2.1.1-2.1.10.

Pian, C.C.P., "Data Analysis of Diagonally-Connected Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generator Experiments," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 3, No. 2, March-April 1987, pp. 128-135.

Sadovnik, I. and Pian, C.C.P., "Modeling the Effects of Cathode Wall Nonuniformities in Magnetohydrodynamic Generators," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 2, No. 3, May-June 1986, pp. 197-198.

Hals, F.A. and Pian, C.C.P., "Results from Design Analyses of an MHD Generator for a Prototype Power Train Suitable for Retrofit of an Existing Steam Power Plant," Proceedings of the 24th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Butte, MT, June 24-27, 1986.

Sadovnik, I. and Pian, C.C.P., "Cathode Wall Nonuniformities in MHD Generators - Modeling and Comparison with Experiments," Proceedings of the 23rd Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Somerset, PA, June 25-28, 1985, pp. 392-406.

Pian, C.C.P. and Hals, F.A., "MHD Generator Performance Analyses for the Advanced Power Train Study," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 1, No. 1, January-February 1985, pp. 89-96.

Pian, C.C.P. and McClaine, A.W., "Techniques for the Solutions of MHD Generator Flows," Computers and Fluids, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1984, pp. 319-338.

Hals, F.A., Pian, C.C.P., Sadovnik, I., and Stankevics, J.O., "Results from Comparative Analysis of Different MHD Generator and Power Train Designs for Early Commercial Power Plant Applications," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on MHD Electrical Power Generation, Moscow, September 12-18, 1983, Vol. 1, pp. A.1.1-A.1.9. Also, Proceedings of the 21st Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Argonne National Lab., Argonne, IL, June 27-29, 1983, pp. 1.1.1-1.1.12.

Demirjian, A.M., Hruby, V.J., Pian, C.C.P., and Quijano, I.M., "The Effect of Current Control Circuits on MHD Generator Performance," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on MHD Electrical Power Generation, Moscow, September 12-18, 1983, Vol. 1, pp. C.1.1-C.1.7.

Pian, C.C.P., Sadovnik, I., and McClaine, A.W., "Analytical Investigations of the Effects of Cathode Nonuniformities on MHD Generator Characteristics," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on MHD Electrical Power Generation, Moscow, September 12-18, 1983, Vol. 1, pp. D.10.1-D.10.9. Also, Proceedings of the 18th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, AIChE, New York, 1983, Vol. 5, pp. 2223-2230.

Swallom, D.W. and Pian, C.C.P., "Magnetohydrodynamic Generator Scaling Analysis for Baseload Commercial Powerplants," Journal of Energy, Vol. 7, No. 4, July-August 1983, pp. 338-344.

Pian, C.C.P., McClaine, A.W., Sadovnik, I., and Swallom, D.W., "Approximate Electrical Solution of MHD Generator with Cathode Wall Nonuniformities," Proceedings of the 21st Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, June 27-29, 1983, pp. 4.8.1-4.8.12.

Sadovnik, I., Pian, C.C.P., and McClaine, A.W., "Effects of Cathode Shorting on Internal MHD Electrical Characteristics," Proceedings of the 21st Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, June 27-29, 1983, pp. 4.9.1-4.9.7.

Demirjian, A.M. and Pian, C.C.P., "Performance of MHD Generators with Electrical Current Control," Journal of Energy, Vol. 6, No. 4, July-August 1982, pp. 261-265.

Hals, F., Pian, C.C.P., Westra, L., Bozzuto, C., and Clark, J., "Results from Study of Potential Early Commercial MHD Power Plants, Third and Final Phase: Parametric Variation of Plant Size," Proceedings of the 20th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Univ. of Calif. at Irvine, Irvine, CA, June 14-16, 1982, pp. 1.1.1-1.1.9.

Massee, P., Merck, W.F.H., Pian, C.C.P., Krause, J.C., et al., "Gasdynamic Performance in Relation to the Power Extraction of the Eindhoven MHD Blow-Down Facility," Proceedings of the 20th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Univ. of Calif. at Irvine, Irvine, CA, June 14-16, 1982, pp. 7.4.1-7.4.9.

Pian, C.C.P., Kessler, R., and Solbes, A., "Preliminary Results of Analytical Modeling of Subsonic MHD Diffusers," Paper 81-0177, AIAA 19th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 12-15, 1981, St. Louis, MO.

Pian, C.C.P., Seikel, G.R., and Smith, J.M., "Performance Optimization of an MHD Generator with Physical Constraints," Proceedings of the 14th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1979, Vol. 2, pp. 1939-1944. Also, NASA TM-79172, DOE/NASA/2674-79/5.

Pian, C.C.P., Staiger, P.J., and Seikel, G.R., "MHD Performance Calculations with Oxygen Enrichment," Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on the Engineering Aspects of MHD, Butte, MT, June 18-20, 1979, Paper G.2.1. Also, NASA TM-79140, DOE/NASA/2674-79/4.

Seikel, G.R., Staiger, P.J., and Pian, C.C.P., "Evaluation of the ECAS Open Cycle MHD Power Plant Design," CECON-79: Electronics in the Energeneration, IEEE 79CH1395-3 REG 2, 1979, pp. 48-54. Also, NASA TM-79012, DOE/NASA/2674-78-2, November 1978.

Greywall, M.S. and Pian, C.C.P., "Velocity, Temperature and Electrical Conductivity Profiles in Hydrogen-Oxygen MHD Duct Flows," Fluids Engineering in Advanced Energy Systems; Proceedings of the Winter Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10-15, 1978, ASME, New York, 1978, pp. 111-120. Also, NASA TM-78968.

Pian, C.C.P. and Smith, J.M., "Velocity and Temperature Distributions of Coal-Slag Layers on Magnetohydrodynamic Generator Walls," NASA TN D-8396, January 1977.

Pian, C.C.P. and Merck, W.F.H., "Boundary-Layer Separation from the Electrode Wall of an MHD Generator," AIAA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 11, November 1976, pp. 1585-1588.

Ong, R.S.B. and Pian, C.C.P., "Collisional Conversion of Low Frequency Ion-Acoustic Wave to Neutral Sound Wave in the Ionosphere Diffuse Layer," Technical Report 010757, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, May 1974.

Pian, C.C.P. and Ong, R.S.B., "Conversion of Ion-Acoustic Wave by Collision to Neutral Sound Wave in a Nonhomogeneous Plasma," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, October 1973, Series II, Vol. 18, No. 10, p. 1289.