Mr Mohammad Mohsen Sarafraz
HDR, School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide
- Thermal analysis of molten metals (ongoing).
- Hydrogen Production using high-temperature liquid metals (ongoing).
- Developing a solar desalinator for water purification. (ongoing)
- Supercritical water syngas production. (ongoing)
- Pressure drop and fluid flow characteristics in microfluid injection system for medical applications. (Ongoing- patent pending)
- Thermal analysis of a flat heat pipe working with nanofluid for high heat flux removal capacity. (ongoing)
- A tubular boiler for particulate flows and emulsions. (ongoing)
- Pool boiling heat transfer to nanofluids. (ongoing)
- Flow boiling heat transfer of nano-suspensions. (ongoing)
- A novel high heat flux discoid heater for local vaporisation. (finished)
- Noiseless CPU cooling cycle. (ongoing)
- Synthesis of Zirconia nanoparticles for heat transfer applications. (finished)
- Synthesis of Silver nanoparticles for antibacterial applications. (ongoing)
- CHF and wettability study in flow and pool boiling regimes. (ongoing)
- Designing a novel heatsink for cooling the high heat flux chipsets. (ongoing)
- Fouling Studies in microchannels and miniature heat exchangers. (ongoing)
- Single-phase and two-phase convective flows in an annuli cooler. (finished)
- Fabrication of a gravity-assisted thermosyphon heat pipe for cooling applications. (finished)
- Experimental investigation on the fouling formation of microfluidics and nanofluids in wick structures. (ongoing)
- Developing a numerical model for fluid flow in a micro-mixer. (Ongoing- patent pending)
- Low vibration fouling mitigation in energy systems. (ongoing)
- Stability analysis of nanofluids using pre and post treatments. (finished)
Appointments
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2015 | Research Assistant | Semnan University, Semnān |
| 2011 - 2013 | R&D scientific supporter | Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Tehran |
Awards and Achievements
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - 2018 | Adelaide International Scholarship | The University of Adelaide | ||
| 2014 | Incentive scheme, Iran nanotechnology organization | Iran Nanotechnology organization |
Language Competencies
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| Arabic | Can read and understand spoken |
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Persian | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
Education
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - 2018 | University of Adelaide, Adelaide | Australia | Ph. D. |
Keywords
Chemical Characterisation of Materials, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Thermodynamics and Energetics, Computational Heat Transfer, Functional Materials, Heat and Mass Transfer Operations, Mechanical Engineering, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells, Synthesis of Materials
Journals
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Sarafraz,M, Jafarian,M, Arjomandi,M, Nathan,G, 2017, The relative performance of alternative oxygen carriers for liquid chemical looping combustion and gasification, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.05.116 |
| 2017 | Sarafraz,M, Nikkhah,V, Nakhjavani,M, Arya,A, 2017, Fouling formation and thermal performance of aqueous carbon nanotube nanofluid in a heat sink with rectangular parallel microchannel, Applied Thermal Engineering, 123, 29-39 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.05.056 |
| 2017 | Sarafraz,M, Nikkhah,V, Madani,S, Jafarian,M, Hormozi,F, 2017, Low-frequency vibration for fouling mitigation and intensification of thermal performance of a plate heat exchanger working with CuO/water nanofluid, Applied Thermal Engineering, 121, 388-399 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.04.083 |
| 2017 | Nakhjavani,M, Nikkhah,V, Sarafraz,M, Shoja,S, Sarafraz,M, 2017, Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using green tea leaves: Experimental study on the morphological, rheological and antibacterial behaviour, Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung, 1-9 10.1007/s00231-017-2065-9 |
| 2017 | Sarafraz,M, Jafarian,M, Arjomandi,M, Nathan,G, 2017, Potential use of liquid metal oxides for chemical looping gasification: a thermodynamic assessment, Applied Energy, 195, 702-712 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.106 |
| 2017 | Sarafraz,M, Arya,A, Hormozi,F, Nikkhah,V, 2017, On the convective thermal performance of a CPU cooler working with liquid gallium and CuO/water nanofluid: a comparative study, Applied Thermal Engineering, 112, 1373-1381 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.10.196 |
| 2017 | Salari,E, Peyghambarzadeh,S, Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Nikkhah,V, 2017, Thermal behavior of aqueous iron oxide nano-fluid as a coolant on a flat disc heater under the pool boiling condition, Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung, 53, 1, 265-275 10.1007/s00231-016-1823-4 |
