MY CV
Professor in Energy Technology
Telephone: 08-790741 3
Mobile: 073-460 47 63
E-post:
Visiting address: Brinellvägen 68, Stockholm
Department of Energy Technology; www.energy.kth.se
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH); www.kth.se
Research:
The basic research fields for Dr Rahmat Khodabandeh are:
· Refrigerants with low Global Warming Potential (GWP)
· Using liquid cooling for electronic components such as, Thermosyphons, Heat pipes and Sprays
· Heat Transfer in Mini and Micro channels
· Natural refrigerants for cooling applications
· Using Nano-Fluids for Enhancement of Heat Transfer
· Enhanced heat transfer of compact heat exchanger
· Using low grade heat in Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)
Pedagogical merits
Dr Khodabandeh is responsible and examiner for following courses:
1) Heat Transfer, MJ1401 (6)
2) Introduction to Energy Technology, MJ1402 (3)
3) Energy System Engineering, MJ1146 (7,5)
4) Energy System, MJ1145, (7,5)
5) Literature survey, MJ3118 (6)
6) Research seminars, MJ3122 (4,5)
Previously I have taught several courses each year during the last 18 years.
Business address
Kungl. Tekniska Högskolan Dept. of Energy Technology Div. of Applied Thermodynamics and Refrigeration
Visiting address: Brinellvägen 68 Tel.: +46 8 7907413; Fax: +46 8 204161
E-mail:
Present employment:
Professor in Energy Technology at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
Study Director of PhD program: Energy, Environment and System at the department of Energy Technology
Vice Director of Doctoral studies at school of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM)
Academic degrees:
1998: M. Sc. degree in Industrial Economics and Management.
1993-1998: Master science studies in industrial Economic and Applied Thermodynamics and Refrigeration at the Royal Institute of Technology.
2004: Ph. D. degree in Applied Thermodynamics and Refrigeration from the Royal Institute of Technology on a thesis entitled ”Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Thermosyphon Loop for Cooling of Electronic Components”.
2010: Associate Professor (Universitetslektor)
2011: Docent in Energy Technology
2018: Professor
List of publications
Journal papers
1. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, An Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Threaded surface on the Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficients in Vertical Narrow Channels, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 131-139, April-June 2002.
2. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, Influence of System Pressure on the Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient in a Closed Two-Phase Thermosyphon Loop, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 41 (2002) 619-624 Elsevier.
3. B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Choosing Working Fluid for Two Phase Thermosyphon Systems for Cooling of Electronics, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Electronic Packaging, pp. 276-281, June 2003.
4. R. Khodabandeh, Thermal performance of a closed advanced two-phase thermosyphon loop for cooling of Radio Base Stations at different operating conditions, Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering 24 (2004) 2643-2655.
5. R. Khodabandeh, Pressure drop in riser and evaporator in an advanced two-phase thermosyphon loop, International Journal of Refrigeration 28 (2005) 725-734.
6. R. Khodabandeh, Heat transfer in the evaporator of an advanced two-phase thermosyphon loop, International Journal of Refrigeration Vol 28, Number 2, 2005, pp. 190-202.
7. M. Grozdek, R. Khodabandeh, P. Lundqvist, Experimental investigation of ice slurry flow pressure drop in horizontal tubes, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 33 (2009) 357-370.
8. M. Grozdek, R. Khodabandeh, P. Lundqvist, B. Palm, Å. Melinder, Experimental investigation of ice slurry heat transfer in horizontal tube, International Journal of Refrigeration, 32 (2009) 1310-1322.
