Individual Information
Pedram Bigdelou
PhD Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Educational Qualification
From 09/2006 to 09/2011, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz , Iran
From 09/2011 to 07/2014, M.Sc. in Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Tehran , Iran
From 09/2015 to present, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte , United States
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) (compressible and incompressible multiphase flows)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and heat transfer
Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) ( heat pump and ground heat exchanger design)
Greenhouse Industry (heat transfer modeling)
Work Experience
From 09/2015 to present, Teaching Assistant , University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Projects
From 07/2012 to 07/2014, Numerical Modeling, Technical and Economic Assessment of Exploiting Ground Source Heat Pumps in Supplying Energy Required for Greenhouses
This project was aimed at developing a numerical model for heat transfer simulations in ground heat exchanger of ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) for greenhouse heating and cooling purposes
From 09/2015 to present, Numerical simulation of surface tension effects on compressible multiphase flows using level set/ghost fluid approach
This project is aimed at developing an open-source software for simulation of compressible multiphase flows including interfacial phenomena like surface tension which has a wide range of applications in combustion, cavitation, lithotripsy, etc.
Selected Publications
From 09/2006 to 09/2011, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz , Iran
From 09/2011 to 07/2014, M.Sc. in Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Tehran , Iran
From 09/2015 to present, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte , United States
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) (compressible and incompressible multiphase flows)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and heat transfer
Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) ( heat pump and ground heat exchanger design)
Greenhouse Industry (heat transfer modeling)
Work Experience
From 09/2015 to present, Teaching Assistant , University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Projects
From 07/2012 to 07/2014, Numerical Modeling, Technical and Economic Assessment of Exploiting Ground Source Heat Pumps in Supplying Energy Required for Greenhouses
This project was aimed at developing a numerical model for heat transfer simulations in ground heat exchanger of ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) for greenhouse heating and cooling purposes
From 09/2015 to present, Numerical simulation of surface tension effects on compressible multiphase flows using level set/ghost fluid approach
This project is aimed at developing an open-source software for simulation of compressible multiphase flows including interfacial phenomena like surface tension which has a wide range of applications in combustion, cavitation, lithotripsy, etc.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Conference Papers
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"Investigating the Effect of Soil Type and Moisture on the Performance of a Ground Source Heat Pump System Used for a Greenhouse in Iran", Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, (doi: 10.1115/1.4041344), (2018), Vol. 11, No. 1, 011009-1. Authors: Pedram Bigdelou, Fathollah Pourfayaz, Younes Noorollahi. |
| 2. |
"Late-time growth rate, mixing, and anisotropy in the multimode narrowband Richtmyer–Meshkov instability: The θ-group collaboration", Physics of Fluids, (doi: 10.1063/1.4993464), (2017), Vol. 29, No. 10, 105107-1. Authors: Ben Thornber et al. |
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"Numerical modeling and economic analysis of a ground source heat pump for supplying energy for a greenhouse in Alborz province, Iran", Journal of Cleaner Production, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.059), (2016), Vol. 131, 145. Authors: Younes Noorollahi, Pedram Bigdelou, Fathollah Pourfayaz, Hossein Yousefi. |
| 4. |
"Assessment and Deployment of Ground Source Heat Pump for Air Pollution Reduction in Tehran, Iran", Environmental Energy and Economic Research, (doi: 10.22097/EEER.2017.87106.1007), (2017), Vol. 1, No. 3, 269. Authors: Hossein Yousefi, Younes Noorollahi, Mohammad Mohammadi, Pedram Bigdelou, Mahyar Taheri Bavil Oliaei |
| 1. |
"An extension of the ghost fluid method for multimaterial, compressible flows with surface tension" presented in the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD 2018), Atlanta, United States, November 18-20. Authors: Pedram Bigdelou, Praveen Ramaprabhu. |