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Publications by Rahmatollah Khodabandeh

Peer reviewed

Articles

[4]
S. Ahangar Zonouzi et al., "Experimental study of the subcooled flow boiling heat transfer of magnetic nanofluid in a vertical tube under magnetic field," Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry (Print), vol. 140, no. 6, pp. 2805-2816, 2020.
[6]
A. Mota-Babiloni et al., "Design of an environmentally friendly refrigeration laboratory based on cooling capacity calculation for graduate students," International journal of engineering education, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 273-282, 2018.
[8]
A. Mota-Babiloni et al., "Experimental assessment of R134a and its lower GWP alternative R513A," International journal of refrigeration, vol. 74, pp. 680-686, 2017.
[9]
S. Motahar, A. A. Alemrajabi and R. Khodabandeh, "Experimental investigation on heat transfer characteristics during melting of a phase change material with dispersed TiO2 nanoparticles in a rectangular enclosure," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 109, pp. 134-146, 2017.
[10]
N. Nikkam et al., "Experimental investigation on the effect of SiO2 secondary phase on thermo-physical properties of SiC nanofluids," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 87, pp. 164-168, 2017.
[11]
P. Makhnatch, A. Mota-Babiloni and R. Khodabandeh, "Experimental study of R450A drop-in performance in an R134a small capacity refrigeration unit," International journal of refrigeration, vol. 84, pp. 26-35, 2017.
[12]
S. Motahar, A. A. Alemrajabi and R. Khodabandeh, "Experimental study on solidification process of a phase change material containing TiO2 nanoparticles for thermal energy storage," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 138, pp. 162-170, 2017.
[13]
A. Mota-Babiloni, P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, "Recent investigations in HFCs substitution with lower GWP synthetic alternatives: Focus on energetic performance and environmental impact," International journal of refrigeration, vol. 82, pp. 288-301, 2017.
[14]
P. Makhnatch et al., "Retrofit of lower GWP alternative R449A into an existing R404A indirect supermarket refrigeration system," International journal of refrigeration, vol. 76, pp. 184-192, 2017.
[15]
N. Nikkam et al., "The effect of particle size and base liquid on thermo-physical properties of ethylene and diethylene glycol based copper micro- and nanofluids," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 86, pp. 143-149, 2017.
[16]
M. Ghanbarpour, R. Khodabandeh and K. Vafai, "An investigation of thermal performance improvement of a cylindrical heat pipe using Al2O3 nanofluid," Heat and Mass Transfer, pp. 1-11, 2016.
[17]
S. Motahar, A. A. Alemrajabi and R. Khodabandeh, "Enhanced thermal conductivity of n-octadecane containing carbon-based nanomaterials," Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1621-1631, 2016.
[18]
S. Motahar and R. Khodabandeh, "Experimental study on the melting and solidification of a phase change material enhanced by heat pipe," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 73, pp. 1-6, 2016.
[19]
E. Bitaraf Haghighi et al., "Combined effect of physical properties and convective heat transfer coefficient of nanofluids on their cooling efficiency," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 68, pp. 32-42, 2015.
[20]
Z. Anwar, B. E. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Dryout characteristics of natural and synthetic refrigerants in single vertical mini-channels," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 68, pp. 257-267, 2015.
[21]
M. Ghanbarpour and R. Khodabandeh, "Entropy generation analysis of cylindrical heat pipe using nanofluid," Thermochimica Acta, vol. 610, pp. 37-46, 2015.
[22]
M. Jarahnejad et al., "Experimental investigation on viscosity of water-based Al2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids," Rheologica Acta, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 411-422, 2015.
[23]
Z. Anwar, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Dryout Characteristics of R600a in a Vertical Minichannel," Heat Transfer Engineering, vol. 36, no. 14-15, pp. 1230-1240, 2015.
[24]
Z. Anwar, B. E. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Flow boiling heat transfer, pressure drop and dryout characteristics of R1234yf : Experimental results and predictions," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 66, pp. 137-149, 2015.
[25]
M. Ghanbarpour et al., "Improvement of heat transfer characteristics of cylindrical heat pipe by using SiC nanofluids," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 90, pp. 127-135, 2015.
[26]
M. Ghanbarpour et al., "Thermal performance of inclined screen mesh heat pipes using silver nanofluids," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 67, pp. 14-20, 2015.
[27]
G. Morteza et al., "Thermal performance of screen mesh heat pipe with Al2O3 nanofluid," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 66, pp. 213-220, 2015.
[28]
S. Motahar et al., "A novel phase change material containing mesoporous silica nanoparticles for thermal storage : A study on thermal conductivity and viscosity," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 56, pp. 114-120, 2014.
[29]
E. B. Haghighi et al., "Accurate basis of comparison for convective heat transfer in nanofluids," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 52, pp. 1-7, 2014.
[30]
S. Motahar et al., "Experimental investigation on thermal and rheological properties of n-octadecane with dispersed TiO2 nanoparticles," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 59, pp. 68-74, 2014.
[32]
E. Bitaraf Haghighi et al., "Experimental study on convective heat transfer of nanofluids in turbulent flow : Methods of comparison of their performance," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 57, pp. 378-387, 2014.
[33]
N. Nikkam et al., "Experimental study on preparation and base liquid effect on thermo-physical and heat transport characteristics of α-SiC nanofluids," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 55, pp. 38-44, 2014.
[35]
Z. Anwar, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Flow boiling heat transfer and dryout characteristics of R152a in a vertical mini-channel," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 53, pp. 207-217, 2014.
[36]
A. T. Utomo et al., "The effect of nanoparticles on laminar heat transfer in a horizontal tube," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 69, pp. 77-91, 2014.
[37]
M. Ghanbarpour, E. Bitaraf Haghigi and R. Khodabandeh, "Thermal properties and rheological behavior of water based Al2O3 nanofluid as a heat transfer fluid," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 53, pp. 227-235, 2014.
[38]
E. Bitaraf Haghighi et al., "Cooling performance of nanofluids in a small diameter tube," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 49, pp. 114-122, 2013.
[39]
E. Martínez-Galván et al., "Effect of the spray cone angle in the spray cooling with R134a," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 50, pp. 127-138, 2013.
[40]
E. Martinez-Galvan et al., "Influence of surface roughness on a spray cooling system with R134a. Part I : Heat transfer measurements," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 46, pp. 183-190, 2013.
[41]
E. Martinez-Galván et al., "Influence of surface roughness on a spray cooling system with R134a. Part II : Film thickness measurements," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 48, pp. 73-80, 2013.
[42]
M. H. Maqbool, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Investigation of two phase heat transfer and pressure drop of propane in a vertical circular minichannel," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 46, pp. 120-130, 2013.
[43]
E. Bitaraf Haghighi et al., "Shelf stability of nanofluids and its effect on thermal conductivity and viscosity," Measurement science and technology, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 105301, 2013.
[44]
M. H. Maqbool, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Boiling heat transfer of ammonia in vertical smooth mini channels : Experimental results and predictions," International journal of thermal sciences, vol. 54, pp. 13-21, 2012.
[45]
M. H. Maqbool, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Experimental investigation of dryout of propane in uniformly heated single vertical mini-channels," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 37, pp. 121-129, 2012.
[46]
M. H. Maqbool, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Flow boiling of ammonia in vertical small diameter tubes : Two phase frictional pressure drop results and assessment of prediction methods," International journal of thermal sciences, vol. 54, pp. 1-12, 2012.
[47]
E. B. Haghighi et al., "Screening Single Phase Laminar Convective Heat Transfer of Nanofluids in a Micro-tube," Journal of Physics, Conference Series, vol. 395, 2012.
[48]
E. Martinez-Galvan et al., "Film Thickness and Heat Transfer Measurements in a Spray Cooling System With R134a," Journal of Electronic Packaging, vol. 133, no. 1, pp. 011002, 2011.
[49]
N. Nikkam et al., "Novel Nanofluids Based on Mesoporous Silica for Enhanced Heat Transfer," Journal of nanoparticle research, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 6201-6206, 2011.
[50]
R. Khodabandeh and R. Furberg, "Heat transfer, flow regime and instability of a nano- and micro-porous structure evaporator in a two-phase thermosyphon loop," International journal of thermal sciences, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1183-1192, 2010.
[51]
R. Khodabandeh and R. Furberg, "Instability, heat transfer and flow regime in a two-phase flow thermosyphon loop at different diameter evaporator channel," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 1107-1114, 2010.
[52]
M. Grozdek, R. Khodabandeh and P. Lundqvist, "Experimental investigation of ice slurry flow pressure drop in horizontal tubes," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 357-370, 2009.
[53]
M. Grozdek et al., "Experimental investigation of ice slurry heat transfer in horizontal tube," International journal of refrigeration, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1310-1322, 2009.
[54]
R. Khodabandeh, "Heat transfer in the evaporator of an advanced two-phase thermosyphon loop," International journal of refrigeration, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 190-202, 2005.
[55]
R. Khodabandeh, "Pressure drop in riser and evaporator in an advanced two-phase thermosyphon loop," International journal of refrigeration, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 725-734, 2005.
[57]
B. E. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Choosing working fluid for two-phase thermosyphon systems for cooling of electronics," Journal of Electronic Packaging, vol. 125, no. 2, pp. 276-281, 2003.
[58]
R. Khodabandeh and B. E. Palm, "An experimental investigation of the influence of threaded surface on the boiling heat transfer coefficients in vertical narrow channels," Microscale thermophysical engineering (Print), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 131-139, 2002.

