Personal identification

Full name

Behzad Shahzamanian Sichani

Citation names

• Sichani, Behzad
• Behzad Shahzamanian

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

531F-47FE-F7F6

ORCID iD

0009-0003-7014-224X

Telephones

Mobile phone

• 939124322 (Personal)

Addresses

• Dr. Roberto Frias street, campus of Faculty of engineering of university of Porto, No. 400., 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
• Travessa da Areosa, No. 99, 1st floor, Hab. 16., 4200-087, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

• Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Persian (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

	Degree	Classification
2018/02 - 2024/06/13 Concluded	Mechanical engineering (Doutoramento) Major in Fluid and energy Universidade do Porto, Portugal "Development of a small scale triple effect desalination unit driven by solar energy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16.5 out of 20 (excluding thesis)
2010/09/20 - 2013/02 Concluded	Mechanical engineering (Magister (2nd cycle)) Major in Energy conversion Shiraz University of Technology, Iran "Numerical Evaluation of Heat Transfer Characteristics in Micro-channels with Rectangular Cross-section Considering Variable Properties & Conjugate Effects" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14.28 out of 20
2004/09/20 - 2009/07 Concluded	Mechanical engineering (Bachelor (1st cycle)) Major in Heat and Fluids Shahrekord University, Iran	13.15 out of 20

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/05 - 2024/04/01	Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/04/01 - 2024/05/31	Small-SolDes - Development of a small scale triple effect desalination unit driven by solar energy POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028032 Research Fellow Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/09/20 - 2021/10/01	PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF SOLAR THERMAL DESALINATION SYSTEM SURPF2001300036 Researcher Plataforma Solar de Almeria, Spain	Concluded
2018/05/02 - 2019/03/30	Polysol - Development of a polygeneration solar system for Zero Energy Buildings POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030223 Research Fellow Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/06/01 - 2025/05/31	Ecocerâmica e Cristalaria de Portugal (ECP) 0 Post-doc Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal	Ongoing

Publications

Conference abstract	Dr. João soares; Dr. Szabolcs Varga; Dr. Armando Oliveira. "Design of a small-scale thermal vapour compression system". Paper presented in Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy, 2022. Published Shahzamanian, B.; Soares, j.; Varga, S.; Palmero-Marrero, A.I.; Oliveira, A.C.. "Design of a small-scale thermal vapour compression machine for solar thermal desalination". Paper presented in International conference on machine design, Porto, 2021. Published Shahzamanian, B.; Soares, J.; Varga, S.; Palmero-Marrero, A.I.; Oliveira, A.C.. "Development of steam separators applied in a small scale triple effect desalination unit driven by solar energy". Paper presented in Doctoral congress in engineering, Porto, 2021. Published Behzad Shahzamanian; Dr. Szabolcs Varga; Dr. João soares; Dr. Armando Oliveira; Dr. Ana Isabel Palmero-Marrero. "Development of a small scale triple effect desalination unit driven by solar energy". Paper presented in Doctoral congress in engineering, 2019. Published
Conference paper	Behzad Shahzamanian; Dr. João soares; Dr. Szabolcs Varga; Dr. Armando Oliveira; Dr. Ana Isabel Palmero-Marrero. "POLYSOL – Thermal and electrical performance assessment of a cost-effective polygeneration system". Paper presented in IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019. Published • 10.1088/1755-1315/352/1/012052 Behzad Shahzamanian; Dr. João soares; Dr. Szabolcs Varga; Dr. Armando Oliveira. "SmallSolDes - Development of a small-scale desalination unit driven by solar energy using a variable geometry ejector". Paper presented in SolarPACES Conference, 2019. Published • 10.1063/5.0028736 Behzad Shahzamanian; Dr. Szabolcs Varga; Dr. João soares; Dr. Armando Oliveira; Dr. Ana Isabel Palmero-Marrero. "Thermal and electrical performance assessment of a solar polygeneration system". Paper presented in International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, 2019. Published • 10.1016/j.egyr.2019.09.056
Journal article	Dr. Szabolcs Varga; Dr. João soares; Dr. Armando Oliveira; Dr. Ana Isabel Palmero-Marrero. "Theoretical performance assessment of a multi-effect distillation system integrated with thermal vapour compression unit running on solar energy". low carbon technologies (2024): Accepted • 10.1093/ijlct/ctae010 Shahzamanian, B.; Varga, S.; Soares, J.; Palmero-Marrero, A.I.; Oliveira, A.C.. "Performance evaluation of a variable geometry ejector applied in a multi-effect thermal vapor compression desalination system". Applied Thermal Engineering 195 (2021): 117177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117177. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117177