Mohsen Sheikholeslami (editor) - Nanotechnology Applications for Solar Energy Systems

Edited by

Mohsen Sheikholeslami

Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Babol, Iran

This edition first published 2023

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Names: Sheikholeslami, Mohsen, 1988- editor.

Title: Nanotechnology applications for solar energy systems / Mohsen Sheikholeslami.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022057656 (print) | LCCN 2022057657 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119791140 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119791201 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119791188 (epub) | ISBN 9781119791232 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Solar energy--Technological innovations. | Nanotechnology.

Classification: LCC TJ810 .N329 2023 (print) | LCC TJ810 (ebook) | DDC 621.47--dc23/eng/20230111

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11. CHAPTER 15

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Mohsen Sheikholeslami

Head of Renewable Energy Systems and Nanofluid Applications in Heat Transfer Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran.

Dr. Mohsen Sheikholeslami works at the Babol Noshirvani University of Technologys Department of Mechanical Engineering in Iran. His research interests fall into the fields of Energy, especially in solar system applications. As the Head of Renewable Energy Systems and Nanofluid Applications in the Heat Transfer Laboratory, he has mainly worked in the area of renewable energy and environmental sustainability. The main topics include the methods for improving the functionality of solar thermal systems, proposing innovative factors for enhancing the thermal and electrical efficiency of PVT systems, reducing the temperature of PV cells, utilizing concentrating systems such as LFR and parabolic reflectors integrated with PV systems, employment of PCMs within thermosyphon evacuated tube collectors as the novel method for the system development, and inside the PVT systems for cooling purposes. Ultimately, future research can also be fixated on the utilization of concentrated heat by LFR and parabolic reflectors for the intensification of PCMs melting rate. Also, his other research interests are CFD, simulation, mesoscopic modeling, nonlinear science, magnetohydrodynamic, ferrohydrodynamic, electrohydrodynamic, and heat exchangers. According to the reports of Thomson Reuters (Clarivate Analytics), he has been selected as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Top 0.01%). Recently, he was selected as first rank in the world (20202021) (in the field of Mechanical Engineering & Transports) according to a Stanford University ranking.

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