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 Prof. Mohsen Sheikholeslami Babol Noshirvani University of Technology’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iran |
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| Title: Solar collectors and nanotechnology | |
| 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 Solar collector, Nanofluid, CFD, simulation, Mesoscopic modeling, Nonlinear Science, Magnetohydrodynamic, Ferrohydrodynamic, Electrohydrodynamic and Heat exchangers. He has written several papers and books in various filed of mechanical engineering. He is first scietist who developed new numerical method (CVFEM) and he published reference book with title: " Application of Control Volume Based Finite Element Method (CVFEM) for Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer". He is also the first author of the books "Applications of Nanofluid for Heat Transfer Enhancement", "Application of semi analytical methods for nanofluid flow and heat transfer", "Hydrothermal Analysis in Engineering Using Control Volume Finite Element Method" and "External Magnetic Field Effects on Hydrothermal Treatment of Nanofluid" which are published in ELSEVIER. According to the reports of Thomson Reuters (Clarivate Analytics), he has been selected as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Top 0.01%). | |
