About Me
I am assistant professor at the thermal engineering group. My work over the past several years has built on diverse expertise and broad knowledge within the Sustainable Energy Applications and thermal enhancement technology. I finished my PhD in 2015 at University of Luxembourg. During my PhD, I have studied the thermodynamic behavior of biomass conversion. For this reason, I have developed a multi-physics and multi-scale model, able to give detailed information about the phenomena occurring in biomass conversion. In 2016, I started my research at University of Twent. My research is focused on solar thermal energy, transport phenomena and multi-scale modelings
Expertise
Engineering & Materials Science
# Heat Transfer
# Hot Temperature
# Natural Convection
# Packed Beds
Chemistry
# Heat Transfer
# Nusselt Number
# Rayleigh Number
Physics & Astronomy
# Free Convection
Organisations
Research
My research interests are:
- Solar thermal
- PVT
- Thermal energy storage
- Biomass conversion
- heat and mass transfer
- Multi-phase (solid-gas) flow
Publications
Recent
Aastha, Jorge Martinez-Garcia, Philipp Schuetz
, Mahmoudi, A.
, & Shahi, M. (2024).
Characterizing Changes in Salt Hydrates using Micro X-Ray Computed Tomography for Improved Cyclability in Thermochemical Materials. In
13th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography (iCT) 2024 (pp. 42-44)
Arya, A.
, Mahmoudi, A., Donkers, P. A. J.
, Brem, G.
, & Shahi, M. (2024).
Microstructural changes in thermochemical heat storage material over cycles: Insights from micro-X-ray computed tomography.
Renewable energy,
223, Article 120045.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120045
Yeh, C. Y., De Swart, J. K.
, Mahmoudi, A., Singh, A. K.
, Brem, G.
, & Shahi, M. (2024).
Simulation-based analysis of thermochemical heat storage feasibility in third-generation district heating systems: Case study of Enschede, Netherlands.
Renewable energy,
221, Article 119734.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119734
Kieskamp, B.
, Mahmoudi, A.
, & Shahi, M. (2024).
A novel multi-reactor system for thermochemical heat storage through detailed modeling of K2CO3 particles.
Journal of Energy Storage,
78, Article 110028.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.110028
Aastha, Beving, M.
, Mahmoudi, A.
, & Shahi, M. (2023).
Volume variation in a thermochemical material- An experimental study. In
Eurotherm Seminar #116 - Innovative solutions for thermal energy storage deployment (pp. 103-106). Universitat de Lleida.
https://doi.org/10.21001/eurotherm.seminar.116.2023
Yeh, C.-Y. (2023).
Thermochemical Energy Storage Design in Improving Peak Shaving for District Heating System. [EngD Thesis, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
Kieskamp, B.
, Mahmoudi, A.
, & Shahi, M. (2023).
Reaction kinetics of the hydration of potassium carbonate including the influence of metastability. In
Eurotherm Seminar #116: Innovative solutions for thermal energy storage deployment (pp. 27-30). Universitat de Lleida.
https://doi.org/10.21001/eurotherm.seminar.116.2023
Mahdavi, A., Farhadi, M., Gorji-Bandpy, M.
, & Mahmoudi, A. (2022).
A review of passive cooling of photovoltaic devices.
Cleaner Engineering and Technology,
11, Article 100579.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2022.100579
Sadeghi, G. (2022).
Application of a Shape-Stabilized PCM in Direct-Absorption-Storage Solar Collectors Accompanied by Constructing a Large-Scale Solar Simulator. [EngD Thesis, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
Sadeghi, G.
, Mehrali, M.
, Shahi, M.
, Brem, G.
, & Mahmoudi, A. (2022).
Experimental analysis of Shape-Stabilized PCM applied to a Direct-Absorption evacuated tube solar collector exploiting sodium acetate trihydrate and graphite.
Energy conversion and management,
269, Article 116176.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.116176
Yeh, C.-Y., Boonk, K. J. F.
, Sadeghi, G.
, Mehrali, M.
, Shahi, M.
, Brem, G.
, & Mahmoudi, A. (2022).
Experimental and numerical analysis of thermal performance of shape stabilized PCM in a solar thermal collector.
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering,
30, Article 101706.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101706
Mahdavi, A., Erfani Moghaddam, M. A.
, & Mahmoudi, A. (2021).
Simultaneous charging and discharging of multi-tube heat storage systems using copper fins and Cu nanoparticles.
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering,
27, Article 101343.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101343
Mahmoudi, A., Donkers, P. A. J., Walayat, K., Peters, B.
, & Shahi, M. (2021).
A thorough investigation of thermochemical heat storage system from particle to bed scale.
Chemical engineering science,
246, Article 116877.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2021.116877
Walayat, K., Duesmann, J., Derks, T.
, houshang Mahmoudi, A., Cuypers, R.
, & Shahi, M. (2021).
Experimental and numerical investigations for effective thermal conductivity in packed beds of thermochemical energy storage materials.
Applied thermal engineering,
193, Article 117006.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117006
Mehrali, M.
, ten Elshof, J. E.
, Shahi, M.
, & Mahmoudi, A. (2021).
Simultaneous solar-thermal energy harvesting and storage via shape stabilized salt hydrate phase change material.
Chemical Engineering Journal,
405, Article 126624.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126624
Mol, J.
, Shahi, M.
, & Mahmoudi, A. (2020).
Numerical modeling of thermal storage performance of encapsulated pcm particles in an unstructured packed bed.
Energies,
13(23), Article 6413.
https://doi.org/10.3390/en13236413
Farsani, R.
, Mahmoudi, A., & Jahangiri, M. (2020).
How a conductive baffle improves melting characteristic and heat transfer in a rectangular cavity filled with gallium.
Thermal Science and Engineering Progress,
16, Article 100453.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2019.100453
Yadollahi Farsani, R., Raisi, A.
, & Mahmoudi, A. (2019).
Successive melting and solidification of paraffin–alumina nanomaterial in a cavity as a latent heat thermal energy storage.
Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering,
41(9), Article 368.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-019-1859-8
Other Contributions
Full list of my publications can be found in:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zVQ4eX4AAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8265-677X
UT Research Information System
Google Scholar Link
Courses Academic Year 2023/2024
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Current Projects
Finished Projects
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex
(building no. 20), room N244
De Horst 2
7522LW Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex
N244
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands