Amirmohammad Behzadi

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• Doctoral Researcher
• Doctoral Student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

This study introduces a novel energy conversion and management framework to reduce carbon emissions in the energy sector and expedite the global shift towards sustainable practices. The system is driven by biomass-based solid oxide fuel cells for efficient power generation. Central to this approach lies the integration of additional hydrogen inject...

Low-temperature heating (LTH) and high-temperature cooling (HTC) systems that use less energy than traditional systems are viable alternatives for dealing with rising energy demand and increasing renewable energy’s share in the global energy matrix. The present work proposes an innovative LTH-HTC system comprising photovoltaic thermal cooling panel...

As part of the transition to a sustainable future, energy-efficient buildings are needed to secure users' comfort and lower the built environment's energy footprint and associated emissions. This article presents a novel, realistic and affordable solution to minimize the footprint of smart building energy systems and enable higher renewable energy...

This article proposes a cutting-edge smart building design that contributes to sustainable development objectives by fostering clean energy, facilitating sustainable cities and communities, and promoting responsible consumption and production. The main goal is to create a clever rule-based framework that will boost the penetration of renewable ener...

The present research introduces an innovative zero-energy building complex equipped with a rule-based control approach for higher integration of renewable resources in the local energy network while bringing down energy costs. The idea centers on establishing several smart controllers to achieve a bidirectional interaction with the heating/electric...

This work presents an innovative, practical, and cost-effective solution for advancing state-of-the-art intelligent building energy systems and aiding the intended worldwide green transition with maximum renewable integration. The vanadium chloride cycle, electrolyzer unit, and Alkaline fuel cell are powered by the sun's and wind's energy to produc...

The present study proposes and thoroughly examines a novel approach for the effective hybridization of solar and wind sources based on hydrogen storage to increase grid stability and lower peak load. The parabolic trough collector, vanadium chloride thermochemical cycle, hydrogen storage tank, alkaline fuel cells, thermal energy storage, and absorp...

This article aims to support the targeted worldwide green transition process by introducing and thoroughly analyzing a low-temperature heating and high-temperature cooling, smart building system. This concept allows for greater use of renewable energy while utilizing less input energy than conventional heating and cooling techniques. The proposed s...

This paper introduces an innovative and cost-effective multi-generation plant, driven by the central receiver-based concentrated solar systems, to facilitate the desired global green-transition process. The vanadium chlorine thermochemical cycle, which uses hydrogen instead of natural gas in the combustion chamber, is used as an innovative approach...

This work proposes a novel yet practical dragonfly optimization algorithm that addresses four competing objectives simultaneously. The proposed algorithm is applied to a hybrid system driven by the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) integrated with waste heat recovery units. A function-fitting neural network is developed to combine the thermodynamic mode...

Thermal energy storage (TES) is recognized as a well-established technology added to the smart energy systems to support the immediate increase in energy demand, flatten the rapid supply-side changes, and reduce energy costs through an efficient and sustainable integration. On the utilization side, low-temperature heating (LTH) and high-temperature...

This article provides a state-of-the-art review on emerging applications of smart tools such as data analytics and smart technologies such as Internet-of-things (IoT) in case of design, management and control of energy storage systems. In particular, we have established a classification of the types and targets of various predictive analytics for e...

This forward-looking perspective article presents a status overview of solar photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) panels in net-zero energy buildings from various points of view and tries to picture the future of the technology in this framework. The article discusses the pros and cons of PVTs' state of practice, design developments, and integration possibil...

This article introduces an innovative off-grid biomass/solar-based building cooling/power system equipped with concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) panels, a specific biomass heater design, an absorption chiller, and thermal energy storage tanks. The hourly variation of performance, economic, and environmental metrics is evaluated to investigat...

The present work introduces an innovative yet feasible heating system consisting of a ground source heat pump, borehole thermal energy storage, an auxiliary heater, radiators, and ventilation coils. The concept is developed by designing a new piping configuration monitored by a smart control system to reduce the return flow temperature and increase...

This study introduced an innovative yet feasible and cost-effective solution to make a big step forward in the state-of-art of smart energy buildings and obtain a real meaning of net-zero energy building. In this study, the main cornerstones of the developed solution combined the following technologies: the use of novel trigeneration solar collecto...

This article presents an innovative combined heat and power system comprising a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), a heat recovery unit, and a lithium bromide absorption power cycle (APC). The energy, exergy, economic, and environmental perspectives of the proposed system are compared against the same configuration using an organic Rankine cycle (ORC),...

A critical challenge of some district heating systems is too low summer demand, which results in a too low temperature at the consumption points. To prevent this large temperature drop along the path, the heat production plants have to oversupply hot water to the pipeline, which is itself problematic techno-economically. One more challenge of summe...

In the present study, a novel design of large-scale biomass-based heat-driven building cooling system is proposed and investigated for different regions of India. The study is enriched by a thorough benchmarking analysis of various scenarios (24 scenarios in total) for assessing the influence of different types of biomass, various configurations of...

