Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. (2020). Improvement in the Operative Temperature Measurement of Radiant Cooling Panels, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 126 (2), pp. 419-426.

Moftakhari, A., Moftakhari Chaei Ghazvin, A. (2017). Natural Element Method Study of Combined Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer in Irregular shaped Mediums with Radiative Properties, International Journal of Thermal Science, Vol. 122, pp. 141-161.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C., Moftakhari Chaei Ghazvin, A. (2017). A Novel Numerical Approach For Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer Analysis of Fluid Flow Problems Within Triangular Cavities Using Natural Element Method, Journal of Heat Transfer- Transaction of ASME, Vol. 139(8), 082002.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C., Moftakhari Chaei Ghazvin, A. (2017). Inverse heat transfer analysis of radiator central heating systems inside residential buildings using sensitivity analysis, Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp. 580-607.

Moftakhari, A., Torabi, F., Aghanajafi, C. (2016). A novel energy simulation approach for thermal design of buildings equipped with radiative panels using inverse methodology, Energy and Buildings, Vol.113, pp.169-181.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C., Moftakhari Chaei Ghazvin, A. (2016). An innovative inverse analysis technique for building cooling design with HVAC systems, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, Vol.22, Issue 3, pp. 299-316.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C. (2016). An inverse parameter estimation method for building thermal analysis, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (ASME): Including Wind Energy and Building Energy Conversion, Vol. 138, Issue 2, pp. 021004-021004-11.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C., Moftakhari Chaei Ghazvin, A. (2016). Thermal analysis of HVAC and Solar panels using genetic optimization algorithm, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 1405-1412.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C., Moftakhari Chaei Ghazvin, A. (2015). A Comparative study of HVAC and Radiant systems for heating buildings in different climates of Iran, Indian Journal of Natural Science (IJONS), Vol. 31, pp. 8615-8633.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Publications

Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. (2020). Experimental Study on Cooling Loads of Radiant and All-Air Systems , ASHRAE Virtual Conference.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C., Moftakhari Chaei Ghazvin, A. (2015). The use of solar radiative panels for heating residential buildings in different climates of Iran, The 2nd Conference on Exhibition on Solar Energy, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C. (2015). Inverse design of residential room with radiative panels,The 7th Conference on efficient, clean and Renewable Energy, Tehran, Iran.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C., Moftakhari chaei ghazvin, A. (2015). The use of solar energy to optimize energy consumption pattern in Iran, The 3rd International symposium on Environmental & Water Resources Engineering, K. N. Toosi University Of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C. (2015). Building energy consumption using generic algorithm, The 1st Conference on Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Heating & Cooling Installation, Tehran, Iran.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C. (2015). Inverse Design of conductivity coefficient in building equipped with solar panels, The 6th International Conference on Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (ICHVAC), Tehran, Iran.

Moftakhari, A., Aghanajafi, C. (2015). Thermal Analysis of a residential room equipped with Solar panel using generic algorithm, The 6th International Conference on Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (ICHVAC), Tehran, Iran.

Moftakhari, A., Moftakhari chaei ghazvin, A. (2015). Estimation of Building energy consumption using PSO optimization algorithm, The 7th Conference on efficient, clean and Renewable Energy, Tehran, Iran.

Papers In Prepration/ Under Review

Moftakhari, A., Bourne, S., Novoselac, A. Cooling Load Comparison of Rooms Conditioned with Radiant Cooling Panels and All-Air HVAC Systems, Science and Technology for the Built Environment.

Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. Parametric Analysis of Cooling Load for Radiant Cooling Systems, Building and Environment.

Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. New Convection Correlations for Ceiling Fans in Rooms with Radiant and Air systems, Energy and Buildings.

Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. New model for cooling load calculation of light radiant cooling panels, Applied Energy.

Moftakhari, A., Ippei, I., Novoselac, A. On Enhancing Cooling Capacity of Radiant Cooling Systems, Building and Environment.

Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. Fundamentals of Cooling Load Calculation for Radiant Systems, Energy.

Barnaby, C., Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. Modification of Heat Balance Method for Cooling Load Calculation of Radiant Systems in ASHRAE Load Calculation Toolkit, Journal of Building Performance Simulation.

Du, J., Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. Heat Transfer Dynamics of Rooms with Radiant Floor and Ceiling Cooling Systems, Building Simulation.

Technical Reports

Heltzel, A., Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A. (2021), SBIR Phase II: Passive Radiative Composite Material: National Science Foundation Project No. 1831805. PC Krause and Associates, Inc. (PCKA).

Moftakhari, A., Bourne, S., Novoselac, A. (2020), Experiment Verification of Cooling Load Calculations for Spaces with Non-Uniform Temperature Radiant Surface: ASHRAE 1729-TRP Project (No. 1729- TRP). Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.

Seminars, Invited Talks & Conference Presentations

Moftakhari, A., Novoselac, A., Paper Session 17: Experimental Study of Radiant Systems, District Cooling Plants: “Experimental Study on Cooling Loads of Radiant and All-Air Systems”, ASHRAE Annual Virtual Conference, May 2020.

Moftakhari, A., Seminar 06 — Updates and Lessons Learned from Recent Room Load Calculation Research: “Role of Surface Boundary Condition on the Room Convective and Radiative Loads”, ASHRAE Winter conference, Orlando, FL, January 2020.

Moftakhari, A., Seminar 26 - Load Calculation Considerations for Radiant Systems: “Difference in Cooling Loads for Radiant and All-Air Systems for Different Load Scenarios”, ASHRAE Winter conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2019.

Presenting On behalf of Novoselac, A., Seminar 26 - Load Calculation Considerations for Radiant Systems: “What Happens when Radiant Systems are Designed by Methods Developed for All-air Systems?”, ASHRAE Winter conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2019.

Moftakhari, A., Seminar 61: Convective Vs. Radiant Load Calculations: Are They Different?: “ Difference in Cooling Loads for Radiant and All-Air Systems for Different Types of Heat Gains and Control (Operative vs. Air) Temperature”, ASHRAE Annual conference, Houston, TX, June 2018.