9. R. Khodabandeh, R. Furberg, Instability, heat transfer and flow regime in a two-phase flow thermosyphon loop at different diameter evaporator channel, Applied Thermal Engineering 30 (2010), 1107-1114
10. R. Khodabandeh, 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 49 (2010) 1183-1192
11. E. M.-Galván, J. C. Ramos, R. Antón, R. Khodabandeh, Film thickness and heat transfer measurements in a spray cooling system with R134a, J. Electron. Packag. March 2011; Volume 133, Issue 1, 011002 (11 pages, Top 10 most downloaded articles March 2011)
12. Nader Nikkam, Mohsin Saleemi, Muhammet Sadaka Toprak, Shanghua Li, Mamoun Muhammed, Ehsan B Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, Novel Nanofluids Based on Mesoporous Silica for Enhanced Heat Transfer, J Nanopart Res (2011) 13:6201–6206 DOI 10.1007/s11051-011-0404-1
13. Ehsan Bitaraf Haghighi1, Zahid Anwar, Itziar Lumbreras, Seyed Aliakbar Mirmohammadi, Mohammadreza Behi, R. Khodabandeh, Björn Palm, Screening Single Phase Laminar Convective Heat Transfer of Nanofluids in a Micro-tube, Journal of Physics, Conference Series 395 (2012) 012036
14. M.H. Maqbool, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Boiling heat transfer of ammonia in vertical smooth minichannels: Experimental results and predictions, International Journal of Thermal Sciences 54(2012) 13-21
15. M.H. Maqbool, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Experimental investigation of dryout of propane in uniformly heated single vertical mini-channels, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 37(2012) 121-129
16. M.H. Maqbool, B. Palm, 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 ,54(2012) 1-12.
17. Eduardo Martínez-Galván,; Raúl Antón, Juan Carlos Ramos, R. Khodabandeh, Influence of Surface Roughness on a Spray Cooling System with R134a. Part I: Heat Transfer Measurements, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 46(2013) 183-190
18. Eduardo Martínez-Galván,; Raúl Antón, Juan Carlos Ramos, R. Khodabandeh, Influence of Surface Roughness on a Spray Cooling System with R134a. Part II: Film ThicknessMeasurements, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 48(2013) 73-80.
19. Eduardo Martínez-Galván,; Raúl Antón, Juan Carlos Ramos, R. Khodabandeh, Effect of the spray cone angle in the spray cooling with R134a, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science,50(2013) 127-138.
20. Eduardo Martínez-Galván, Juan Carlos Ramos, Raúl Antón, R. Khodabandeh, Film Thickness and Heat Transfer Measurements in a Spray Cooling System With R134a, Journal of Electronic Packaging 133(1), March 2011, DOI: 10.1115/1.4001857
21. E. B. Haghighi, N. Nikkam, M. Saleemi, M. Behi, S. A. Mirmohammadi, H. Poth, R. Khodabandeh, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed and B. Palm, Shelf Stability of Nanofluids and Its Effect on Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity, (2013), Journal of Measurement Science and Technology, 24: 105301 (11 pages), DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/24/10/105301
22. E. B. Haghighi, M. Saleemi, N. Nikkam, Z. Anwar, I. Lumbreras, M. Behi, S. A. Mirmohammadi, H. Poth, R. Khodabandeh, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed and B. Palm, Cooling Performance of Nanofluids in a Small Diameter Tube, (2013), Journal of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 49: 114–122, DOI:10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.04.009
23. Muhammad Hamayun Maqbool, Björn Palm, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Investigation of two phase heat transfer and pressure drop of propane in a vertical circular minichannel, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Volume 46, April 2013, Pages 120-130, ISSN 0894-1777
24. Adi T. Utomo, Ehsan B. Haghighi, Ashkan I.T. Zavareh, Morteza Ghanbarpourgeravi, Heiko Poth, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Björn Palm, Andrzej W. Pacek, The effect of nanoparticles on laminar heat transfer in a horizontal tube, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 69, February 2014, Pages 77-91, ISSN 0017-9310
25. E. B. Haghighi, A. T. Utomo, M. Ghanbarpour, A. I. T. Zavareh, H. Poth, R. Khodabandeh, A. W. Pacek, B. Palm, Experimental study on convective heat transfer of nanofluids in turbulent flow: methods of comparing their performance, (2014), Journal of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.05.019
26. M. Ghanbarpour, E. B. Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh, Thermal and rheological properties of water based Al2O3 nanofluid as a heat transfer fluid, (2014), Journal of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 53: 227–235 , DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.12.013
27. N. Nikkam, M. Ghanbarpour, M. Saleemi, E. B. Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh, M. Muhammed, B. Palm, M. S. Toprak, Fabrication of Copper Nanofluids via Microwave-assisted Route and Their Thermophysical Characterizations, (2014), Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering, 65: 158–165, DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.01.003
28. N. Nikkam, M. Saleemi, E. B. Haghighi, M. Ghanbarpour, R. Khodabandeh, M. Muhammed, B. Palm, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed, Fabrication, characterization and thermo-physical property evaluation of water/ethylene glycol based SiC nanofluids for heat transfer applications, (2014), Journal of Nano-Micro Letters, 6: 178-189, DOI: 10.5101/nml.v6i2.p178-189
29. N. Nikkam, E. B. Haghighi, M. Saleemi, M. Behi, R. Khodabandeh, M. Muhammed, B. Palm, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed, Experimental Study on Preparation and Base Liquid Effect on Thermo-physical Characteristics of α-SiC Nanofluids, (2014), International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 55: 38-44, DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.04.011
30. Nader Nikkam, Morteza Ghanbarpour, Mohsin Saleemi, Ehsan Bitaraf Haghighi, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Mamoun Muhammed, Björn Palm, MuhammetToprak, ”Experimental investigation on thermo-physical properties of copper/diethylene glycol nanofluids fabricated via microwave-assisted route” Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 65, 158–165 (2014)
31. Z. Anwar, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, 2014, Flow boiling heat transfer and dryout characteristics of R152a in a vertical mini-channel, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 53, 207-217.
