EMPLOYMENT
2015 – Present Director – Research and Development Manager
Independent Products Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia
2013 – 2015 Mechanical Engineer – HVAC
Hi Air Australia Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia
2010 – 2013 HVAC Designer (Part Time)
A1Best Air Conditioning Services Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia
2009 – 2010 HVAC Design Manager
ASA Pty Ltd
Tehran, Iran
2006 – 2009 HVAC Design Manager
Sabalan Co.
Tehran, Iran
2004 – 2006 HVAC Design Engineer
HITACHI Co.
Tehran, Iran
Area of Expertise
• Design of HVAC system including heating and cooling load calculation, HVAC equipment sizing, and plumbing. Selection of the proper HVAC system for various type of buildings such as residential, hospitals, factories, greenhouses, computer centres and educational buildings.
• Duct system calculation, pressure drop calculation, fan selection, sizing of duct-mounted equipment such as supply air/return air diffusers/grills, volume control damper and fire dampers, balancing dampers, volume box, silencers, etc.
• Design of HVAC system details including fan, filter, compressors and heating and cooling coils
• Calculation and selection of the air-conditioning and ventilation equipment including chillers, fan coil units, air handling units, direct expansion packages, ducted split units, VAV Systems, VRF Systems, cooling towers and evaporative cooling systems
• Sizing, calculation and selection of heating equipment including boilers, boiler burners, expansion tanks, oil tanks, hot water tanks, water softener, radiators, pump and booster pumps, buffer tanks, etc.
• Delivering financial and technical proposals for determining optimal air conditioning systems.
• Verification and measurement of HVAC systems and energy requirements using computer simulations to calculate potential energy savings.
• Supervision of the installation of the HVAC system during construction, in accordance with technical, quality and safety requirements.
• Familiar with several HVAC design software such as HAP (E20-II) for load calculation, FisaDuct for duct sizing and pressure drop calculation, Coil Design, Block Load, ASHRAE Psychrometric tool, CHVAC, Cool pack, HVAC Solution, etc.
• Fully familiar with relative HVAC Standards such as AHRAE, ARI, AIRAH, CIBSE, etc.
Awards
• Winner of Consensus Innovation Awards 2014, “IP Hybrid HVAC: A new energy-efficient DX HVAC system.”
• Winner of Excellence in Refrigeration and HVAC Research 2013 by Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH), “Towards Green Buildings: Development of a new solar-powered single-effect absorption air conditioning system.”
• Winner of NASSCOM Australia Innovation Awards 2013, “Innovative Hybrid Design of an Energy-Efficient Air-Conditioner Using Supervisory Programmable Logic Controller.”
• Winner of UTS Annual Green Hero Award 2013
• Winner of UTS Research Showcase Innovation Award 2013
• Winner of Australian top 30 Clean Technology Company 2013, “Ultra Cooler: A new hybrid evaporative cooling system.”
• Winner of Best Paper Award by Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM), 30th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, August 2013, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. “Development of a new energy-efficient hybrid solar-assisted air conditioning system”.
• Highly-Commended Consensus Green Tech Awards 2013, “Ultra Cooler: A new hybrid evaporative cooling system.”
• Engineer Australia Excellence Awards, 2013 Finalist, IEAust, “Development of a New Eco-Friendly and Energy-Efficient Solar-Powered Single-Effect Hot Water Absorption Air Conditioning System.”
• Young Achiever Award Finalist, Australian Refrigeration and Building Services (ARBS), 2014.
• TRAILBLAZER 2012 Finalist, UTS, Uniquest, Davies Collision Cave, Fisher Adams Kelly.
• Winner of the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research in conjunction with Australian Universities, 2010.
• Best Practical HVAC Engineer Award 2005, Hitachi Co.
Patents
• Vahid Vakiloroaya, “A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR AIR CONDITIONING”, Ref Number: P01194AP1, Application Number: 2014901596.
