Primary Supervisor: Daniel Holland
Research Interests
- CFD
- Fluid mechanics
- Heat Transfer
- Thermal-hydraulics design and analysis
- Additive manufacturing
- Optimization
Publications
- Z. Rahnama, G. Ansarifar (2021) Nanofluid application for heat transfer, safety and natural circulation enhancement in the NuScale Nuclear Reactor as a Small Modular Reactor using CFD Modeling. Progress in Nuclear Engineering 138:103796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103796
- Z. Rahnama, G. Ansarifar (2021) Predicting and Optimizing the thermal-hydraulic, natural circulation, and neutronic parameters in the NuScale Nuclear Reactor using nanofluid as a coolant via Machine Learning methods through GA, PSO, and HPSOGA algorithms. Annals of Nuclear Energy 161:108375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108375
Academic History
- Mechanical Engineering (Fluid Mechanics)
- Nuclear Engineering (Nuclear Reactor Design), University of Isfahan, Iran
Professional History
Tak Mano Company, Isfahan Science & Technology Town (ISTT), Internship Course-Research and Development Engineer, September-October 2022