| 2016 | Sarafraz,M, Arya,A, Nikkhah,V, Hormozi,F, 2016, Thermal performance and viscosity of biologically produced silver/coconut oil nanofluids, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 30, 4, 489-500 10.15255/CABEQ.2015.2203 |
| 2016 | Sarafraz,MM, Hormozi,F, 2016, Comparatively experimental study on the boiling thermal performance of metal oxide and multi-walled carbon nanotube nanofluids, Powder Technology, 287, 412-430 10.1016/j.powtec.2015.10.022 |
| 2016 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2016, Experimental investigation on the pool boiling heat transfer to aqueous multi-walled carbon nanotube nanofluids on the micro-finned surfaces, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 100, 255-266 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2015.10.006 |
| 2016 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2016, Heat transfer, pressure drop and fouling studies of multi-walled carbon nanotube nano-fluids inside a plate heat exchanger, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 72, 1-11 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2015.11.004 |
| 2016 | Sarafraz,M, Kiani,T, Hormozi,F, 2016, Critical heat flux and pool boiling heat transfer analysis of synthesized zirconia aqueous nano-fluids, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 70, 75-83 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2015.12.008 |
| 2016 | Kamalgharibi,M, Hormozi,F, Zamzamian,S, Sarafraz,M, 2016, Experimental studies on the stability of CuO nanoparticles dispersed in different base fluids: influence of stirring, sonication and surface active agents, Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung, 52, 1, 55-62 10.1007/s00231-015-1618-z |
| 2016 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Peyghambarzadeh,S, 2016, Pool boiling heat transfer to aqueous alumina nano-fluids on the plain and concentric circular micro-structured (CCM) surfaces, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 72, 125-139 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2015.11.001 |
| 2016 | Salari,E, Peyghambarzadeh,S, Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2016, Boiling thermal performance of TiO2 aqueous nanofluids as a coolant on a disc copper block, Periodica Polytechnica: Chemical Engineering, 60, 2, 106-122 |
| 2016 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Silakhori,M, Peyghambarzadeh,S, 2016, On the fouling formation of functionalized and non-functionalized carbon nanotube nano-fluids under pool boiling condition, Applied Thermal Engineering, 95, 433-444 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.11.071 |
| 2016 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Nikkhah,V, 2016, Thermal performance of a counter-current double pipe heat exchanger working with COOH-CNT/water nanofluids, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 78, 41-49 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2016.05.014 |
| 2016 | Salari,E, Peyghambarzadeh,M, Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2016, Boiling heat transfer of alumina nano-fluids: Role of nanoparticle deposition on the boiling heat transfer coefficient, Periodica Polytechnica: Chemical Engineering, 60, 4, 252-258 10.3311/PPch.9324 |
| 2015 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Peyghambarzadeh,S, 2015, Role of nanofluid fouling on thermal performance of a thermosyphon: Are nanofluids reliable working fluid?, Applied Thermal Engineering, 82, 212-224 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.02.070 |
| 2015 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2015, Pool boiling heat transfer to dilute copper oxide aqueous nanofluids, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 90, 224-237 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2014.12.014 |
| 2015 | Nikkhah,V, Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2015, Application of spherical copper oxide (II) water nano-fluid as a potential coolant in a boiling annular heat exchanger, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 29, 3, 405-415 10.15255/CABEQ.2014.2069 |
| 2015 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2015, Intensification of forced convection heat transfer using biological nanofluid in a double-pipe heat exchanger, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 66, 279-289 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2015.03.028 |
| 2015 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2015, Eratum: Experimental studies on the effect of water contaminants in convective boiling heat transfer (Ain Shams Engineering Journal (2014) 5:2 (553-568)), Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 6, 2, 723- 10.1016/j.asej.2015.05.001 |
