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Fathollah Pourfayaz

Fathollah Pourfayaz

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
58
Citations
10518
World Ranking
2545
National Ranking
36

Overview

Fathollah Pourfayaz is affiliated with the University of Tehran in Iran and has an extensive publication record primarily within the fields of engineering and energy. Their research spans a variety of interdisciplinary topics focused on the optimization and analysis of energy systems, with particular attention to renewable and hybrid technologies.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Energy

They also contribute to numerous subfields of study such as:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Key topics covered in their work reflect a strong focus on energy systems and thermodynamics, including:

  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Several recent publications illustrate the scientific interests and expertise of Fathollah Pourfayaz, including:

  • "Optimal sizing and location based on economic parameters for an off-grid application of a hybrid system with photovoltaic, battery and diesel technology" (2020, Energy)
  • "Low global warming potential (GWP) working fluids (WFs) for Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) applications" (2022, Energy Reports)
  • "Harmony search optimization for optimum sizing of hybrid solar schemes based on battery storage unit" (2020, Energy Reports)
  • "An artificial intelligence approach to optimization of an off-grid hybrid wind/hydrogen system" (2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy)
  • "Energy and exergy analyses of solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine hybrid systems fed by different renewable biofuels: A comparative study" (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)

Fathollah Pourfayaz collaborates frequently with a core group of coauthors, which includes:

  • Mehdi Mehrpooya (26 collaborations)
  • Alibakhsh Kasaeian (17 collaborations)
  • Akbar Maleki (14 collaborations)
  • Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi (9 collaborations)
  • Ali Gholami (8 collaborations)

The scientist publishes regularly in notable venues for energy and engineering research. Among their frequent publication venues are:

  • Energy Reports (7 publications)
  • Renewable Energy (7 publications)
  • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (7 publications)
  • Energy Science & Engineering (7 publications)
  • Energy (5 publications)

Overall, their work represents a comprehensive engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of energy systems, ranging from optimization methods and artificial intelligence applications to assessments of environmental impacts through thermodynamic analyses.

Best Publications

  • Thermoelectric cooler and thermoelectric generator devices: A review of present and potential applications, modeling and materials

    Seyed Mohsen Pourkiaei;Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi;Milad Sadeghzadeh;Soroush Moosavi

  • Numerical investigation on using of nanofluid in a water-cooled photovoltaic thermal system

    Y. Khanjari;F. Pourfayaz;A.B. Kasaeian

  • Optimal sizing of autonomous hybrid photovoltaic/wind/battery power system with LPSP technology by using evolutionary algorithms

    Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Experimental studies on the applications of PCMs and nano-PCMs in buildings: A critical review

    Alibakhsh Kasaeian;Leyli bahrami;Fathollah Pourfayaz;Erfan Khodabandeh

  • Low global warming potential (GWP) working fluids (WFs) for Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) applications

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  • Design of a cost-effective wind/photovoltaic/hydrogen energy system for supplying a desalination unit by a heuristic approach

    Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz;Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi

  • Optimal sizing and location based on economic parameters for an off-grid application of a hybrid system with photovoltaic, battery and diesel technology

    Wei Cai;Xing Li;Xing Li;Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Renewable energy harvesting with the application of nanotechnology: A review

    Mohammad H. Ahmadi;Mahyar Ghazvini;Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari;Mohammad Ali Ahmadi

  • Sizing of stand-alone photovoltaic/wind/diesel system with battery and fuel cell storage devices by harmony search algorithm

    Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Thermodynamic analysis of a combined gas turbine, ORC cycle and absorption refrigeration for a CCHP system

    Amin Mohammadi;Alibakhsh Kasaeian;Fathollah Pourfayaz;Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi

  • Fast and clean functionalization of carbon nanotubes by dielectric barrier discharge plasma in air compared to acid treatment

    Masoud Vesali Naseh;Abbas Ali Khodadadi;Yadollah Mortazavi;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Thermal models for analysis of performance of Stirling engine: A review

    Mohammad H. Ahmadi;Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Optimal design of stand-alone reverse osmosis desalination driven by a photovoltaic and diesel generator hybrid system

    Baojia Wu;Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz;Marc A. Rosen

  • CeO2 doped SnO2 sensor selective to ethanol in presence of CO, LPG and CH4

    F. Pourfayaz;A. Khodadadi;Y. Mortazavi;S.S. Mohajerzadeh

  • Stand-alone hybrid energy systems for remote area power generation

    Armin Razmjoo;Reza Shirmohammadi;Afshin Davarpanah;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Exergoeconomic analysis and multi objective optimization of performance of a Carbon dioxide power cycle driven by geothermal energy with liquefied natural gas as its heat sink

    Mohammad H. Ahmadi;Mehdi Mehrpooya;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Introducing an integrated chemical looping hydrogen production, inherent carbon capture and solid oxide fuel cell biomass fueled power plant process configuration

    Mahsa Aghaie;Mehdi Mehrpooya;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Evaluating the environmental parameters affecting the performance of photovoltaic thermal system using nanofluid

    Y. Khanjari;A.B. Kasaeian;F. Pourfayaz

  • Optimization of a grid-connected hybrid solar-wind-hydrogen CHP system for residential applications by efficient metaheuristic approaches

    Akbar Maleki;Hamed Hafeznia;Marc A. Rosen;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Thermodynamic analysis and multi objective optimization of performance of solar dish Stirling engine by the centrality of entransy and entropy generation

    Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi;Mohammad Ali Ahmadi;Adel Mellit;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Harmony search optimization for optimum sizing of hybrid solar schemes based on battery storage unit

    Akbar Maleki;Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • A novel framework for optimal design of hybrid renewable energy-based autonomous energy systems: A case study for Namin, Iran

    Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz;Marc A. Rosen

  • Thermodynamic and exergy analysis and optimization of a transcritical CO2 power cycle driven by geothermal energy with liquefied natural gas as its heat sink

    Mohammad H. Ahmadi;Mehdi Mehrpooya;Fathollah Pourfayaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Shahrood University of Technology
Alibakhsh Kasaeian
Alibakhsh Kasaeian University of Tehran
Akbar Maleki
Akbar Maleki Shahrood University of Technology
Mehdi Mehrpooya
Mehdi Mehrpooya University of Tehran
Abbas Ali Khodadadi
Abbas Ali Khodadadi University of Tehran
Yadollah Mortazavi
Yadollah Mortazavi University of Tehran
Michel Feidt
Michel Feidt University of Lorraine
Mohammad Ali Ahmadi
Mohammad Ali Ahmadi University of Calgary
Marc A. Rosen
Marc A. Rosen University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Tingzhen Ming
Tingzhen Ming Wuhan University of Technology

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