32. Sadegh Motahar, Nader Nikkam, Ali A. Alemrajabi, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Muhammet S. Toprak, Mamoun Muhammed, Experimental investigation on thermal and rheological properties of n-octadecane with dispersed TiO2 nanoparticles, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 59, December 2014, Pages 68–74.
33. Sadegh Motahar, Nader Nikkam, Ali A. Alemrajabi, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Muhammet S. Toprak, Mamoun Muhammed, 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, Volume 56, August 2014, Pages 114–120.
34. Ehsan B. Haghighi, Mohsin Saleemi, Nader Nikkam, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Muhammet S. Toprak, Mamoun Muhammed, Björn Palm, Accurate basis of comparison for convective heat transfer in nanofluids, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 52, March 2014, Pages 1-7, ISSN 0735-1933,
35. Mariam Jarahnejad, Ehsan B. Haghighi, Mohsin Saleemi, Nader Nikkam, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Björn Palm, Muhammet S. Toprak, Mamoun Muhammed, Experimental investigation on viscosity of water-based Al2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids, Rheol Acta (2015) 54:411–422, DOI 10.1007/s00397-015-0838-y
36. M. Ghanbarpour, R. Khodabandeh Entropy generation analysis of cylindrical heat pipe using nanofluid, Journal of Thermochimica Acta, Volume 610, 20 June 2015, Pages 37-46.
37. M. Ghanbarpour, N. Nikkam, R. Khodabandeh, M.S. Toprak, M. Muhammed, Thermal performance of screen mesh heat pipe with Al2O3 nanofluid, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Volume 66 Sep. 2015, Pages 213-220.
38. M. Ghanbarpour, N. Nikkam, R. Khodabandeh, M.S. Toprak, Thermal Performance of Incline Screen Mesh Heat Pipes Using Silver Nanofluids, International Communications in Heat And Mass Transfer, 67(2015) 14-20
39. M Ghanbarpour, N Nikkam, R Khodabandeh, MS Toprak, Improvement of heat transfer characteristics of cylindrical heat pipe by using SiC nanofluids, Applied Thermal Engineering 90, pp. 127-135 (2015)
40. Z. Anwar, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, 2015, Flow boiling heat transfer and dryout characteristics of R600a in a vertical mini-channel, Journal of Heat Transfer Engineering, 36(14-15): 1230-1240; 2015
41. Z. Anwar, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Dryout characteristics of natural and synthetic refrigerants in vertical mini-channels; Journal of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 68(2015) 257-267.
42. Z. Anwar, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Flow boiling heat transfer, pressure drop and dryout characteristics of R1234yf in a vertical mini-channel. Journal of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 66(2015) 137-149
43. Ehsan B Haghighi, Adi T Utomo, Morteza Ghanbarpour, Ashkan IT Zavareh, Emilia Nowak, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Andrzej W Pacek, Björn Palm, “Combined effect of physical properties and convective heat transfer coefficient of nanofluids on their cooling efficiency”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 68, 32-42 (2015)
44. M Ghanbarpour, N Nikkam, R. Khodabandeh, MS Toprak, “Thermal performance of inclined screen mesh heat pipes using silver nanofluids”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 67, pp. 14-20 (2015)
45. Sadegh Motahar, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Experimental study on the melting and solidification of a phase change material enhanced by heat pipe, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 73, April 2016, Pages 1-6, ISSN 0735-1933
46. S. Motahar, A.A. Alemrajabi, R. Khodabandeh, Enhanced thermal conductivity of n-octadecane containing carbon-based nanomaterials, Heat Mass Transfer 52 (2016) 1621–1631.