Conference papers

[59]
B. E. Badran et al., "Theoretical Study of a Multilevel Heat Pump for Multi-Source Heating," in 6Th Iir Conference On Thermophysical Properties And Transfer Processes Of Refrigerants (Tptpr2021), 2021, pp. 243-250.
[60]
P. Makhnatch, A. Mota-Babiloni and R. Khodabandeh, "Future refrigerant mix estimates as a result of the European Union regulation on fluorinated gases," in Refrigeration Science and Technology, 2019, pp. 2318-2325.
[61]
P. Makhnatch et al., "Characteristics of R454C and R455A as R404A alternatives in commercial refrigeration," in Refrigeration Science and Technology, 2018, pp. 547-553.
[62]
P. Makhnatch, A. Mota-Babiloni and R. Khodabandeh, "Energy evaluation of drop-in replacements for R134a in cascade CO2/R134a refrigeration units," in Refrigeration Science and Technology, 2018, pp. 1147-1153.
[63]
P. Makhnatch et al., "Field measurements of AR404A low-temperature supermarket refrigeration system retrofitted with R449A," in Refrigeration Science and Technology, 2018, pp. 468-474.
[64]
A. Mota-Babiloni et al., "R1234ze(E) AND R450A AS R134a ALTERNATIVES IN REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS : FROM FLUID PROPERTIES TO EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON," in 5TH IIR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND TRANSFER PROCESSES OF REFRIGERANTS (TPTPR), 2017, pp. 629-636.
[65]
P. Makhnatch, A. Mota-Babiloni and R. Khodabandeh, "The effect of temperature glide on the performance of refrigeration systems," in 5TH IIR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND TRANSFER PROCESSES OF REFRIGERANTS (TPTPR), 2017, pp. 333-340.
[66]
P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, "An experimental investigation of refrigerant R449A as replacement for R404A in supermarket refrigeration systems," in 4TH IIR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY AND THE COLD CHAIN, 2016, pp. 324-331.
[67]
P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, "Uncertainty of life cycle climate performance (LCCP) analysis," in Refrigeration Science and Technology, 2016, pp. 162-169.
[68]
P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, "Applicability of global temperature change potential (GTP) metric to replace GWP in TEWI environmental analysis of heat pump systems," in Refrigeration Science and Technology, 2015, pp. 324-329.
[69]
P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, "Evaluation of Cycle performance of R448A and R449A as R404A replacements in supermarket refrigeration systems," in Refrigeration Science and Technology, 2015, pp. 437-444.
[71]
P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, "Selection of low GWP refrigerant for heat pumps by assessing the Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP)," in 11th International Energy Agency Heat Pump Conference Montreal, May 12-16, 2014, 2014.
[72]
P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, "The influence of climate conditions on Life Cycle Climate Performance of low GWP refrigerant based heat pumps," in ASHRAE 2014 Annual Conference,Seattle, WA, USA, APR 16, 2014, 2014.
[73]
P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, "The role of environmental metrics (GWP, TEWI, LCCP) in the selection of low GWP refrigerant," in 6th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2014; National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaipei; Taiwan; 30 May 2014 - 2 June 2014, 2014, pp. 2460-2463.
[74]
S. P. Singh et al., "Design and Evaluation of Carbon Nanotube Based Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications," in MRS Spring 2013 Proceedings : Symposium on Nanoscale Heat Transport—From Fundamentals to Devices, 2013.
[75]
Z. Anwar, B. Palm and K. Rahmatollah, "Dryout characteristics of R1234yf in a uniformly heated vertical mini-channel," in UK Heat Transfer Conference, 2013.
[76]
Z. Anwar, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Dryout characteristics of R1234yf in a vertical mini-channel," in Eurotherm seminar on convective heat transfer, 2013.
[77]
Z. Anwar, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Flow boiling heat transfer of R600a in a uniformly heated smooth vertical minichannel," in Proceedings of the 13th UK Heat Transfer Conference Sept. 2-3, 2013, UKHTC2013, 2013.
[78]
Z. Anwar, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Flow boiling of R1234yf in a uniform smooth vertical minichannel," in Science et Technique du Froid. Comptes Rendus/Refrigeration Science and Technology. Proceedings, 2013, Vol. 3, 2013, pp. 1-11.
[79]
E. Bitaraf Haghighi et al., "Measurement of temperature–dependent viscosity of nanofluids and its effect on pumping power in cooling systems," in Proceeding of the 5th International Conference Applied Energy (ICAE), South Africa 2013, 2013.
[80]
N. Nikkam et al., "Thermal and rheological properties of micro- and nanofluids of copper in diethylene glycol : as heat exchange liquid," in Nanoscale Thermoelectric Materials : Thermal and Electrical Transport, and Applications to Solid-state Cooling and Power Generation, 2013, pp. 165-170.
