School of Mechanical Engineering
SemnanUniversity,
P.O.Box: 35196-45399
Semnan,
Iran / / Tel: +98-231-3366352
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MohammadSadegh Valipour

Education /
  • B.Sc, Mechanical Eng., Thermo-Fluid field
1998Sistan & BaluchestanUniversity Zahedan, Iran
  • M.Sc,Mechanical Eng., Energy Conversion field
2000SharifUniversity of Technology Tehran, Iran
  • PhD, Mechanical Eng., Energy Conversion field
2007SharifUniversity of Technology Tehran, Iran
Work Experience / Energy Optimization Researcher
  • 2000- 2004 Sharif Energy Research Institute(SERI), SharifUniversity of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Teaching Assistant
  • 2000- 2004 School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
-Fluid Mechanics(for Under graduate)
-Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
-Heat Transfer Laboratory
Advanced Thermodynamic & Heat Transfer Researcher
  • 2002-2007 Center of Excellence in Energy Conversion, School of Mechanical Engineering, SharifUniversity. of Technology
DRI(Direct Reduction Iron) Technology researcher
  • Nov. 2003-Apr. 2005, Iran International Engineering Company(IRITEC)
  • 2006- present, Iran International Engineering Company(IRITEC)
Special foreign researcher
  • Apr.2005-Jan. 2006………..Materials Reaction Engineering Lab.,Department of Materials, Physics and Energy Engineering,GraduateSchool of Engineering,Nagoya University, Japan
Assistant Professor
  • July 2006-Present, School of Mechanical Engineering , SemnanUniversity, Semnan, Iran.
Head of SemnanUniversity Technology Incubator
  • Nov. 2010-Present, SemnanUniversity Technology Incubator, Semnan, Iran.

Interests & Activities /
  • Vertical and horizontal wind tunnels
  • Modeling of Chemical Engineering Reactors
  • Heat and Mass Transfer and Fluid Dynamics in Packed Beds
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Energy Optimization in Ironmaking Steelmaking Plants
  • Two Phase Flow (Gas-Solid)
  • Modeling of Heterogeneous gas-solid reactions
  • Modeling of Vortex Tube Refrigerator
  • Modeling of Granular Materials
  • Energy and Exergy analysis of process

TaughtCourses / Under Graduate
  • Fluid Mechanics I & II
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab.
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Power Plants technology
Graduate
  • Convection Heat transfer
  • Energy Management

Honor and Awards /
  • Young Researcher Fellowship from MIT, 2005.
  • Awarded Scholarship from NagoyaUniversity of Japan as Special Foreign Student, 2005.
  • Awarded Scholarship from Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
  • Nominated as Top Student of EngineeringSchool in Bs.c., 1998
  • Membership of ISIJ (Iron and Steel Institute of Japan)
  • Membership of ISME(Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers)

