Amar Sadun Abdul-Zahra
Mechanical Engineering Department
Lecturer
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Doctor Abdul-Zahra received his Ph.D. in (2015) from Institute for Building Design and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. He graduated from University of Technology - Iraq in 2000 and 2006 for his bachelor and master degrees. Currently, he is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq. He authored and co-authored nearly 12 papers published in high ranking prestigious international journals and conferences. His research fields focus on renewable energy, building simulation, building efficiency, Heating and cooling system solar Energy.
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq, 2014.
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq, 2006.
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq, 2004.
Renewable energy, building simulation, building efficiency, Heating and cooling system solar Energy
1.A. Abdul-Zahra, T. Faßnacht, A. Wagner, "Heating and Electrical Load Shifting in a Building with Photovoltaic Panels and an Electrical Resistance Heater," In: Proceedings Vol. II of International CISBAT Conference (2013), pp. 709-714, 4-6 September 2013, Lausanne, Switzerland.
4. T. Faßnacht, A. Abdul-Zahra, A. Wagner, "Modellbasierte prädiktive Regelung für Wärmepumpen zur Integration von Photovoltaik und dynamischen Strompreistarifen," In: HLH Lüftung/Klima, Heizung/Sanitär, Gebäudetechnik Journal, Bd.65, Nr.5, pp.18-24, May, 2014.
5.As one of the team in the project “Temperierte Straße”, this work was published as a book entitled “Temperierte Straße - Machbarkeitsstudie”, Serie: Forschung Straßenbau und Straßenverkehrstechnik H. 1102, 2013, Bonn: Bundesmin. für Verkehr, Bau u. Stadtentwicklung 2013, 97 S.
6. A. Abdul-Zahra, T. Faßnacht, A. Wagner, "Evaluation of the combination of hybrid photovoltaic solar thermal collectors with air to water heat pumps," In: Conference Proceedings EuroSun 2014, France, Aix-les-Bains, 16 - 19 September 2014. Published by International Solar Energy Society (ISES), doi:10.18086/eurosun.2014.16.01
7. A. Abdul-Zahra, T. Faßnacht, C. Glueck and A. Wagner, "Simulation study of solar thermal and photovoltaic collector options for solar-assisted heating of a residential building in Germany," In: Online Proceedings of REHVA Annual Conference 2015, Latvia, Riga, 6-9 May 2015, pp.32-41. doi: 10.7250/rehvaconf.2015.005
8. U. Leibfried, A. Wagner, A. Abdul-Zahra, "SOLINK – PVT-Energieversorgungssystem für Wärmepumpen," 27. Symposium Thermische Solarenergie, OTTI, Bad Staffelstein, 10. – 12.05.2017 Kurzfassung zum Thema: Innovative Wärmeversorgungssysteme Gewünschte Präsentationsform.
9.S. M. Murshed, A. Abdul-Zahra, A. Koch, K. Mainzer, B. Sliz-Szkliniarz, J. Wendel, "Investigating the energy performance of buildings with a 3D city model and thermal simulation: results from the Urban Transition Lab," The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2017 Official Conference Proceedings, Brighton, United Kingdom, July 7th to July 9th, 2017.
10. A. Wagner, A. Abdul-Zahra, U. Leibfried, "Systemuntersuchungen und -optimierung eines solarbasierten Wärmepumpen-Heizsystems mit PVT-Kollektoren," May 2019, DOI: 10.1002/9783433609842.ch20, In book: Bauphysik Kalender 2019.
11. Marcel Schweiker, A. Abdul-Zahra, Maíra André, Farah Al-Atrash, Hanan Al-Khatri, et al. " The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales," Nature, ISSN14764687, 00280836, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6, December 2019.
12.Baraa B. Mohammed, Amar S. Abdul-Zahra, Ahmed A. M. Saleh, " Performance improvement of evaporative cooling system by combine with heat recovery and desiccant," Technology Reports of Kansai University, ISSN: 04532198, Volume 62, Issue 05, June, 2020.
13.Baraa B. Mohammed, Amar S. Abdul-Zahra, Ahmed A. M. Saleh, " Design and Manufacture of a High Efficiency Plate Heat Exchanger," Al-Nahrain Journal for Engineering Sciences NJES 23(4)345-351, 2020, ISSN 2521-9154, eISSN 2521-9162 .
14.Abdul-Zahra, A. S., & Al Jubori, A. M. (2021), " Potential evaluation and analysis of near-to-net zero energy building in hot and dry climate". Energy Conversion and Management: X, 12, 100146.
15. Majeed, S. H., Abdul‐Zahra, A. S., & Mutasher, D. G. (2022). Performance evaluation of different types of ground source heat exchangers in a hot and dry climate. Heat Transfer.
16.Hind M. Taresh,, Amar S. Abdul-Zahra, Ahmed A. M. Saleh (2022). "Study the Performance of a Novel Desiccant Heat Exchanger." Engineering and Technology Journal 41(1): 45-59.
For MSc Level:
Advance Air Conditioning
A/C system and Equipment
Research methodology course
For BSc Level:
Air-Conditioning Systems Design
Renewable energy
Mathematics
Many certificates of appreciation from the Minister of Higher Education and the President of the University of Technology.