• Vahid Vakiloroaya, “A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR EVAPORATIVE AIR CONDITIONING”, Ref Number: P01176AP1, Application Number: 2014901352.
Memberships
• Member of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH), (Membership No. 34847)
• Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia (Membership No. 3301870)
• Member of the Australian Institute of Energy (Membership No. 4027)
• Member of American Institute for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), (Membership No. 8188760)
• Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (Membership No. 100138943)
• Member of International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Membership No. 92064647)
LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
– Book Chapter
• V. Vakiloroaya, J. Madadnia, Cooling Coil Design Improvement for HVAC Energy Savings and Comfort Enhancement, Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Chapter 85, pp. 965-974, 2013.
– Journal Papers
• V. Vakiloroaya, B. Samali, S. Cuthbert, K. Pishghadam, D. Eager, Thermo-economic optimisation of condenser coil configuration for HVAC performance enhancement, Energy and Buildings, 84 (2014) 1-12. (Impact Factor 2.465, Rank: A*)
• V. Vakiloroaya, B. Samali, K. Pishghadam, A comparative Study on the Effect of Different Strategies for Energy Saving of Air-Cooled Vapour Compression Air Conditioning System, Energy and Buildings, 74 (2014) 163-172. (Impact Factor 2.465, Rank: A*)
• V. Vakiloroaya, B. Samali, K. Pishghadam, Investigation of Energy-Efficient Strategy for Direct Expansion Air-Cooled Air Conditioning Systems, Applied Thermal Engineering, 66 (2014) 84-93. (Impact Factor 2.624, Rank: A)
• V. Vakiloroaya, B. Samali, A. Fakhar and K. Pishghadam, “A Review of Different Startegies for HVAC Energy Savings,” Energy Conversion and Management, 77 (2014) 738-754. (Impact Factor: 3.59)
• V. Vakiloroaya, Q.P. Ha and B. Samali, “Energy-Efficient HVAC Systems: Simulation-Empirical Modelling and Gradient Optimization,” Automation in Construction, 31 (2013) 176-185. (Impact Factor: 1.822, Rank: A)
• V. Vakiloroaya, Q.P. Ha and M. Skibniewski, “Modelling and Experimental Validation of a Solar-Assisted Direct Expansion Air Conditioning System,” Energy and Buildings, 66 (2013) 524-536. (Impact Factor 2.679, Rank: A* )
• V. Vakiloroaya, A. Fakhar, B. Samali and K. Pishghadam, “Design Improvement of Central Cooling Plant for Energy Saving Using Cooling Tower Water,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 5(6), (2013) 531-536., doi: 10.1063/1.4824978. (Impact Factor: 1.51)
• V. Vakiloroaya, J. Madadnia and B. Samali, “Modelling and performance prediction of an integrated central cooling plant for HVAC energy efficiency improvement”, Building Simulation: An International Journal, 6 (2013) 127-138, DOI: 10.1007/s12273-013-0104-0. (Impact Factor: 0.631)
• V. Vakiloroaya, B. Samali, A. Fakhar and K. Pishghadam, “Thermo-Economic Optimization of Rooftop Unit’s Evaporator Coil for Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort”, Building Simulation: An International Journal, (2013), 7 (2014) 345-359, DOI: 10.1007/s12273-013-0151-6. (Impact Factor: 0.631)
• V. Vakiloroaya, “Design optimization of the cooling coil for HVAC energy saving and comfort enhancement”, Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 32 (2013) 1209-1216, DOI: 10.1002/ep.11729. (Impact Factor: 1.271)
• Q.P. Ha and V. Vakiloroaya, “A novel solar-assisted air-conditioner system for energy savings with performance enhancement,” Procedia Engineering, 49 (2012) 116-123. (H Index: 6)
• V. Vakiloroaya, R. Dibbs, and Q.P. Ha, “Energy saving potential of an optimized hybrid solar-assisted air conditioning system using sequential quadratic programming,” Gerontechnology, 11 (2012) , No. 2, p. 203.
