Dr Hadi Heidary

School of Chemical Engineering
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow

Contact details

Email: h.heidary@bham.ac.uk

Address: Centre for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Research
School of Chemical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Hadi Heidary is a Marie Skłodowska Curie Research Fellow in the Birmingham Centre for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research, based in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham. His research interests lie in development of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell components, low and intermediate temperate. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 journal papers, conference papers and book chapters.

Qualifications

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, 2016.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2009.
BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, 2007.

Biography

Dr Hadi Heidary received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic). His main research focus is the performance and durability improvement of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFCs), where he has published over 25 journal papers in high-impact journals, presented over 15 papers at international conferences and two book chapters in Elsevier and WILEY. During his Ph.D, he spent 6-months at the Centre for Fuel Cell Research at the University of Delaware (UDel), USA.

The acknowledgment of his expertise is demonstrated by several invitations to review manuscripts for high reputed journals such as Renewable Energy, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Energy Conversion and Management, and Journal of Energy Engineering. Hadi has a 14-year of industrial experience as research and development manager in power industries. He has also recieved grants for industrial projects (6 completed & ongoing projects).

In 2023, he joined the Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research at the University of Birmingham as a Marie Curie Research Fellow.

Teaching

Convection Heat Transfer
Renewable Energy
Energy Economics
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology
Energy Systems Analysis
Thermodynamics

Research

Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Hydrogen/Fuel Cell Systems
Performance and Durability Improvement of PEM Fuel Cells
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Environmental and Economics Life Cycle Assessment for Energy Systems
Sustainable Energy (Wind, Solar, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell)

Other activities

Visiting Research Scholar in Center for Fuel Cell Research, Interdisciplinary Sciences and Engineering Lab, University of Delaware, Newark, USA, 2015.
Engineering and Development Manager, Power Division, MAPNA Group, since 2010.
Supervisor/co-supervisor for several BSc/MSc thesis
Reviewer for International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier)
Reviewer for Renewable Energy (Elsevier)
Reviewer for Journal of Energy Engineering (ASCE)
Reviewer for International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier)
Reviewer for Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier)

Publications

Book chapters

H. Heidary, M.M. Jahromi, Power Density and Durability in Hydrogen Vehicles, in Hydrogen Electrical Vehicles, 2023, WILEY-Scrivener, USA.

M.M. Jahromi, H. Heidary, Automotive applications of the PEM technology, in PEM Fuel Cells: Fundamentals, Advanced Technologies, and Practical Application, pp. 347-406, 2022, Elsevier.

Selected publications in peer reviewed journals

H. Heidary, R. Steinberger-Wilckens, A.E. Kharouf, S. Bozorgmehri, M. Salimi, M. Golmihammad, Life Cycle Assessment of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Vehicles in a Natural Gas Producing Country; Comparison with Proton Electrolyte Fuel Cell, Battery and Gasoline Vehicles, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 59, 103396, 2023.

H. Heidary, K. Janda, The Life Cycle Assessment and Merit Order Effect of Green Hydrogen Fueled Gas Turbine Power Plant, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, accepted, 2023.

S. Bozorgmehri, H. Heidary, M. Salimi, Market diffusion strategies for the PEM fuel cell-based micro-CHP systems in the residential sector: Scenario analysis, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 48, pp. 3287-3298, 2023.

H. Heidary, M.J. Kermani, A.J. Prasad, S. Advani, Experimental and numerical studies of enhanced interdigitated PEM fuel cells, Journal of Energy Engineering, vol. 147, pp. 04021026, 2021.

M.M. Jahromi, H. Heidary, Durability and economics studies of a new developed power management system for fuel cell hybrid vehicles, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 46, pp. 5740-5755, 2021.

A. Moradi Bilondi, M. Abdollahzadeh, M. J. Kermani, H. Heidary, P. Havaej, Numerical study of anode side CO contamination effects on PEM fuel cell performance; and mitigation methods, Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 177, pp. 519-534, 2018.

H. Havaej, M.J. Kermani, M. Abdollahzadeh, H. Heidary, A. Moradi, A numerical modelling study on the influence of catalyst loading distribution on the performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 43, pp. 10031-10047, 2018.

H. Heidary, M.J. Kermani, B. Dabir, A.J. Prasad, S. Advani, Numerical modelling of in-line and staggered blockages in parallel flowfield channels of PEM fuel cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 42, pp. 2265-2277, 2017.

H. Heidary, M.J. Kermani, N.K.H. Dalasm, Performance analysis of PEM fuel cells cathode catalyst layer at various operating conditions, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 41, pp. 22274–22284, 2016.

H. Heidary, M.J. Kermani, B. Dabir, Influences of bipolar plate channel blockages on PEM fuel cell performances, Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 124, pp. 51-60, 2016.

H. Heidary, M.J. Kermani, S. Advani, A.J. Prasad, Experimental investigation of in-line and staggered blockages in parallel flowfield channels of PEM fuel cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 41, pp. 6885-6893, 2016.

H. Heidary, A. Abbassi, M.J. Kermani, enhanced heat transfer with corrugated flow channel in anode side of direct methanol fuel cells, Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 75, pp. 748-760, 2013.

H. Heidary, M.J. Kermani, Effect of nano-particles on forced convection in sinusoidal-wall channel, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 37, pp. 1520–1527, 2010.