[81]
N. Nikkam et al., "Rheological Properties of Copper Nanofluids Synthesised by Using Microwave-Assisted Method," in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanostructures (ICNS4), 2012, pp. 1555-1557.
[82]
R. Fakhrai et al., "Utilization Of Numerical Methods In Context Of Learning Process Enhancement For Mutli-Disciplinary Field Of Science," in INTED2012 Proceedings : 6th International Technology, Education and Development Conference Valencia, Spain. 5-7 March, 2012, 2012, pp. 6138-6143.
[83]
N. Nikkam et al., "Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Copper Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications," in 7th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference – Istanbul, Turkey, 27 June- 1 July 2011, 2011.
[84]
M. H. Maqbool, B. Palm and R. Khodabandeh, "Parametric Effects on Dryout of Propane in a Vertical Circular Mini-Channel," in 3rd Micro and Nano Flow Conference, August 22-24, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2011.
[85]
M. H. Maqbool et al., "Saturated Flow boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics of Propane in a Smooth Vertical Minichannel up to Dryout Incipience," in 23rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, 2011, pp. 2794-2801.
[86]
J. N. Chiu, R. Khodabandeh and R. Furberg, "Advanced Thermosyphon Cooling with Nanoporous Structured Mini Channel Evaporators," in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME MICRO/NANOSCALE HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, VOL 3, 2010, pp. 183-189.
[87]
M. Saleemi et al., "Ceria Nanofluids for Efficient Heat Management," in The X International Conference on “Nanostructured Materials” (NANO 2010); Rome, Italy, September 13-17, 2010, 2010.
[88]
J. Acuña et al., "Distributed Temperature Measurements on a U-pipe Thermosyphon Borehole Heat Exchanger With CO2," in Refrigeration Science and Technology Proceedings, 2010.
[89]
M. H. Maqbool et al., "Experimental Investigation of Two Phase Pressure Drop in a vertical mini-channel at three saturation pressures," in Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Microfluidics - Microfluidics 2010 - Toulouse, December 8-10, 2010, 2010.
[90]
M. Grozdek et al., "Performance comparison of a static ice-bank and dynamic ice slurry cool thermal energy storage systems," in 9th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL2010) Paris, France : International Institute of Refrigeration, 2010, 2010.
[91]
M. H. Maqbool et al., "Two phase heat transfer of ammonia in a mini/micro channel," in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, 2010, 2010, pp. 1639-1647.
[92]
M. H. Maqbool et al., "Two-phase pressure drop of ammonia in a mini/micro-channel," in Proceedings of the  8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, 2010, 2010, pp. 1731-1739.
[93]
R. Furberg et al., "Experimental investigation of an evaporator enhanced with a micro-porous structure in a two-phase thermosyphon loop," in HT2008 : PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE - 2008, VOL 2, 2009, pp. 327-334.
[94]
E. Martínez-Galván et al., "Heat transfer and film thickness measurements in a closed loop spray cooling system with R134a," in 15th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC 2009, 2009, pp. 180-185.
[95]
R. Khodabandeh and M. Lindström, "COOLING OF CPU WITH A THERMOSYPHON," in 2008 SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THERMAL ISSUES IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES - THEORY AND APPLICATION (THETA), 2008, pp. 239-243.
[96]
R. Khodabandeh et al., "Spray Cooling of Electronic Components," in 22nd IIR Int. Congress of Refrigeration, Beijing, China, August 21-26, 2007, 2007.
[97]
R. Khodabandeh, D. Haglind and B. Palm, "Flow Pattern and Void Fraction in an Advanced Two-Phase Flow Thermosyphon Loop," in 13th International Heat Transfer Conference, Sydney Australia, 2006.
[98]
R. Khodabandeh, "General Review of Frictional Two-Phase Flow Pressure Drop," in International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Expo 2004, December 5-8, Kuwait, 2004.

Non-peer reviewed

Conference papers

[99]
N. Nikkam et al., "Design and Fabrication of Efficient Nanofluids Based on SiC Nanoparticles for Heat Exchange Applications," in European Materials Research Conference, EMRS, Strasbourg, France, May 27-31, 2013, 2013.
[100]
R. Kobelt et al., "Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in two-phase flow boiling," in ECI, International Conference on Boiling Heat Transfer, Florianópolis-SC-Brazil, 3-7 May 2009, 2009.
[101]
R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm and S. Kemper, "Mass Flow of an Advanced Two-Phase Thermosyphon Loop," in Proc. ECI Int. Conf. on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale, Castelvecchio, Pascoli, Italy, Sept. 2005, 2005.

Theses

[102]
R. Khodabandeh, "Heat transfer and pressure drop in a thermosyphon loop for cooling of electronic components," Doctoral thesis Stockholm : Energiteknik, Trita-REFR, 04:42, 2004.
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