Aliakbar Akbarzadeh
 Professor
Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
RMIT University
Australia
Biography
In the last 10 years Professor Akbarzadeh's research projects have received more than $5.0M in cash and in kind from Federal and State Governments, Australian and overseas industries, etc. The funding bodies have been ARC, NERDDC, VSEC, VPSEC, Fujikura/Tokyo, City of Portland, DEET, Energy Victoria, Solahart, Australian Greenhouse Office, LWRDC ,and NAP. Two books: Fundamentals of Remote Area Power Supply Systems, DOUC Print, Melbourne, 1992. Heat Pipe Technology, Theory Applications and Prospects, Pergamon Press, U.K., 1997. 75 refereed journal articles and refereed conference proceedings (mainly on renewable energy and energy conservation). More than 20 government/utility/industry Reports covering applications of solar energy and energy conservation.
Research Interest
Renewable Energy Systems
Publications
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Numerical investigation of temperature distribution and thermal performance while charging-discharging thermal energy in aquifer
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 Feasibility of electrical power generation using thermoelectric modules via solar pond heat extractionÂ
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 A review of power generation with thermoelectric system and its alternative with solar ponds