47. M. Ghanbarpour, R. Khodabandeh, K. Vafai, An investigation of thermal Performance improvement of a cylindrical heat pipe using Al2O3 nanofluid, Heat Mass Transfer (2016) DOI 10.1007/s00231-016-1871-9
48. Sadegh Motahar, Ali A. Alemrajabi, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Experimental study on solidification process of a phase change material containing TiO2 nanoparticles for thermal energy storage, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 138, 15 April 2017, Pages 162-170, ISSN 0196-8904,
49. Sadegh Motahar, Ali A. Alemrajabi, Rahmatollah 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, Volume 109, June 2017, Pages 134-146, ISSN 0017-9310,
50. Pavel Makhnatch, Adrián Mota-Babiloni, Jörgen Rogstam, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Retrofit of lower GWP alternative R449A into an existing R404A indirect supermarket refrigeration system, International Journal of Refrigeration, Available online 14 February 2017, ISSN 0140-7007,
51. Adrián Mota-Babiloni, Pavel Makhnatch, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Joaquín Navarro-Esbrí, Experimental assessment of R134a and its lower GWP alternative R513A, International Journal of Refrigeration, Volume 74, February 2017, Pages 682-688, ISSN 0140-7007
52. Adrián Mota-Babiloni, Pavel Makhnatch, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Review Paper, Recent investigations in HFCs substitution with lower GWP synthetic alternatives: focus on energetic performance and environmental impact, International journal of refrigeration 82 (2017) 288–301
53. Nader Nikkam, Morteza Ghanbarpour, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Muhammet S. Toprak, 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 86 (2017) 143–149
54. Nader Nikkam, Mohsin Saleemi, Mohammadreza Behi, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Muhammet S. Toprak, Experimental investigation on the effect of SiO2 secondary phase on thermophysical properties of SiC nanofluids, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 87 (2017) 164–168
55. Pavel Makhnatch, Adrián Mota-Babiloni, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Experimental study of R450A drop-in performance in an R134a small capacity refrigeration unit, international journal of refrigeration 84 (2017) 26–35
56. Sajjad Ahangar Zonouzi, RahmatollahKhodabandeh, Habibollah Safarzadeh, Habib Aminfar, Yuliya Trushkina, Mousa Mohammadpourfard, Morteza Ghanbarpour, German Salazar Alvarez, Experimental investigation of the flow and heat transfer of magnetic nanofluid in a vertical tube in the presence of magnetic quadrupole field, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science Volume 91, February 2018, Pages 155-165.
57. Adrián Mota-Babiloni, Pavel Makhnatch, Joaquín Navarro-Esbrí, Francisco Moles and Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, 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, Printed in Great Britain.
Reviewed conference papers
1. B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Choosing Working Fluid for Two Phase Thermosyphon Systems for Cooling of Electronics, Advances in Electronic Packaging, pp. 1485-1491, EEP-Vol. 26-2, InterPACK 99, June 1999, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
2. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, An Experimental and Numerical investigation of Pressure Drop in a Closed Loop Two Phase Thermosyphon system, Itherm 2000 proceeding volume 2, pp. 333-339, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
3. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, An Experimental Investigation of Critical Heat Flux (CHF) in a Vertical Narrow Channel in an Advanced Thermosyphon Loop, InterPACK '01, July 2001, Hawaii, USA.
4. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, An Experimental Investigation of the Influence of System Pressure on the Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient in a Closed Two-Phase Thermosyphon Loop, 5th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 2001.
5. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, Å. Mälhammar and A. Keskitalo, Thermosyphon concept for cooling of PCB, 8th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC, Oct 2002, Madrid, Spain.
6. R. Khodabandeh, Pressure drop in riser and evaporator in an advanced two-phase thermosyphon loop, Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer of Refrigeration Machines and Heat Pumps, Eurotherm Seminar No. 72, pp. 423-429, 2003, Valencia, Spain.
