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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
54
Citations
8103
World Ranking
982
National Ranking
26

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Thermodynamics
  • Mechanics
  • Heat transfer

His scientific interests lie mostly in Thermodynamics, Nanofluid, Mechanics, Heat transfer and Shell and tube heat exchanger. His study in Phase-change material, Natural convection and Volume is carried out as part of his studies in Thermodynamics. The concepts of his Nanofluid study are interwoven with issues in Nanofluids in solar collectors, Absorption and Fluid dynamics.

His Mechanics research includes themes of Porosity, Numerical analysis and Fin. His studies in Heat transfer integrate themes in fields like Nusselt number and Parabolic trough. His Shell and tube heat exchanger research includes elements of Plate fin heat exchanger and Shell.

His most cited work include:

  • A combined experimental and computational study on the melting behavior of a medium temperature phase change storage material inside shell and tube heat exchanger (121 citations)
  • A review on optical properties and application of nanofluids in direct absorption solar collectors (DASCs) (120 citations)
  • A numerical method for PCM-based pin fin heat sinks optimization (114 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Mechanics, Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, Nanofluid and Nusselt number are his primary areas of study. Ali Akbar Ranjbar works mostly in the field of Mechanics, limiting it down to topics relating to Thermal and, in certain cases, Optics and Mass flow rate. His Heat transfer research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Thermal conduction and Streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines.

His study in Thermodynamics focuses on Heat transfer coefficient, Phase-change material, Natural convection, Heat sink and Thermal conductivity. His study in Nanofluid is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Absorption, Nanofluids in solar collectors, Volume fraction, Convective heat transfer and Fluid dynamics. His Nusselt number research integrates issues from Microchannel, Pulsating flow and Parabolic trough.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Mechanics (48.36%)
  • Heat transfer (38.52%)
  • Thermodynamics (36.89%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Injector (1.64%)
  • Mechanics (48.36%)
  • Nuclear engineering (5.74%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Injector, Mechanics, Nuclear engineering, Heat sink and Phase-change material. His Injector study is concerned with Mechanical engineering in general. Mechanics is frequently linked to Fin in his study.

Ali Akbar Ranjbar interconnects Electrolyte and Flow in the investigation of issues within Nuclear engineering. His Heat sink research incorporates elements of Thermoelectric effect, Metal foam, Heat flux, Porous medium and Composite material. His Phase-change material research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Exergy, Exergy efficiency, Thermal energy storage, Heat exchanger and Thermoelectric generator.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Evaluation of heat sink performance using PCM and vapor chamber/heat pipe (4 citations)
  • Performance enhancement of a thermoelectric harvester with a PCM/metal foam composite (1 citations)
  • Analysis of water management in PEM fuel cell stack at dead-end mode using direct visualization (1 citations)

Best Publications

  • A combined experimental and computational study on the melting behavior of a medium temperature phase change storage material inside shell and tube heat exchanger

    M.J. Hosseini;A.A. Ranjbar;K. Sedighi;M. Rahimi

  • A review on optical properties and application of nanofluids in direct absorption solar collectors (DASCs)

    Tahereh B. Gorji;Ali Akbar Ranjbar

  • Fuzzy fractional order sliding mode controller for nonlinear systems

    H. Delavari;R. Ghaderi;A. Ranjbar;S. Momani

  • Phase change in multi-tube heat exchangers

    M. Esapour;M.J. Hosseini;A.A. Ranjbar;Y. Pahamli

  • A numerical method for PCM-based pin fin heat sinks optimization

    R. Pakrouh;M.J. Hosseini;A.A. Ranjbar;R. Bahrampoury

  • Experimental and numerical evaluation of longitudinally finned latent heat thermal storage systems

    M.J. Hosseini;A.A. Ranjbar;M. Rahimi;R. Bahrampoury

  • Poisoning of proton exchange membrane fuel cells by contaminants and impurities: Review of mechanisms, effects, and mitigation strategies

    B. Shabani;M. Hafttananian;Sh. Khamani;A. Ramiar

  • Thermal performance analysis of solar parabolic trough collector using nanofluid as working fluid: A CFD modelling study

    Seyed Ebrahim Ghasemi;Ali Akbar Ranjbar

  • Numerical thermal study on effect of porous rings on performance of solar parabolic trough collector

    Seyed Ebrahim Ghasemi;Ali Akbar Ranjbar

  • A numerical and experimental investigation on the performance of a low-flux direct absorption solar collector (DASC) using graphite, magnetite and silver nanofluids

    Tahereh B. Gorji;A.A. Ranjbar

  • Analysis of geometrical and operational parameters of PCM in a fin and tube heat exchanger

    M. Rahimi;A.A. Ranjbar;D.D. Ganji;K. Sedighi

  • Investigation of MHD Eyring–Powell fluid flow over a rotating disk under effect of homogeneous–heterogeneous reactions

    M. Gholinia;Kh. Hosseinzadeh;H. Mehrzadi;D.D. Ganji

  • Improvement of longitudinal fins configuration in latent heat storage systems

    M. Kazemi;M.J. Hosseini;A.A. Ranjbar;R. Bahrampoury

  • Analysis of the effect of eccentricity and operational parameters in PCM-filled single-pass shell and tube heat exchangers

    Younes Pahamli;Mohammad J. Hosseini;Ali A. Ranjbar;Rasool Bahrampoury

  • Thermal investigation of a PEM fuel cell with cooling flow field

    S.M. Rahgoshay;A.A. Ranjbar;A. Ramiar;E. Alizadeh

  • Solidification of nano-enhanced phase change material (NEPCM) in a wavy cavity

    S. Kashani;A. A. Ranjbar;M. Abdollahzadeh;S. Sebti

  • Effect of using nanofluids on efficiency of parabolic trough collectors in solar thermal electric power plants

    Seyed Ebrahim Ghasemi;Ali Akbar Ranjbar

  • Numerical heat transfer studies of a latent heat storage system containing nano-enhanced phase change material

    Ali Akbar Ranjbar;Sina Kashani;Seyed Farid Hosseinizadeh;Morteza Ghanbarpour

  • Thermal and exergy optimization of a nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collector

    Tahereh B. Gorji;A.A. Ranjbar

  • Improving PEM fuel cell performance and effective water removal by using a novel gas flow field

    M. Rahimi-Esbo;A.A. Ranjbar;A. Ramiar;E. Alizadeh

  • Mittag-Leffler Stability Theorem for Fractional Nonlinear Systems with Delay

    S. J. Sadati;D. Baleanu;A. Ranjbar;R. Ghaderi

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohammad Hosseini
Mohammad Hosseini Golestan University
Davood Domiri Ganji
Davood Domiri Ganji Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
Thabet Abdeljawad
Thabet Abdeljawad Prince Sultan University
Dumitru Baleanu
Dumitru Baleanu Lebanese American University
Shaher Momani
Shaher Momani University of Jordan
Bahman Shabani
Bahman Shabani RMIT University
Lasse Rosendahl
Lasse Rosendahl Aarhus University
Fahd Jarad
Fahd Jarad Çankaya University
Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani
Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani University of Technology Sydney
Kh. Hosseinzadeh
Kh. Hosseinzadeh University of Mazandaran

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