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Table of Contents
1. Introduction2. Horizontal Double-Pipe Heat Storage System Enhanced by Fins Addition
3. Horizontal Double-Pipe Heat Storage System Enhanced by Nanoparticles, Fins, Geometry Modification, and Porous Media
4. Vertical Double-Pipe Heat Storage Systems Enhanced by Fins Addition
5. Vertical Double-Pipe Heat Storage Systems Enhanced by Geometry Modification, Porous Medium, and Nanoparticles
6. Horizontal Triple-Pipe Heat Storage System Enhanced by Fins Addition
7. Horizontal Triple-Pipe Heat Storage System Enhanced by Geometry Modifications and Nanoparticles
8. Vertical Triple-Pipe Heat Storage System Enhanced by Fins Addition
9. Vertical Triple-Pipe Heat Storage System: Effect of Geometry Modification, Porous Medium, and Nanoparticles
10. Shell-and-multi tube heat storage systems: Effect of geometry modifications, fins addition and porous media implementation
Authors
Pouyan Talebizadehsardari Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK.Pouyan Talebizadehsardari is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. He earned his B.Sc. (2008), M.Sc. (2011), and Ph.D. (2016) in Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on a wide range of topics, including thermal energy storage, thermal management of batteries and electric motors, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), phase change materials, two-phase flow, particle deposition and dispersion, turbulent flows, heat and mass transfer, and pollution control.
To date, Dr. Talebizadehsardari has published over 180 ISI-indexed journal articles and has contributed to more than 15 industrial projects. He has been recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in the 2020-2021 and 2023-2024 global rankings. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Heat Transfer Engineering (Taylor & Francis).
Khashayar Hosseinzadeh Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar?, Iran.Khashayar Hosseinzadeh is Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar? and researcher in the field of Mechanical Engineering-Energy Conversion, holding a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Sharif University of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Energy Conversion from Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran. Dr. Hosseinzadeh's expertise spans a wide range of topics within the realm of mechanical engineering and energy conversion. His primary research interests include Energy Storage Systems, Phase Change Materials, Photovoltaic Thermal Hybrid Solar Collectors, Energy Management, Mini Channel Heat Sinks, Micro Mixers, Heat Exchangers, Multi-phase Flow, Thermosyphon, Nanofluids, Non-Newtonian Fluids, Porous Media, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning), Analytical Methods, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Dr. Hosseinzadeh has received significant recognition for his contributions to the field, being acknowledged as one of the World's Top 1% Scientists by both the Web of Science (WOS) and Essential Science Indicators (ESI) in 2022 and 2023. Additionally, he has been consistently recognized in the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. He is the author of the book FlexPDE and Finite Element Method Applications in Thermal Energy Storage and Cavities.
Mehdi Mahboobtosi Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Conversion, Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran. Mehdi Mahboobtosi is a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Conversion, at Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol. He was among the top students in his studies. He is the author of more than 21 scientific articles and one book. He is the author of the book FlexPDE and Finite Element Method Applications in Thermal Energy Storage and Cavities. He is a researcher in energy conversion mechanical engineering. His research interests include phase change materials, energy storage systems, Machine Learning, Python, nanofluids, hydrogen liquefaction, energy management, heat exchangers, nonlinear methods in solving engineering problems.