7. R. Khodabandeh, General Review of Frictional Two-Phase Flow Pressure Drop, International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Expo 2004, December 5-8, Kuwait.
8. R. Khodabandeh, D. Haglind and B. Palm, Flow Pattern and void fraction in an advanced two-phase flow thermosyphon loop, 13th International Heat Transfer Conference, Sydney Australia, 13-18 August 2006.
9. R. Khodabandeh, F. Jonsson, H. Xuemin, B. Palm, Spray Cooling of Electronic Components, The 22nd International Congress of Refrigeration, August 21-26, 2007, Beijing China.
10. R. Furberg, R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, S. Li, M. Toprak, M. Muhammed, Experimental Investigation Of An Evaporator Enhanced With A Micro-Porous Structure In A Two-phase Thermosyphon Loop, Proceedings of 2008 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida USA.
11. R. Khodabandeh, M. Lindström, Cooling of CPU with a thermosyphon, 2nd International conference on Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies, Theory and Application, Proceedings-ThETA2, Cairo Egypt Dec 17th -29th 2008.
12. E. Martínez-Galván, J. C. Ramos, R. Antón, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Heat transfer and film thickness measurements in a closed loop spray cooling system with R134a, published at 15th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC, Leuven Belgium, 7-9 Oct 2009.
13. J. NW Chiu, R. Khodabandeh, R. Furberg, Advanced Thermosyphon Cooling with Nanoporous Structured Mini Channel Evaporators, published at 2nd International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer, ASME 2009, December 18-22, Shanghai China.
14. J. Acuna, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, K. Weber, Distributed temperature measurements on a u-pipe thermosyphon borehole heat exchanger with Co2, published, at Natural working fluids, 9th IIR Gustav Lorentzen conference, 12-14 April 2010, Sydney Australia.
15. M. Grozdek T. Curko R. Khodabandeh, P. Lundqvist ,V. Soldo, Performance comparison of a static ice-bank and dynamic ice slurry cool thermal energy storage systems, published, at Natural working fluids, 9th IIR Gustav Lorentzen conference, 12-14 April 2010, Sydney Australia.
16. M. Saleemi, N. Nikkam, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed, E. B. Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh and B. Palm, Ceria Nanofluids for Efficient Heat Management, International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, September 13-17, 2010, Rome, Italy.
17. N. Nikkam, M. Saleemi, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed, E. B. Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh B. Palm, Novel Nanofluids Based on Mesoporous Silica for Enhanced Heat Transfer, International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, September 13-17, 2010, Rome, Italy.
18. M. Maqbool, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Rashid Ali, Two-phase heat transfer of ammonia in a mini/micro channel, published at 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM 2010, August 1-5, 2010, Montreal Canada
19. M. Maqbool, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Rashid Ali, Two-phase pressure drop of ammonia in a mini/micro channel, published at 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM 2010, August 1-5, 2010, Montreal Canada.
20. M. Maqbool, B. Palm, R. Khodabandeh, Rashid Ali, Experimental investigation of Two-phase pressure drop in a vertical mini- channel at three saturation pressures, published at 2th European Conference on Microfluidics 2010, Toulouse France, December 8-10, 2010.
21. Maqbool M. H, Palm B, R. Khodabandeh, R. Ali, 2011, Saturated flow boiling heat transfer characteristics of propane in a smooth vertical mini channel up to dry-out incipience, published in the proceedings of the 23rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, August 21-26, Prague, Czech Republic.
22. M. Saleemi, N. Nikkam, M. S. Toprak, S. Li , M. Muhammed, E. B. Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh and B. Palm, One Step synthesis of Ceria (CeO2) Nanofluids with enhanced thermal transport Properties, 27 June- 1 July 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
23. N. Nikkam, M. Saleemi, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed, E. B. Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh and B. Palm, Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Copper Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications (7th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference – Istanbul, Turkey, 27 June- 1 July 2011)
24. E. Bitaraf Haghighi, Z. Anwar, I. Lumbreras, S. A. Mirmohammadi, M. Behi, R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, Screening Single Phase Laminar Convective Heat Transfer of Nanofluids in a Micro-tube, 6th European Thermal Sciences Conference (Eurotherm 2012), September 04 - 07, 2012, Poitiers - Futuroscope France.
