Publications

Dr. Nutter’s research interests are encompassed within the broad area of thermal or energy systems. His background and recent focus has been on the improvement of HVAC&R systems and manufacturing/processing plants, with regard to operation, energy efficiency, and sustainability.  Along with many students and other co-authors, he has published the below listed technical journal articles, book chapter, conference proceedings, and trade magazine articles.

Burek, J. and Nutter, D. W., 2020. “Environmental Implications of Perishables Storage and Retailing”, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 133:110070, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110070.

Burek, J. and Nutter, D. W., 2019. “A Life Cycle Assessment-Based Multi-Objective Optimization of the Purchased, Solar, and Wind Energy for the Grocery, Perishables, and General Merchandise Multi-Facility Distribution Center Network”, Applied Energy, 235:1427-1446, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.042.

Messadi, T., Newman, W. E., Braham, A., and Nutter, D., 2018. “Cyber-Innovation in the STEM Classroom, a Mixed Reality Approach”, Creative Education, 9:2385 – 2393, https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2018.915179

Burek, J. and Nutter, D. W., 2018.  “Life Cycle Assessment of Grocery, Perishable, and General Merchandise Multi-Facility Distribution Center Networks”, Energy and Buildings, 174:388-401, doi:10.106/j.enbuild.2018.06.021.

Burek, J., Kim, D., Nutter, D., Selke, S., Auras, R., Cashman, S., Sauer, B. and Thoma, G., 2018. “Environmental Sustainability of Fluid Milk Delivery Systems in the United States”, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 22(1):180-195, doi:10.1111/jiec.12531.

Messadi, T., Newman, W., Braham, A., and Nutter, D., 2017.  “Immersive Learning for Sustainable Building Design and Construction Practices” Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 11(9):841-852, doi: 10.17265/1934-7359/2017.09.003.

Harding, A. C. and Nutter, D. W., 2016. “Measurement and verification of industrial equipment: sampling interval and data logger considerations”, Energy Engineering, 113(6):1-33. dx.doi.org/10.1080/01998595.2016.11772063.

Harding, A. C., Nutter, D. W., Liang, L., 2016. “Unit Operation Energy Intensities for a Poultry Broiler Processing Plant”, Energy Engineering, 113(1):21-52. dx.doi.org/10.1080/01998595.2016.11657081.

Algarni, S. and Nutter, D., 2016. “Impact of Dust Storms on Residential Buildings’ Energy Performance in Saudi Arabia”, 6^th International Conference on Energy Research and Development, State of Kuwait, March 14-16, pg. 250-257.

Algarni, S. and Nutter, D. W., 2015.  “Influence of Dust Accumulation on Building Roof Thermal Performance and Radiant Heat Gain in Hot-Dry Climates”, Energy and Buildings, 104:181-190, doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.07.-18.

Almutairi, K., Thoma, G., Burek, J., Algarni, S., and Nutter, D. W., 2015.  “Life cycle assessment and economic analysis of residential air conditioning in Saudi Arabia”, Energy and Buildings, 102:370-379, doi:10.1016/jenbuild.2015.06.004.

Algarni, S. and Nutter, D., 2015. “Survey of Sky Effective Temperature Models Applicable to Building Envelope Radiant Heat Transfer”, ASHRAE Transactions – Research, 121(2):351-363, paper AT-15-029.

Algarni, S. and Nutter, D., 2015. “Effect of Clouds and Dust Storms on the Sky Radiation Exchange for Buildings Located in Hot-Dry Climates”, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 21:403-412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2014.1000781.

Harding, A. C. and Nutter, D. W., 2015. “A systems approach helps Rockline Industries retrofit a compressed air system”, Compressed Air Best Practices, pp. 32-39, May.

Tomasula, P. M., Datta, N., Yee, W. C. F.,  McAloon, A. J., Nutter, D. W., Sampedro, F. and Bonnaillie, L. M., 2014. “Computer Simulation of Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Costs for Alternative Methods of Processing Fluid Milk”, Journal of Dairy Science, 97(7): 4594 – 4611, doi: 10.3168/jds.2013-7546.