Publications / Journals
  1. Valipour M.S., Ghadi A.Z., “Numerical investigation of fluid flow and heat transfer around solid circular cylinder utilizing nanofluid”, Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transf. (2011), doi:10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.06.007
  2. Valipour M.S., Niazi, N., “Experimental modeling of a curved Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube refrigerator”, International Journal of Refrigeration,2011,34(4), 1109-1116.
  3. Valipour M.S.“Mathematical Modelling of a Non-catalytic Gas-Solid Reaction: The Hematite Pellet Reduction with Syngas” Scientia Iranica, Transactions C: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2009, 16, 108-124.
  4. Khoshandam, B., Kumar, R. V., Valipour, M. S. and Darzi, H. R., "Modeling of non-catalytic gas-solid reactions-Multicomponent nonequimolar counter-diffusion of gaseous phase",Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy 118 (2), pp. 85-97.
  5. Valipour M.S.and Khoshandam B., “Numerical Modeling of Non-isothermal Reduction of a wustite Pellet with Syngas”, Ironmaking and Steelmaking, 36, 91-96, 2009.
  6. Valipour M.S.and Saboohi Y.,“Numerical Investigation of Nonisothermal Reduction of Hematite Using Syngas: The Shaft Scale Study”Modelling and Simulation in Material Science and Engineering, 15, 487-507, 2007.
  7. Valipour M.S.and Saboohi Y.,“Modeling of Multiple Noncatalytic Gas-Solid Reactions in a Moving Bed of Porous Pellets Based on Finite Volume Method” Heat and Mass Transfer, 43, 881-894, 2007.
  8. Valipour M.S., Motamed Hashemi M.Y. and Saboohi Y., “Mathematical Modeling of Reaction in an Iron Ore Pellet With Using a Mixture of hydrogen, water vapor, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide: An isothermal study” Advanced Powder Technology, 17(3), 277-295, 2006.
  9. Valipour M.S. and Saboohi Y., "A non-isothermal, transient model of a non-catalytic reaction in a packed bed with a multi-component high-temperature gas mixture" in Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics 2005(Ed: K.J. Bathe), Elsevier Ltd., pp.1023-1025, 2005.
  10. Saidi, M.H. and Valipour, M.S., "Experimental Modeling of Vortex Tube Refrigerator", J. of Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol.23, pp.1971-1980, 2003.
Conference papers
  1. Valipour M.S.and Kuwabara M., “Effect of dual gas injection system on the performance of the moving bed reactor: The reduction of hematite pellets with hydrogen”, SCANMET III, June 2008, Lulea, Sweden.
  2. Khoshandam, B., Kumar, R. V., Valipour, M. S. and Darzi, H. R., "Modeling of non-catalytic gas-solid reactions-Multicomponent nonequimolar counter-diffusion of gaseous phase", 5th International Chemical Engineering Congress, Kish Island, Iran, Jan. 2008.
  3. Valipour M.S., Kuwabara M. and Khoshandam B., “Numerical Modeling of Non-isothermal Reduction of a wustite Pellet with Syngas”, First joint conference on Metallurgical and Casting conference, Zobe Ahan, Isfahan, Iran, 2007.
  4. Valipour M.S., Kuwabara M. and Saboohi Y., “Numerical Modeling of Non-isothermal Reduction in a Hematite Pellet with Using a Mixture of ,,and ” CAMP-ISIJ, Vol.18, pp. 922, 2005.
  5. Valipour M.S. and Saboohi Y., "A non-isothermal, transient model of non-catalytic reaction in packed bed with a multi-component high temperature gas mixture" 3rd MIT conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 14-17, 2005, MIT, Cambridge, USA.
  6. Valipour M.S. and Saboohi Y" Behavior of anIron ore pellet during the reduction process"2nd International Conference & Exhibition onNew Developments in Metallurgical Process Technology, 19-21 September 2004, Riva del Garda, Italy.