25. E. Bitaraf Haghighi, M. Ghadamgahi, M. Behi, S. A. Mirmohammadi, R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, M. Saleemi, N. Nikkam, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed, Measurement of temperature-dependent viscosity of nanofluids and its effect on pumping power in cooling systems, 6th European Thermal Sciences Conference (Eurotherm 2012), September 04 - 07, 2012, Poitiers - Futuroscope France.
26. N. Nikkam, M. Saleemi, M. S. Toprak, M. Muhammed, E. B. Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh and B. Palm, Rheological Properties of Copper Nanofluids Synthesised by Using Microwave-Assisted Method, , 4th International Conference on Nanostructures, 12-14 March 2012, Kish Island, Iran.
27. R. Fakhrai, B. Saadatfar, R. Khodabandeh, T. Fransson; Utilization of numerical methods in context of learning process enhancement for multi-disciplinary field of science; Proceedings of INTED2012 Conference. 5th-7th March 2012, Valencia, Spain
28. N. Nikkam, M. Saleemi, E.B. Haghighi, M. Ghanbarpour, M.S. Toprak, R. Khodabandeh, M. Muhammed and B. Palm, Design and Fabrication of Efficient Nanofluids Based on SiC Nanoparticles for Heat Exchange Applications (European Materials Research Society Conference, EMRS, Strasbourg, France, May 27-31, 2013)
29. Zahid Anwar, Björn Palm, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, FLOW BOILING OF R1234yf IN A UNIFORM SMOOTH VERTIAL MINI-CHANNEL, Published at Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Processes of refrigerants TPTPR (IIR Conference), June 2013, Delft Netherlands.
30. Zahid Anwar, Björn Palm, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, DRYOUT CHARACTERSITICS OF R1234yf IN A VERTICAL MINICHANNEL, Published at Eurotherm Seminar No. 96, Sep. 2013, Brussles Belgium.
31. N. Nikkam, M. Saleemi, E.B. Haghighi, M. Ghanbarpour, M.S. Toprak, R. Khodabandeh, M. Muhammed and B. Palm, Nano-engineered SiC Heat Transfer Fluids for Effective Cooling (Materials Research Society Conference, MRS, San Francisco, USA, April 1-5, 2013)
32. M. Ghanbarpour, H. Bitaraf Haghighi, R. Khodabandeh INVESTIGATION OF LAMINAR AND TURBULENT CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER OF AL2O3/WATER NANOFLUID, Published at, 13th UK Heat Transfer Conference UKHTC, Sep. 2013.
33. M. Ghanbarpour, N. Nikkam, R. Khodabandeh, M. Toprak, EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF NANOFLUID EFFECT ON THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF SCREEN MESH HEAT PIPE, Published at, 13th UK Heat Transfer Conference UKHTC, Sep. 2013.
34. Zahid Anwar, Björn Palm, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, FLOW BOILING OF R600A IN A UNIFORMLY HEATED VERTICAL MINICHANNEL, Published at, 13th UK Heat Transfer Conference UKHTC, Sep. 2013.
35. Zahid Anwar, Björn Palm, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, DRYOUT CHARACTERISTICS OF R600A IN A UNIFORMLY HEATED VERTICAL MINICHANNEL, Published at, 13th UK Heat Transfer Conference UKHTC, Sep. 2013.
36. Nikkam, M Ghanbarpour, M Saleemi, MS Toprak, M Muhammed, R. Khodabandeh, “Thermal and rheological properties of micro-and nanofluids of copper in diethylene glycol–as heat exchange liquid” Proceedings of the Symposium on Nanoscale Heat Transport—From Fundamentals to Devices , vol. 1543, Materials Research Society, San Francisco, USA, DOI: 1 557/op 013 0.1 l.2 .675
37. SP Singh, N Nikkam, M Ghanbarpour, MS Toprak, M Muhammed, R. Khodabandeh, “Design and Evaluation of Carbon Nanotube Based Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications” Proceedings of the Symposium on Nanoscale Heat Transport—From Fundamentals to Devices , vol. 1543, Materials Research Society, San Francisco, USA, DOI: 1 557/op 013 0.1 l.2.676
38. Nader Nikkam, Morteza Ghanbarpour, Mohsin Saleemi, R. Khodabandeh, Muhammet Toprak, Mamoun Muhammed, “Nano-engineered SiC Heat Transfer Fluids for Effective Cooling” Presented at Materials Research Conference, MRS, USA, April 2013
39. P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh”The role of environmental metrics (GWP, TEWI, LCCP) in the selection of low GWP refrigerant,” 6th International Conference on Applied Energy, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014.