Kim, D., Thoma, G., Ulrich, R., Nutter, D., and Milani, F., 2014.  Life Cycle Assessment of Cheese Manufacturing in the United States, Proceedings of the 9^th International Conference LCA of Food, San Francisco, October 8-10, pg. 634-640.

 Yi, L., Harding, A. C., and Nutter, D. W., 2014.  “Energy Assessment of a Poultry Processing Plant”, 2014 ASABE and CSBE/SCGAB Annual International Meeting, Montreal, Quebec Canada, July 13-16, paper 141893613.

 Harding, A. C. and Nutter, D. W., 2014. “Compressed air system analysis and retrofit for energy savings – an industrial case study”, IETC 2014 – Industrial Energy Technology Conference, May 20-23, New Orleans, LA, May 22-23, paper IETC13-0061.

Long, W. and Nutter, D. W., 2013.  “Distribution Map of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in a Refrigerant and Oil Mixture within a 2.5 Ton (8.8 kW) Unitary Air-Conditioner”, ASHRAE Transactions – Research, ASHRAE Transactions – Research, 119(2):12-24. ASHRAE 2013 Technical Paper Award

Kim, D., Thoma, G., Nutter, D., Milani, F., Ulrich, R., and Norris, G., 2013.  “Life Cycle Assessment of Cheese and Whey Production in the USA” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (IJLCA), 18:1019-1035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11367-013-0553-9.

Tomasula, P. M., Yee, W. C. F., McAloon, A. J., Nutter, D. W., and Bonnaillie, L. M., 2013. “Computer simulation of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and process economics of the fluid milk process” Journal of Dairy Science, 96: 3350-3368, http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2012-6215.

Nutter, D. W., Kim, D., Ulrich, R., and Thoma, G., 2013. “Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis for U.S. Fluid Milk Processing Plants: Processing, Packaging, and Distribution”, International Dairy Journal, 31: 57-64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2012.09.011.

Greg Thoma, Jennie Popp, David Shonnard, Darin Nutter, Marty Matlock, Richard Ulrich, Wayne Kellogg, Dae Soo Kim, Zara Neiderman, Nathan Kemper, Felix Adom, Cashion East, 2013.  “Regional Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Dairy Farms: A cradle to farm-gate assessment of the American dairy industry circa 2008”, International Dairy Journal, 31: 29-40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2012.09.010.

Ulrich, R., Thoma, G., Nutter, D., and Wilson, J., 2013. “Tailpipe Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tank Trucks Transporting Raw Milk from Farms to Processing Plants“, International Dairy Journal, 31: 50-56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2012.09.009.

Greg Thoma , Jennie Popp, Darin Nutter, David Shonnard, Richard Ulricha, Marty Matlocke, Dae Soo Kima, Zara Neidermane, Nathan Kemperb, Cashion Easta, Felix Adom, 2013. “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Milk Production and Consumption in the United States – A cradle to grave life cycle assessment circa 2008”, International Dairy Journal, 31: 3-14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2012.08.013.

Algarni, S. and Nutter, D., 2013.  “Geospatial Representation of the Residential Energy Use in Saudi Arabia”, Proceedings of the 2013 ASME Early Career Technical Conference (ECTC), April 4 – April 6, Tulsa, Oklahoma; http://districts.asme.org/DistrictE/E-ECTC.htm.

Guo, W. and Nutter, D., 2012. “The effects of barometric relief dampers on internal static pressure, air quality, and energy consumption for a typical large-scale retail building”, HVAC&R Research, 18(5): 1011-1029, doi:10.1080/10789669.2012.663858.

Barnes, G., Tomasula, P. M., and Nutter, D. W., 2012. “Increasing Awareness Among Fluid Milk Processors of the Economic Feasibility of Energy Efficiency Projects, and Encouraging Their Adoption Through Access to Benchmarking and Other Decision-Support Tools”, Carbon Management Technology Conference, paper CMTC-150339-PP, February, 7-9, Orlando, Florida, doi: 10.7122/150339-MS.

