Zafar Said

Department of Sustainable Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE

Assistant Professor

Email: zsaid@sharjah.ac.ae

Qualifications

2014, Ph.D., University of Malaya, Malaysia

2011, B.S., University Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia

Research Interests

Renewable Energy (Solar Energy, Thermal collectors, PVT, Energy Efficiency)

Heat Transfer (Cooling and Heating)

Nanofluids (Stability, Thermophysical properties, Optical properties)

Supercapacitors

Under-hood Thermal Management (Radiator, exhaust system and vehicle simulation modelling) Active Thermography (Pulse Thermography, Lock-in Thermography, Composite Structures)

Publications (Selected)

1. Zafar Said* et al. Nanofluids for low to medium temperature solar collectors: energy, exergy, economic analysis and environmental impact. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (2021). Volume 84, May 2021, 100898 (IF: 29.34).
2. Said, Zafar* et al. "Recent advances on the fundamental physical phenomena behind stability, dynamic motion, thermophysical properties, heat transport, applications, and challenges of nanofluids." Physics Reports (2021). (IF: 25.6).
3. Bellos, Evangelos, Christos Tzivanidis, and Zafar Said. "Investigation and optimization of a solar-assisted pumped thermal energy storage system with flat plate collectors." Energy Conversion and Management 237 (2021): 114137. (IF: 8.208)
4. Sheikholeslami, M., Seyyed Ali Farshad, Z. Ebrahimpour, and Zafar Said*. "Recent progress on flat plate solar collectors and photovoltaic systems in the presence of nanofluid: A review." Journal of Cleaner Production (2021): 126119. (IF: 9.297)
5. Said, Zafar et al. "Thermophysical properties using ND/water nanofluids: An experimental study, ANFIS-based model and optimization." Journal of Molecular Liquids 330 (2021): 115659. (IF: 5.065)
6. Sheikholeslami, M., Seyyed Ali Farshad, and Zafar Said. "Analyzing entropy and thermal behavior of nanomaterial through solar collector involving new tapes." International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 123 (2021): 105190. (IF: 5.683)
7. Tiwar, Arun Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Zafar Said, and H. K. Paliwal. "A review on the application of hybrid nanofluids for parabolic trough collector: Recent progress and outlook." Journal of Cleaner Production (2021): 126031. (IF: 9.297)
8. Tiwari, Arun Kumar, Naimish S. Pandya, Zafar Said, Saumya H. Chhatbar, Yusuf A. Al-Turki, and Avinash R. Patel. "3S (sonication, surfactant, stability) impact on the viscosity of hybrid nanofluid with different base fluids: An experimental study." Journal of Molecular Liquids (2021): 115455. (IF: 6.165)
9. Said, Z. et al.  Central versus off-grid photovoltaic system, the optimum option for the domestic sector based on techno-economic-environmental assessment for United Arab Emirates. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 43, 100944. (IF: 5.353)
10. Said, Zafar, Mokhtar Ghodbane, L. Syam Sundar, Arun Kumar Tiwari, Mohsen Sheikholeslami, and Boussad Boumeddane. "Heat transfer, entropy generation, economic and environmental analyses of linear Fresnel reflector using novel rGO-Co3O4 hybrid nanofluids." Renewable Energy (2020). (IF: 8.001)
11. Zafar Said, L. Syam Sundar, Hegazy Rezk, Ahmed M. Nassef, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Mohsen Sheikholeslami. Optimizing Density, Dynamic Viscosity, Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat of a Hybrid Nanofluid obtained experimentally via ANFIS-based Model and Modern Optimization. Journal of Molecular Liquids. (2020). (IF: 6.165)
12. Sheikholeslami, M., M. Jafaryar, Zafar Said, Ammar I. Alsabery, Houman Babazadeh, and Ahmad Shafee. "Modification for helical turbulator to augment heat transfer behavior of nanomaterial via numerical approach." Applied Thermal Engineering (2020): 115935. (IF: 5.295)
13. Hachicha, Ahmed Amine, Zafar Said, S. M. A. Rahman, and Eman Al-Sarairah. "On the thermal and thermodynamic analysis of parabolic trough collector technology using industrial-grade MWCNT based nanofluid." Renewable Energy (2020). (IF: 8.001)
14. Gupta, Munish, Vinay Singh, and Zafar Said. "Heat transfer analysis using zinc Ferrite/water (Hybrid) nanofluids in a circular tube: An experimental investigation and development of new correlations for thermophysical and heat transfer properties." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 39 (2020): 100720. (IF: 5.353)
15. Said, Zafar et al. "Enhancing the performance of automotive radiators using nanofluids." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 112 (2019): 183-194. (IF: 14.98)
16. Hachicha, Ahmed Amine, Bashria AA Yousef, Zafar Said, and Ivette Rodríguez. "A review study on the modeling of high-temperature solar thermal collector systems." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 112 (2019): 280-298. (IF: 14.98)
17. Zafar Said, Sahil Arora, Evangelos Bellos. A review on performance and environmental effects of conventional and nanofluid-based thermal photovoltaics. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 94, 302-316. (IF: 14.9)