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 Prof. Omid Mahian Xi'an Jiaotong University, China |
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| Title: Nanoparticles for efficiency enhancement of solar energy systems | |
| Abstract: Nowadays, nanofluids (an advanced kind of working fluids that are a mixture of nanoparticles and conventional fluids) have attracted the attention of researchers due to their developing applications in many fields. Nanofluids with higher thermal conductivity compared to base fluids such as water as well as higher absorption abilities are good candidates for application in solar energy systems. In this talk, an overview of nanofluid applications in solar energy systems is given. The content of the talk is as follows: - Overview of Renewable Energy - Solar Energy Status - Introduction to Nanofluids - Application of Nanofluids in conventional solar collectors - Application of Nanofluids in cooling of Photovoltaic thermal systems - Application of Nanofluids for Solar Steam Generation - Conclusion - Challenges | |
| Biography: Omid Mahian, is a full professor (National young talents) and doctoral supervisor at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Currently, he is a member of the Editorial Board of Energy(Elsevier) and Renewable Energy (Elsevier) journals, a senior associate editor of Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer) and an associate editor in J. Thermal Science (Springer). He has been a reviewer for more than and 100 international journals. In recent years, his research direction mainly includes the application of nanotechnology in renewable energy (such as nanofluids application in solar collector and solar desalination) and entropy generation and exergy analysis in energy systems. So far, he has published more than 160 SCI papers having an h-index of 45 and more than 6500 citations. He has papers in top journals including physics report with impact factor of 28 and nano energy with impact factor of 15. He has been selected as a highly cited researcher for two consecutive years (2018, 2019) by Web of Science. He has received several international awards from conferences and innovation exhibitions for his contribution in the field of heat transfer and renewable energy. | |