| 2015 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Peyghambarzadeh,S, Vaeli,N, 2015, Upward flow boiling to DI-water and Cuo nanofluids inside the concentric annuli, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 8, 4, 651-659 10.18869/acadpub.jafm.67.223.19404 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Peyghambarzadeh,S, 2014, Thermal performance and efficiency of a thermosyphon heat pipe working with a biologically ecofriendly nanofluid, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 57, 297-303 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.08.020 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Kamalgharibi,M, 2014, Sedimentation and convective boiling heat transfer of CuO-water/ethylene glycol nanofluids, Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung, 50, 9, 1237-1249 10.1007/s00231-014-1336-y |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2014, Qualitative investigation of the convective boiling heat transfer of dilute Al2O3-water/glycerol solution inside the vertical annuli, BULGARIAN CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 46, 3, 645-651 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2014, Application of thermodynamic models to estimating the convective flow boiling heat transfer coefficient of mixtures, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 53, 70-85 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.11.004 |
| 2014 | Nikkhah,V, Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Peyghambarzadeh,S, 2014, Particulate fouling of CuO-water nanofluid at isothermal diffusive condition inside the conventional heat exchanger-experimental and modeling, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 60, 83-95 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.08.009 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,MM, Hormozi,F, 2014, Experimental studies on the effect of water contaminants in convective boiling heat transfer, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 5, 2, 553-568 10.1016/j.asej.2013.11.006 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,MM, Hormozi,F, 2014, Scale formation and subcooled flow boiling heat transfer of CuO-water nanofluid inside the vertical annulus, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 52, 205-214 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.09.012 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2014, Nucleate pool boiling heat transfer characteristics of dilute Al₂O₃-ethyleneglycol nanofluids, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 58, 96-104 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.08.028 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2014, Forced convective and nucleate flow boiling heat transfer to alumina nanofluids, Periodica Polytechnica: Chemical Engineering, 58, 1, 37-46 10.3311/PPch.2206 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, Peyghambarzadeh,S, Salari,E, 2014, Experimental study on the influence of SO2 gas injection to pure liquids on pool boiling heat transfer coefficients, Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung, 50, 6, 747-757 10.1007/s00231-013-1278-9 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,MM, Hormozi,F, 2014, Experimental study on the thermal performance and efficiency of a copper made thermosyphon heat pipe charged with alumina-glycol based nanofluids, Powder Technology, 266, 378-387 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.06.053 |
| 2014 | Sarafraz,M, Hormozi,F, 2014, Convective boiling and particulate fouling of stabilized CuO-ethylene glycol nanofluids inside the annular heat exchanger, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 53, 116-123 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.02.019 |
| 2013 | Sarafraz,MM, Peyghambarzadeh,SM, Alavi Fazel,SA, Vaeli,N, 2013, Nucleate pool boiling heat transfer of binary nano mixtures under atmospheric pressure around a smooth horizontal cylinder, Periodica Polytechnica: Chemical Engineering, 57, 1-2, 71-77 10.3311/PPch.2173 |
| 2013 | Sarafraz,M, 2013, Experimental investigation on pool boiling heat transfer to formic acid, propanol and 2-butanol pure liquids under the atmospheric pressure, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 6, 1, 73-79 |
| 2013 | Sarafraz,MM, Peyghambarzadeh,SM, 2013, Experimental study on subcooled flow boiling heat transfer to water-diethylene glycol mixtures as a coolant inside a vertical annulus, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 50, 154-162 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.06.003 |
| 2013 | Peyghambarzadeh,SM, Sarafraz,MM, Vaeli,N, Ameri,E, Vatani,A, Jamialahmadi,M, 2013, Forced convective and subcooled flow boiling heat transfer to pure water and n-heptane in an annular heat exchanger, Annals of Nuclear Energy, 53, 401-410 10.1016/j.anucene.2012.07.037 |
| 2013 | Fazel,SAA, Sarafraz,M, Shamsabadi,AA, Peyghambarzadeh,SM, 2013, Pool boiling heat transfer in diluted water/glycerol binary solutions, Heat Transfer Engineering, 34, 10, 828-837 10.1080/01457632.2012.746157 |
| 2012 | Sarafraz,MM, 2012, Nucleate pool boiling of aqueous solution of citric acid on a smoothed horizontal cylinder, Heat and Mass Transfer: Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung, 48, 4, 611-619 10.1007/s00231-011-0910-9 |