– Conference Papers
• V. Vakiloroaya and Q.P. Ha, “Energy Efficient Air-Cooled Direct Expansion Air Conditioning System with Liquid Pressure Amplification,” 31th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), Sydney, Australian, 2014.
• Q.P. Ha, And V. Vakiloroaya, “A New Single-Effect Hot-Water Absorption Chiller Air Conditioning Using Solar Energy,” Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2013), Hobart, Australia.
• V. Vakiloroaya and Q.P. Ha, “Modelling and Control of an Energy-Efficient Hybrid Solar-Assisted Air Conditioning System,” Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2013), Hobart, Australia.
• V. Vakiloroaya, R. Ismail, and Q.P. Ha, “Development of a new energy-efficient hybrid solar-assisted air conditioning system,” The 30th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining (ISARC 2013), Montreal, Canada, 11-15 August. (ERA Rank: A)
• V. Vakiloroaya, Q.P. Ha, and B. Samali, “Experimental study of a new solar-assisted air-conditioner for performance prediction and energy saving,” 7th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 7), Adelaide, Australia, pp. 768-777, 2012. (ERA Rank: A)
• V. Vakiloroaya, R. Dibbs, Q.P. Ha, and B. Samali, “Hybrid Solar Air-Conditioner Modelling and Optimal Usage for Energy Saving and Comfort,” Second International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, Colorado, USA, pp. 711-718, 2012.
• J. Madadnia, V. Vakiloroaya, and J. Ison, “Experimental Investigation on Influence of Integrated Heat Pump in Performance of Domestic Water Heaters,” ASME 2012 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Puerto-Rico, pp. 151-155, USA, 2012, DOI: 10.1115/HT2012-58197. (ERA Rank: A)
• D. Dehestani, S. Su, H. Nguyen, V. Vakiloroaya, J Wall, and Y Guo, “Intelligent Model Based Fault Detection for Heat Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) System Based on ANN model and SVM Classifier,” 10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings, Brisbane, Australia, 8-12 July, 2012 (ERA Rank: A)
• J. Ison, V. Vakiloroaya, and J. Madadnia, “Computational Modelling of Integrated Heat Pump and Domestic Water Heater,” ASME 2012 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Puerto-Rico, USA, 2012. (ERA Rank: A)
• V. Vakiloroaya, J.G. Zhu, and Q.P. Ha, “Modelling and Optimization of Direct Expansion Air Conditioning Systems for Commercial Buildings Energy Savings,” The 28th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Seoul, Korea, pp. 232-237, 2011. (ERA Rank: A)
• V. Vakiloroaya, S.W. Su, and Q.P. Ha, “HVAC Integrated Control for Energy Saving and Comfort Enhancement,” The 28th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Seoul, Korea, pp. 244-249, 2011. (Era Rank: A)
• V. Vakiloroaya, B. Samali, J. Madadnia. And Q.P. Ha, “Component-Wise Optimisation for Commercial Central Cooling Plant,” The 37th International Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics (IECON), Melbourne, Australia, pp. 2686-2691, 2011. (ERA Rank: A)
• V. Vakiloroaya, M. Khatibi, B. Samali, and Q.P. Ha, “An Optimal Control Strategy for Water-Cooled Direct Expansion System in Real World Application,” International Conference on Measurement and Control Engineering (ICMEC), Puerto Rico, USA, pp. 31-37, 2011.
• V. Vakiloroaya, M. Khatibi, Q.P. Ha, and B. Samali, “New Integrated Hybrid Evaporative Cooling System for HVAC Energy Efficiency Improvement,” IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 591-596, 2011.
• J. Madadnia, D. Dehestani, A. Mehta, V. Vakiloroaya and H. Koosha, “Design of a micro-probe for direct measurement of convection heat transfer on a vertical building integrated photovoltaic,” 4th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (ICMEM), Suzhou, China, August 10-12, 2011.
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