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Dr Soheila Riahi has been working on research and development of different renewable energy technologies to assist in decarbonization of different industries. Design and optimization of thermal energy storage systems in conjunction with microchannel heat exchanges are a few projects which accomplished using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA). Her recent research has been focused on modelling and experimental work for development of energy storage systems as thermal battery. Thermal battery can be used to supply process heat or electricity demand management in different industrial applications, from low temperature refrigeration systems to high temperature applications... Read more
About me
Dr Soheila Riahi has been working on research and development of different renewable energy technologies to assist in decarbonization of different industries. Design and optimization of thermal energy storage systems in conjunction with microchannel heat exchanges are a few projects which accomplished using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA). Her recent research has been focused on modelling and experimental work for development of energy storage systems as thermal battery. Thermal battery can be used to supply process heat or electricity demand management in different industrial applications, from low temperature refrigeration systems to high temperature applications in concentrated solar power plants. Publishing papers from the results of those studies contributed to the pull of knowledge.
Developing circular economy, Soheila is also interested in research and manufacturing of new materials from recycling of waste materials for instance waste PV panels. She conducted a research and proposal of a method to manufacture silicon carbide as a wide band gap semiconductor from scrap silicon.
Soheila completed full time a PhD degree from the University of South Australia in 2018. CFD modeling of melting and solidification processes of phase change materials (PCMs) in energy conversion devices was the focus of her work. Prior to that, Soheila completed full time, a Master of Science degree in Sustainable Energy Technology, from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Through the completion of her thesis, she gained knowledge in the field of numerical modeling, flameless combustion, and turbulent reacting flow.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Electrifying the Cold Chain – Phase 2, Race for 2030, 04/04/2023 - 14/02/2025
Electrifying the Cold Chain – phase 2, Race for 2030, 17/04/2023 - 16/04/2024
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
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| 2021 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
|
| 2025 |
Open access
6
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
21
20
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
41
36
|
| 2022 |
Open access
17
16
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
5
|
| 2021 |
Open access
22
16
|
| 2021 |
38
35
|
| 2021 |
Open access
15
13
|
| 2020 |
73
69
6
|
| 2020 |
Open access
40
35
|
| 2019 |
Open access
73
66
|
| 2018 |
Open access
44
42
|
| 2017 |
Open access
43
39
|
| 2017 |
Open access
40
39
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
3
|
| 2020 |
|
| 2020 |
2
|
| 2018 |
Open access
3
4
1
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| CD Power | AUSTRALIA |
| Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands | NETHERLANDS |
| Mondial Advisory | AUSTRALIA |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | UNITED STATES |
| Newcastle University Singapore | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Lyon | FRANCE |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
