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Hal Gurgenci is a researcher affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their work predominantly spans the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Mechanical Engineering and related subfields such as Computational Mechanics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Aerospace Engineering, and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.

Their research topics cover a range of themes related to energy systems and thermal sciences, including:

  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
  • Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • "Potential prospects of supercritical CO2 power cycles for commercialisation: Applicability, research status, and advancement" (2022) in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Feasibility of dry cooling in supercritical CO2 power cycle in concentrated solar power application: Review and a case study" (2020) in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Novel design measures for optimizing the yearlong performance of a concentrating solar thermal power plant using thermal storage and a dry-cooled supercritical CO2 power block" (2020) in Energy Conversion and Management
  • "A comparison of three methodological approaches for meanline design of supercritical CO2 radial inflow turbines" (2020) in Energy Conversion and Management
  • "Part-load performance prediction model for supercritical CO2 radial inflow turbines" (2021) in Energy Conversion and Management

They frequently collaborate with other researchers, including:

  • Zhiqiang Guan
  • Alok K. Ray
  • Dibakar Rakshit
  • K. Ravi Kumar
  • Sangkyoung Lee

The primary publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
  • Mechanics & Industry
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Applied Thermal Engineering

Best Publications

  • Dynamic performance estimation of small-scale solar cogeneration with an organic Rankine cycle using a scroll expander

    B. Twomey;P.A. Jacobs;H. Gurgenci

  • CO2 Thermosiphon for Competitive Geothermal Power Generation

    Aleks D. Atrens;Hal Gurgenci;Victor Rudolph

  • Application of high porosity metal foams as air-cooled heat exchangers to high heat load removal systems

    Azadeh Ejlali;Arash Ejlali;Kamel Hooman;Hal Gurgenci

  • Potential prospects of supercritical CO2 power cycles for commercialisation: Applicability, research status, and advancement

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  • Numerical simulation of water spray for pre-cooling of inlet air in natural draft dry cooling towers

    Abdullah Alkhedhair;Hal Gurgenci;Ingo Jahn;Zhiqiang Guan

  • Heat transfer and entropy generation optimization of forced convection in porous-saturated ducts of rectangular cross-section

    Kamel Hooman;Hal Gurgenci;Ali A. Merrikh

  • Effects of viscous dissipation and boundary conditions on forced convection in a channel occupied by a saturated porous medium

    Kamel Hooman;H. Gurgenci

  • Windbreak walls reverse the negative effect of crosswind in short natural draft dry cooling towers into a performance enhancement

    Y. Lu;Z. Guan;H. Gurgenci;Z. Zou

  • Computational investigations of heat transfer to supercritical CO2 in a large horizontal tube

    Jianyong Wang;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Kamel Hooman

  • Metal Foam Heat Exchangers for Heat Transfer Augmentation from a Cylinder in Cross-Flow

    Mostafa Odabaee;Kamel Hooman;Halim Gurgenci

  • Crack detection in hollow section structures through coupled response measurements

    D. Liu;D. Liu;H. Gurgenci;H. Gurgenci;M. Veidt

  • Porous Medium Modeling of Air-Cooled Condensers

    K. Hooman;H. Gurgenci

  • Pre-cooling with Munters media to improve the performance of Natural Draft Dry Cooling Towers

    Suoying He;Hal Gurgenci;Zhiqiang Guan;Abdullah M. Alkhedhair

  • Feasibility of dry cooling in supercritical CO2 power cycle in concentrated solar power application: Review and a case study

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Alexander Klimenko

  • Experimental study of film media used for evaporative pre-cooling of air

    Suoying He;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Kamel Hooman

  • Experimental study of crosswind effects on the performance of small cylindrical natural draft dry cooling towers

    Yuanshen Lu;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Kamel Hooman

  • Novel design measures for optimizing the yearlong performance of a concentrating solar thermal power plant using thermal storage and a dry-cooled supercritical CO2 power block

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Alexander Klimenko

  • Comparative study on the performance of natural draft dry, pre-cooled and wet cooling towers

    Suoying He;Hal Gurgenci;Zhiqiang Guan;Kamel Hooman

  • Optimization design of solar enhanced natural draft dry cooling tower

    Zheng Zou;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci

  • A comprehensive thermal assessment of dry cooled supercritical CO2 power cycles

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Sam Duniam;Jishun Li;Zhiqiang Guan

  • Water spray for pre-cooling of inlet air for Natural Draft Dry Cooling Towers – Experimental study

    Abdullah Alkhedhair;Zhiqiang Guan;Ingo Jahn;Hal Gurgenci

  • Economic Optimization of a CO2-Based EGS Power Plant

    Aleks D. Atrens;Hal Gurgenci;Victor Rudolph

  • Solar enhanced natural draft dry cooling tower for geothermal power applications

    Zheng Zou;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Yuanshen Lu

  • The influence of windbreak wall orientation on the cooling performance of small natural draft dry cooling towers

    Yuanshen Lu;Hal Gurgenci;Zhiqiang Guan;Suoying He

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiqiang Guan
Zhiqiang Guan University of Queensland
Kamel Hooman
Kamel Hooman Delft University of Technology
Victor Rudolph
Victor Rudolph University of Queensland
Sadik Kakac
Sadik Kakac TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Peter Corke
Peter Corke Queensland University of Technology
Michael I. Friswell
Michael I. Friswell Swansea University
Tapan Kumar Saha
Tapan Kumar Saha University of Queensland
D. N. P. Murthy
D. N. P. Murthy University of Queensland
Maria E. Orlowska
Maria E. Orlowska Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

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