  7. Valipour M.S., Motamed Hashemi M.Y. and Saboohi Y. "Mathematical modeling of reaction in iron ore pellet with syngas" 16th Int. Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA 2004), 22-26 August 2004, Prague, Czech Republic.
  8. Valipour, M.S., Saidi, M.H., “Adaptive Modeling of Energy Separation in Vortex Tube” Proceeding of 10th Annual (International) Mechanical Engineering Conference (ISME2002), 24-26 May, 2002.
  9. Valipour, M.S. and Saidi, M.H., "Experimental Modeling of a Vortex Tube Refrigerator" 9th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Isfahan, Iran, May 2002.
  10. Saidi, M.H., Valipour, M.S., “Effect of Thermo-physical and Geometrical Parameters on Vortex Tube Performance” 9th Annual and 5th International Mechanical Engineering Conference (ISME2001) May 26-28, 2002.
Book and Reports
  1. Valipour M.S. “Review of Direct Reduction Processes based on Consumption Energy”, Sharif University of Technology, Sharif Energy Research Institute,2002,Internal Report.(In Persian Language)
  2. Valipour M.S. “Direct Reduction Based on Midrex Process”,SharifUniversity of Technology, Sharif Energy Research Institute ,2002, Internal Report.(In Persian Language)
  3. Valipour M.S. “Developing a Computer Code for Solving Fluid Flow using Finite Element Method Based on GLS”, Sharif University of Technology, 2002.
  4. Valipour M.S. “Developing Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes in Collocated Grid System”, SharifUniversity of Technology, 2003.
  5. Nazer H.H.K and Valipour M.S. " Fluid Mechanics Laboratory: Instruction booklet" , Sharif University of Technology, 2004.(In Persian).
  6. Valipour M.S., “Developing a Computer Code for modeling non-catalytic gas-solid reactions in a porous pellet based on FVM”, Sharif University of Technology, 2004.
  7. Valipour M.S., “Developing a Computer Code for Solving Fluid Flow ,Heat and Mass Transfer in a Moving packed bed reactor based on FVM”, NagoyaUniversity and Sharif University of Technology, 2005.
Publication in Persian Language
1-مختاری محمدحسین، ولی پور محمدصادق، " بررسي اثر واکنش گاز-آب در احياي وستيت(FeO) با استفاده از مخلوط گازهاي هيدروژن، منوکسيد کربن، بخار آب و دي اکسيد کربن "، سمپوزیوم فولاد 89، ذوب آهن اصفهان،اصفهان، اسفندماه 1389.
2-محمد صادق ولی پور، محسن ترابی، پویا صالحی، " انتقال حرارت جابجایی اجباری در جریان آرام از یک استوانه گرم شده در محیط متخلخل " اولين کنفرانس علوم حرارتي ايران، انجمن مهندسان مکانیک، دانشگاه آزاد مشهد، 1389.
3-نادر رهبر، محسن طاهریان، مصطفی شاطری، محمد صادق ولی‌پور،" شبیه‌سازی عددی لوله گردبادی تبریدی در مقیاس میکرو و مقایسه آن با نتایج تجربی "، " اولين کنفرانس علوم حرارتي ايران، انجمن مهندسان مکانیک، دانشگاه آزاد مشهد، 1389.
4-محمدصادق ولی پور، احسان حسن آبادی، سیاوش صندوقدار" مدلسازی تجربي جريان مواد دانه اي در بسترهاي پر شده روان بر اساس آناليز ابعادي ""، کنفرانس سالانه بین المللی انجمن مهندسین مکانیک ایران، دانشگاه صنعتی شریف، تهران، 1389.
5-محمدصادق ولی پور، نیما نیازی،"مدلسازی تجربی لوله گردبادی منحنی الشکل"، " کنفرانس سالانه بین المللی انجمن مهندسین مکانیک ایران، دانشگاه صنعتی شریف، تهران، 1389.
6-سعیدی محمدحسن، ولی پور محمدصادق“بررسی اثر پارامترهای ترموفیزیکی و هندسی بر عملکرد لوله گردبادی"، کنفرانس سالانه بین المللی انجمن مهندسین مکانیک ایران، دانشگاه گیلان، رشت، 1380.
7-ولی پور محمدصادق، سعیدیمحمدحسن" مدلسازی تطبیقی فرایند جدایش انرژی در لوله گردبادی " کنفرانس سالانه بین المللی انجمن مهندسین مکانیک ایران، دانشگاه خواجه نصیر، تهران، 1381.
8-ولی پور محمدصادق، حسینی زاده سید جواد، مختاری محمدحسین و یاسایی نیما "مدلسازی ریاضی احیای اکسیدهای آهن در یک راکتور با بستر پرشده متحرک"سمپوزیوم فولاد 87، دانشگاه شهید چمران، اهواز، اسفندماه 1387.
9-اله قلی لیلا، خوش اندام بهنام و ولی پور محمدصادق " مدلسازی واکنش گاز- جامد کربوناسیون اکسید کلسیم با دی اکسید کربن با استفاده از مدل دانه ای " دوازدهمین کنگره ملی مهندسی شیمی، دانشگاه صنعتی سهند، سهند، آبان 1387.

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