Milani, F., Nutter, D. W., and Thoma, G., 2011. “Environmental Impacts of Dairy Processing and Products: A Review”, Invited Paper: Journal of Cleaner Production, 94: 4243–4254, doi:10.3168/jds.2010-3955.

Nutter, D. W., Harding, A. C., and McKnight, S., 2011. “Arkansas Industrial Energy Clearinghouse – Success and Lessons Learned from Creation to Implementation”, Proceedings of the IETC2011 Thirty-third Industrial Energy Technology Conference, May 18-19, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tomasula, P. and Nutter, D., 2011. “Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Production of Fluid Milk”, Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Academic Press (book chapter), 62: 41-88, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385989-1.00002-8.

Tan, A., Nutter, D. W., and Milani, F., 2011. “GHG emissions and energy use from a multi-product dairy processing plant”, Proceedings of the 2011 ASME Early Career Technical Conference (ECTC), March 31 – April 2, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Tan, A. and Nutter, D. W., 2011. “CO2e emissions from HVAC equipment and lifetime operation for common U.S. building types”, International Journal of Energy and Environment, 2(3): 415-426.

Guo, W. and Nutter, D., 2010. “Derivation of Air Flow Characteristics for Back-Draft Dampers”, Building Simulation, 3(4): 327-330, doi:10.1007/s12273-010-0016-1.

Thoma, G., Popp, J., Nutter, D., Shonnard, D., Ulrich, R., Matlock, M., Kim, D., Neiderman, Z., Kemper, N., East, C., Kemper, N., and Adom, F., 2010. “Regional Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Milk Production Practices in the United States”, Seventh International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector, September 22-24, Bari, Italy.

Davis, J. A. and Nutter, D. W., 2010. “Occupancy Diversity Factors for Common University Building Types”, Energy and Buildings, 42(9): 1543–1551, doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.03.025.

Guo, W. and Nutter, D. W., 2010. “Setback and Setup Temperature Analysis for a Classic Double- Corridor Classroom Building”, Energy and Buildings, 42(2): 189-197, doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.08.014.

Guo, W. and Nutter, D. W., 2009. “An Experimental Study of Axial Conduction through a Thermosyphon Pipe Wall” Applied Thermal Engineering, 29(17-18): 3536-3541, doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.06.008.

Eckl, R. and Nutter, D. W., 2009. “Determining Significant Implementation Factors within the Industrial Assessment Database”, Proceedings of the 2009 ASME Early Career Technical Conference (ECTC), April 17-18, Arlington, TX.

Guo, W. and Nutter, D. W., 2009. “The Optimization of Skylight Area for a Typical Large Retail Building”, Proceedings of the 2009 Early Career Technical Conference (ECTC), April 17-18, Arlington, TX.

Cantrell, W. A. and Nutter, D. W., 2008. “Factors Affecting the Spread of a Bioterrorist Agent throughout a Building”, INQUIRY, 9: 23-26.

Keazer, J. A. and Nutter, D. W., 2006. “Understanding the Needs of Arkansas School Districts Relative to Building Use and Control, Utility Tracking, Personnel, and Facility Planning”, Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates, July 24-26, Orlando, Florida.

Nutter, D. W. and Keazer, J.A.., 2006. “Overview of a K-12 Utility Benchmark Study and Survey”, Blueprint for Efficient Public Buildings Conference, May 15, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Keazer, J. A. and Nutter, D. W., 2006. “Improving Performance of K-12 School Buildings: Phase One – Utility Benchmarking”, Proceedings of the 2006 ASME GSTC, April 6-8, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Taylor, S. B., Nutter, D. W., Davis, J. A., and Rencis, J. J., 2005. “Freshman Retention Study in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas”, Proceedings of the ASEE 2005 Midwest Section Conference, Sept. 14-16, Awarded: 1st Runner-up Best Paper.