40. P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh,”The Influence of Climate Conditions on Life Cycle Climate Performance of Low GWP Refrigerant Based Heat Pumps,” ASHRAE 2014 Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 2014.
41. P. Makhnatch and R. Khodabandeh, ”Selection of low GWP refrigerant for heat pump by assessing the life cycle climate performance (LCCP),” 11th IEA Heat Pump Conference, Montréal (Québec) Canada, 2014.
42. N Nikkam, M Ghanbarpour, R. Khodabandeh, MS Toprak, “Experimental investigation on thermophysical properties of ethylene glycol based copper micro-and nanofluids for heat transfer applications” MRS Proceedings 1779, 69-74 (2015)
43. Morteza Ghanbarpour and Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, “Entropy generation analysis of heat pipe using nanofluid”, 17th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (ICFMT 2015), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 2015
44. P. Makhnatch och R. Khodabandeh,” An experimental investigation of refrigerant R449A as replacement for R404A in supermarket refrigeration system,” 4th IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain, Auckland, 2016.
45. P. Makhnatch och R. Khodabandeh, ”Applicability of global temperature change potential (GTP) metric to replace GWP in TEWI environmental analysis of heat pump systems,” i ICR2015: The 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, Yokohama, Japan, 2015.
46. P. Makhnatch och R. Khodabandeh,” Evaluation of cycle performance of R448A and R449A as R404A replacements in supermarket refrigeration systems,” i ICR2015: The 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration , Yokohama, Japan, 2015.
47. P. Makhnatch och R. Khodabandeh, ”The role of environmental metrics (GWP, TEWI, LCCP) in the selection of low GWP refrigerant.,” i The 6th International Conference on Applied Energy, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014.
48. P. Makhnatch och R. Khodabandeh,”Uncertainty of life cycle performance (LCCP) analysis,” i 12th IIR Gustav Lorentzen natural working fluids conference, Edinburgh, UK, 2016.
49. 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, Seoul, 2017.
50. A. Mota-Babiloni, P. Makhnatch , R. Khodabandeh and J. Navarro-Esbrí , ”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, Seoul, 2017.
51. P. Makhnatch, H. Madani and R. Khodabandeh, ”Multi-criteria decision making analysis in refrigerant selection for residential heat pump systems,” in 12th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2017, Rotterdam, 2017.
Other conference papers
1. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer Coefficients in Vertical Narrow Channels, Heat Transfer and Transport Phenomena in Microsystems, October 2000, Banff, Canada.
2. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, Heat Transfer Coefficient in the Vertical Narrow Channels of the Evaporator of an Advanced Thermosyphon Loop, 4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF-2001), May 27- June 1, New Orleans, LA, USA.
3. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, Influence of Diameter and Height of Evaporators on the boiling Heat Transfer in Closed Advanced Two-Phase Thermosyphon Loop, First Scandinavian Conference on Cooling Electronics, ScandTherm, June 2002, pp. 41-46, Stockholm.
5. R. Khodabandeh, Influence of channel diameter on boiling heat transfer in a closed advanced two-phase thermosyphon loop, 5th International Conference on Boiling Heat Transfer, May 2003, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
6. R. Khodabandeh, B. Palm, Stephen Kemper, Mass flow of an advanced two-phase thermosyphon loop, ECI International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale, Castelvecchio Pascoli (Tuscany), Italy, 25-30 September 2005.
47 publications at National Journal (Swedish:Kyla & Värme)
Supervision of PhD students at Department of Energy Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
PhD Thesis projects:
· Load shifting and storage of cooling energy through ice bank or ice slurry systems, modeling and experimental analysis
· Heat Transfer, pressure drop and visualization using ammonia in minichannels
· Flow boiling heat transfer, pressure drop and dryout characteristics of low GWP refrigerants in a vertical mini-channel
· Single Phase Convective Heat Transfer with Nanofluids: An Experimental Approach
· Refrigerants with low GWP
· Using nanofluids and nanoporous structure surfaces in heat pipes
· Enhanced heat transfer of compact heat exchanger