| 2012 | Sarafraz,M, Peyghambarzadeh,S, 2012, Nucleate pool boilingheat transfer to Al2O3-water and TiO2-water nanofluids on horizontal smooth tubes with dissimilar homogeneous materials, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 26, 3, 199-206 |
| 2012 | Sarafraz,MM, Peyghambarzadeh,SM, Alavi Fazel,SA, 2012, Enhancement of the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient using the gas injection into the water, Polish Journal of Chemical Technology, 14, 4, 100-109 10.2478/v10026-012-0110-5 |
| 2012 | Sarafraz,MM, Peyghambarzadeh,SM, Alavifazel,SA, 2012, Enhancement of nucleate pool boiling heat transfer to dilute binary mixtures using endothermic chemical reactions around the smoothed horizontal cylinder, Heat and Mass Transfer, 48, 10, 1755-1765 10.1007/s00231-012-1019-5 |
| 2012 | Sarafraz,MM, Peyghambarzadeh,SM, Alavi Fazel,SA, 2012, Experimental studies on nucleate pool boiling heat transfer to ethanol/MEG/DEG ternary mixture as a new coolant, Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 18, 4, 577-586 10.2298/CICEQ111116033S |
| 2012 | Sarafraz,MM, Alavi Fazel,SA, Hasanzadeh,Y, Arabshamsabadi,A, Bahram,S, 2012, Development of a new correlation for estimating pool boiling heat transfer coefficient of MEG/DEG/water ternary mixture, Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 18, 1, 11-18 10.2298/CICEQ110625041S |
| 2012 | Sarafraz,MM, Peyghambarzadeh,SM, Vaeli,N, 2012, Subcooled flow boiling heat transfer of ethanol aqueous solutions in vertical annulus space, Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 18, 2, 315-327 10.2298/CICEQ111020008S |
| 2012 | Sarafraz,MM, Peyghambarzadeh,SM, 2012, Influence of thermodynamic models on the prediction of pool boiling heat transfer coefficient of dilute binary mixtures, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 39, 8, 1303-1310 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.06.020 |
| 2011 | Alavi Fazel,S, Arabi Shamsabadi,A, Sarafraz,M, Peyghambarzadeh,S, 2011, Artificial boiling heat transfer in the free convection to carbonic acid solution, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 35, 4, 645-652 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2010.12.014 |
| 2011 | Sarafraz,M, Peyghambarzadeh,S, Marahel,A, 2011, Mathematical modeling of air duct heater using the finite difference method, Polish Journal of Chemical Technology, 13, 4, 47-52 10.2478/v10026-011-0048-z |
Iran Nano Organization Fund, supported by Ministry of Science and Technology.
Semnan University Research Support.
Adelaide Scholarship International Research Fund.
Thermodynamics I and II.
Unit operation.
Advanced Heat Transfer.
Mass transfer.
Analytical mathematics.
Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering..
1. Project 2255: Development of Solar desalination system
Amirul Aiman Rosli, Wan Abdul Rahim Putera Abdul Malak , Muhammad Nabil MD Yasin , Nur Syarina Natasya Hassan , Siti Sarah Ahmad
2. Project ID 199207: Thermal performance and boiling heat transfer to alumina nanofluids
Elham Salari, S. M. Peyghambarzadeh
3. Project ID#1221 Flow boiling heat transfer of aqueous n-heptane mixtures.
N. Vaeli, E. Ameri, S. M. Peyghambarzadeh, A. Vatani
4. Project ID# 017 Low-frequency vibration for fouling mitigation
V. Nikkhah, F. Hormozi
5. Project ID#043 Antibacterial and rheology behaviour of synthesised silver-water nanofluid
M. Nakhjavani, S. Shoja, Marzieh Sarafraz
6. Project ID#8 Solar supercritical syngas production
7. Project ID#13950311 Fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of a flat plate heat exchanger
V. Nikkhah, A. Arya, M. Jafarian, A. Madani
8. Project ID#13950322 Liquid Gallium for microelectronics cooling
V. Nikkhah, A. Arya
9. Project ID#341 Thermal analysis of a gravity-assisted heat pipe
V. Nikkhah, A. Donyari, T. Kiani
10. Project ID#0000 Pool boiling heat transfer to ZrO2 aqueous nanofluid
T. Kiani
11. Project ID#1490 Stability analysis of micro and nano-suspensions
M. Kamalgharibi
Memberships
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Member | Engineer Australia | Australia |
Board Memberships
| Date | Role | Board name | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Advisory Board Member | Under-grades (Honors) Supervisory | University of Adelaide | Australia |
Consulting/Advisories
| Date | Institution | Department | Organisation Type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2015 | University of Semnan | School of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering | Scientific research | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| 2013 - 2015 | National Silicon production project | University of Tehran, University of Tarbiat Modarres, University of Semnan | Business and professional | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| 2011 - 2013 | Vaspart Company | Isfahan University of Technology | Scientific research | Indonesia |
Position
Postgraduate Student
Phone
83134713
Fax
8313 4367
Campus
North Terrace
Building
Engineering South
Room Number
3 24c
Org Unit
School of Mechanical Engineering