Barcenilla, J. R., Nutter, D. W., and Couvillion, R. J., 2005. “Effective Thermal Conductivity for Single- Bore Vertical Heat Exchangers with Groundwater Flow”, ASHRAE Transactions – Research, 111(2), paper 4807.

Barcenilla, J. R., Nutter, D. W., and Couvillion, R. J., 2004. “Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical-Bore Heat Exchangers with Layered Geologies”, Proceedings of the 2004 ASME GSTC, March 25 – 27, pp. 23- 26.

Sutton, M. G., Nutter, D. W., and Couvillion, R. J. 2003. “A Ground Resistance For Vertical Bore Heat Exchangers With Groundwater Flow,” ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 125: 183-189.

Nutter, D.W., C.R. Cassady, G.D. Taylor and C.T. Wong, 2002. “Maintenance Cost Modeling for a Refrigerated Trailer Fleet”, Proceedings of the Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Seattle, WA, Jan. 28-31, pp. 68-73.

Sutton, M. G., Couvillion, R. J., Nutter, D. W., and Davis R. K. 2002. “An Algorithm for Approximating the Performance of Vertical Bore Heat Exchangers Installed in a Stratified Geological Regime,” ASHRAE Transactions – Research, 108 (2): 177-184.

Sutton, M. G., Nutter, D. W., Couvillion, R. J., and Davis, R. K. 2002. “A Comparison of Multilayer Borefield Design Algorithm (MLBDA) to Available GCHP Benchmark Data,” ASHRAE Transactions – Research, 108 (2): 82-87.

Kokhin, T., Nutter, D. W., Couvillion, R. J., Sutton, M., 2001. “Using drill cuttings as a backfill material in vertical-bore ground-coupled heat pumps,” Proceedings of the 2001 ASME GSTC, March 30 – April 1, pp. 1-4.

Brown, W., et al., 2000. “Curriculum restructure to answer critical needs in packaging for energy efficiency/renewable energy systems, wireless, and mixed-signal systems areas” Proceedings of the 50th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 21-24, 2000, pp. 1278-1284.

Fang, W. and Nutter, D. W., 1999. “Analysis of System Performance Losses due to the Reversing Valve for a Heat Pump Using Refrigerant-410a,” ASHRAE Transactions – Research, 105 (1a): 133-142.

Medina, M. A. and Nutter, D. W., 1999. “A semi-empirical modeling technique for predicting improved performance of water-cooled chillers used in building space cooling applications,” Proceedings of the ASME Conference on Renewable and Advanced Energy Systems for the 21st Century, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, April 11-15, paper # RAES99-7621.

Nutter, D. W. and O’Neal, D. L., 1999. “Modeling the transient outlet pressure and mass flow during flashing of HCFC-22 in a small non-adiabatic vessel,” Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 29: 105- 116.

Muyshondt, A., Nutter, D. W. and Gordon, M. H., 1998. “Investigation of a fin and tube surface as a contaminant sink,” Proceedings of the IAQ & Energy ’98 Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 24-27, pp. 207-211.

Figueroa, I. E., Medina, M. A., Cathey, M., and Nutter, D. W., 1998. “Modification and Validation of a Universal Thermodynamic Chiller Model Used to Evaluate the Performance of Water-cooled Centrifugal Chillers,” Proceedings of the Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates, Ft. Worth, Texas, June 1-2, pp. 57-65.

Figueroa, I. E., Medina, M. A., Cathey, M., and Nutter, D. W., 1998. “Case Studies of Predicting Improved Chiller Performance Through Thermodynamic Modeling,” Proceedings of the Twentieth National Industrial Energy Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 22-23, pp. 87-95.

Nutter, D. W. and O’Neal, D. L., 1998. “An experimental investigation of the use of an auxiliary heater to promote more vapor generation during flash boiling of HCFC-22,” Experimental Heat Transfer, 11 (1): 41-57.

