Biography
Prof. Mohsen Sheikholeslami
Prof. Mohsen Sheikholeslami
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iran
Title: Improvement of performance of solar system with involving nanomaterial
Abstract: 
The best productive means for decreasing the consumption of the conventional fossil energy is by making use of the solar thermal energy that also has a probability of wide growth. Among other kinds of solar thermal energy usage, the most advanced renewable energy method that is used worldwide is SWHS. It is a known fact that the proficiency of collector is the most significant element that affects the thermal performance in the SWHS. The principal part of SHS is the solar collectors that are responsible for absorbing solar radiation and changing that to running fluid. Among the wide variety of collectors that are in the market, the most ancient and common collectors are FPSC. These types of collectors with low performance were utilized for many years without having their designs altered or going through changes to enhance their performance. Advancement in the performance of thermal collector can result in diminution of fabrication price and size. One of the innovative passive methods which is used by several researchers is Nanotechnology. Different nanomaterials can be used for solar applications and among them, Aluminum oxide has attracted the attention of researchers. Utilizing twisted tapes can generate swirls and disturb boundary layers, thus this technique is the most extensively-employed one to improve convection.
Biography: 
Dr. Mohsen Sheikholeslami works at the Babol Noshirvani University of Technology’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in Iran. He is head of Renewable energy systems and nanofluid applications in heat transfer Laboratory at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. His research interests are Renewable enenrgy, Solar collector, Nanofluid, Computaitiona fluid dynamic, Numerical simulation, Phase chnage material. His efforts would focus on the area of renewable energy and environmental sustainability. The main topics include the methods for improving the functionality of solar thermal systems, proposing innovative factors for enhancing the thermal and electrical efficiency of PVT systems, reducing the temperature of PV cells, utilizing concentrating systems such as LFR and Parabolic reflectors integrated with PV systems, employment of PCMs within thermosyphon evacuated tube collectors as the novel method for the system development, and inside the PVT systems for cooling purposes. Ultimately, future research can also be fixated on the utilization of concentrated heat by LFR and parabolic reflectors for the intensification of PCMs melting rate. According to scopus, he published 450 ISI journal papers, Citation:36998, H-index:121. Besides, various Books have been published in reputable publisher such as ELSEVIER, SPRINGER. More than 100 of them are highly cited papers. According to the reports of Clarivate Analytics, he has been selected as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Top 0.01%) in 2016, 2017, 2018 (https://clarivate.com/hcr). Moreover, he is First rank of the world in field of Mechanical Engineering & Transports based on Stanford University ranking in 2021, 2022 (https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3).