In the present work, a novel hybrid solar-based smart building energy system is introduced and studied. The system comprises innovative photovoltaic-thermal-cooling (PVTC) panels integrated with hot and cold storages with two-way interaction with electricity, heat, and cooling networks (if any). The proposed system is compared with PV-based systems...

In the present study, innovative energy efficiency enhancement methods and cleaner production in conventional waste-fired CHP plants are presented. This includes the medium- and low-grade solar thermal systems and flue gas condensation for feedwater heating in different arrangements. The article presents a thorough thermodynamic, economic, and envi...

This work proposes a novel hybrid renewable-based cold production system consisting of an innovative yet simple design of evacuated solar collectors integrated with a biomass heater, thermal storage tanks, and an absorption machine. The optimal design, sizing of the components, and operating conditions of the hybrid system are investigated via thor...

In the present study, a comparative optimization analysis of a hydrogen-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell integrated with an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) using twenty different zeotropic mixtures is accomplished. Accordingly, considering the mixture type as a qualitative decision variable, a novel method of integer single/multi-objectiv...

This article presents a novel solution to enhance the performance and cost-effectiveness of a biomassbased proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. It investigates the proposed configuration from energy, exergy, economic, and environmental aspects. The idea is conducted by the integration of the proposed system with a gasifier, a multi-effect desa...

In this study, a novel design of ‘smart building energy systems’ is proposed. In the proposed system, solar photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) panels are integrated with a heat storage tank to supply a significant portion of the building’s heat and electricity demands. The system does not have any battery making it considerably cheaper and may have a two-w...

In this paper, a novel integrated system is proposed to improve the performance of a conventional low-grade geothermal-based organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The main idea is to utilize two TEG units to recover the waste heat of the condenser and geothermal brine. The proposed model is investigated and compared with simple ORC from the energy, exergy,...

In this study, a biomass-based solid oxide fuel cell integrated with a gas turbine, a reverse osmosis desalination unit, and double-effect absorption chiller is proposed for power generation, cooling and fresh water production. Accordingly, environmental contamination of the proposed system is mitigated by capturing and recycling emitted CO 2 into...

In this research paper, a novel solar-based integrated energy system with a thermoelectric generator (TEG) is proposed to provide cooling and hydrogen production. The energy integration is performed by establishing a TEG unit instead of the condenser of the double effect LiBr-H2O absorption cooling system. The proposed system is comprehensively inv...

A novel solar-based combined system which is consisting of a concentrated PV, a double effect LiBr-H2O absorption chiller, and a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) is proposed for hydrogen production. A portion of the received energy is recovered to run a double effect absorption chiller and the rest is turned into electricity, being consumed in the PE...

In this study, a novel configuration consisting of a biomass-based anode/cathode recycling solid oxide fuel cell integrated with a gas turbine and solid oxide electrolyzer cell is proposed for power and hydrogen production. The new configuration is modeled using Air, O 2-enriched air, O 2 and CO 2 as the gasification agents. Accordingly, the waste...

In this study, an integrated renewable energy system is proposed by integrating Tehran's waste-to-energy plant with a solar chimney power plant. The integration is performed by exploiting warm air of the condensers cooling air for injecting under the turbine of solar chimney power plant. The proposed system is analyzed from energy, exergy, exergoec...

The Waste-to-Energy technology through gasification, pyrolysis, combustion, and digestion has recently turned into an unavoidable alternative for the municipalities in various parts of the World. Besides a considerable reduction in the waste volume, it can generate steam and electricity. In the present work, two techniques (ga-sification and digest...

The aim of this study is to increase the power generation/exergy efficiency and reduce total product cost/ environmental contamination of solid oxide fuel cells. Accordingly, three integrated systems are proposed and analyzed from energy, exergy, exergoeconomic, and environmental viewpoints through the parametric study. The first model assesses the...

In the present paper, a novel method is proposed to enhance the power production and resolve the inconsistent electricity generation of solar chimney power plants (SCPPs) during nighttime. For this purpose, an integrated renewable cycle is proposed by incorporating two technologies: solar chimney and waste-to-energy. The combination is performed by...

In this research paper, a newly energy system consisting of parabolic trough solar collectors (PTSC) field, a thermoelectric generator (TEG), a Rankine cycle and a proton exchange membrane (PEM) is proposed. The integration is performed by establishing a TEG instead of the condenser as power generation and cooling unit thereafter surplus power outp...

Total global renewable energy capacity has been increasing worldwide, i.e. doubled from 2007 to 2016. The main disadvantage of most renewable energy based plants is the lack of reliability for constant electricity production. Solar chimney is a renewable based plant with a power production of near zero during the night times. In this study, we have...

Converting municipal waste into energy through the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technology has been growing fast during the past decades. Besides the considerable reduction in the waste volume, it can generate steam and/or electricity. In the present work, energy, exergy, and exergoeconomic analysis techniques are used to investigate the performance of Te...