Nutter, D. W. and O’Neal, D. L., 1998. “Visualization study of enhanced flash boiling of HCFC-22 with 5 mm steel and glass spheres,” ASHRAE Transactions – Research, 104 (1a): 734-742.

Roberts, T. M. and Nutter, D. W., 1997. “Experimental investigation of passive boiling enhancement within the suction-line accumulator during reverse-cycle defrost,” Proceedings of the Symposium on Heat Pump and Refrigeration System Design, Analysis and Applications, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Dallas, Texas, November 16-21, pp. 287-294.

Nutter, D. W. and O’Neal, D. L., 1997. “An experimental investigation of steel spheres as a passive enhancement technique for flash boiling of HCFC-22,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 15 (4): 336-346.

Nutter, D. W. and O’Neal, D. L., 1997. “The influence of orifice size on the mass flow during flash boiling of HCFC-22 from a small vessel,” ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 119 (3): 193-199.

Muyshondt, A., Nutter, D. W., Stewart, M. B., and Haines, K., 1997. “Experimental apparatus to study groundwater transport using dye injection visualization,” Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Annual Summer Meeting, Vancouver, BC, June 22-26, paper# FEDSM97-3218.

Stewart, M. B., Muyshondt, A., and Nutter, D. W., 1997. “Implicit finite element model of groundwater and contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated soils,” Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Annual Summer Meeting, Vancouver, BC, June 22-26, paper# FEDSM97-3490.

Nutter, D. W. and Murphy, D. R., 1997. “A boiler plant energy efficiency and load balancing survey,” Proceedings of the Nineteenth National Industrial Energy Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 23-24, pp. 148-151.

Nutter, D. W., Stewart, M. B., and Muyshondt, A., 1997. “An investigation of the effect of diffusivity in the transport and spread of contaminants in groundwater systems,” Proceedings of the ASME Eighth Annual Energy Week Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, January 28-30, pp. 95-100.

Nutter, D. W., O’Neal, D., L., and Payne, V., 1996. “Impact of the Suction Line Accumulator on the Frost/Defrost Performance of an Air Source Heat Pump with a Scroll Compressor,” ASHRAE Transactions – Research, 102 (1): 284-290.

Nutter, D. W. and O’Neal, D. L., 1996. “Shortening the defrost cycle time with active enhancement within the suction-line accumulator of an air-source heat pump,” Proceedings of the Symposium on Heat Pump and Refrigeration System Design, Analysis and Applications, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, November 17-22, pp. 59-67.

Saman, N. and Nutter, D. W., 1994. “Energy Conservation through Improved Industrial Ventilation in Small and Medium-sized Industrial Plants, “Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Industrial Energy Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 13-14, pp. 246-251.

Nutter, D. W., Britton, A. J., and Heffington, W. M., 1993. “Conserve Energy to Cut Operating Costs,” Chemical Engineering, 100 (9): 126-137.

Nutter, D. W., Britton, A. J., and Heffington, W. M., 1993. “Five Common Energy Conservation Projects in Small and Medium-sized Industrial Plants,” Proceedings of the Fifteenth National Industrial Energy Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, March 24-25, pp. 112-120.

Heffington, W. M., Athar, A., Britton, A. J., Nutter, D. W., and Stuewe, C., 1992. “LoanSTAR Energy Auditing: Update and Changes,” Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates, Dallas, Texas, May, pp. 174-177.

Heffington, W. M., Britton, A. J., Athar, A, and Nutter, D. W., 1992. “Auditing for Energy Retrofits: Results and Lessons from a Major State Program,” Solar Engineering 1992, (Proceedings of the 1992 ASME/JSES/KSES International Solar Energy Conference, Maui, Hawaii), April, Vol. 1, pp. 291-298.

Nutter, D. W., Britton, A. J., Muraya, N. K., and Heffington, W. M., 1990. “LoanSTAR Energy Conservation Audits: January 1989 – August 1990,” Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates, Fort Worth, Texas, October 9-10, pp. 35-40.