Born in Ardebil, Iran at 1980. Title of thesis (master): Data Reconciliation of thermal cracking reactors of olefin plants – Naphtha feedstock, Prof. Ramin Karimzadeh, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, February 2007. Title of PhD thesis: Green process integration: innovative pathway of Methanol /DME synthesis, Supervisor : Prof.Sauro Pierucci, Politecnico di Milano, February 2014.
Research fields
- Chemical process design, innovation and integration of processes
- Coal /biomass Gasification
- Renewables : Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, thermal storage technologies
- Methanol/DME synthesis Process
- Data Reconciliation
- Olefin plants: Thermal Cracking Reactors
Industrial Experiences
- R&D in oil and gas engineering consulting company ,Tabriz, Iran
- Technical committee member of codification for industrial chemistry and polymeric products of institute of Standards and Industrial research of Iran (ISIRI) ,Tehran, Iran
- Research Project associated with process engineering team of Tarbiat Modares University and Tabriz Petrochemical company in ?severity control of olefin plant?, Tehran, Iran
- Quality Control Engineer in wheat flour plant, Tehran, Iran
PhD Schools
- PhD International Training school: Modeling combustion kinetics, 2013, Milan, Italy.
- PhD National school : chemical engineering, from nonoscale to Macroscale, 2012, Montesilvano, Italy.
- PhD National school : Mathematical Methods for Chemical Engineering / Nanotechnologies, 2011, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy.
Congresses
- Process Integration from the low-temperature steam-biomass gasification to chemical production: Methanol/DME synthesis, 2014, Ravaghi-Ardebili Z., Manenti F., PRES 2014.
- Assessment of the Effective Parameters on H2:CO Ratio in Syngas through the Low-Temperature Gasification, 2014, Ravaghi-Ardebili Z., Manenti F., Pirola C., Soares F., Corbetta M., Pierucci S., Ranzi R., International Conference on Bio Mass, IconBiomass.
- Mathematical modeling of coal and biomass gasification: comparison on the syngas H2/CO under different operating conditions, 2014, Corbetta M., Manenti F., Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Ranzi E., Pirola C., Pierucci S., ESCAPE 24.
- Energy Diversification in the Middle East: How to double a Region’s Energy Resources, 2013, Kolbe M., Ravaghi Ardebili Z., AICHE annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
- Direct Solar-Powered Biomass Gasification Using Low-Temperature Steam, 2013, Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Manenti F., Pirola C., AICHE annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
- Study of Direct Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Effectiveness of Concentrating Solar Power Plants, 2013, Ravaghi Ardebili Z. , Manenti F., Chemical engineering transactions, 32:1219-1224.
- Assessment of direct thermal energy storage technologies for concentrating solar power plants, Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Manenti F., 2013, chemical engineering transactions, 35:547-552.
- Energy Storage Layouts for Concentrated Solar plants, a comparison of process control, 2012, Manenti F., Ravaghi-Ardebili Z., AICHE annual meeting, Pittsburg, PA.
- Preserving Safety and Improving yield performances in Methanol Processes, 2012, Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Manenti F., Chemical engineering transactions, 26:69-74 .
- Process Simulation: when programming is easier than user-friendly package, 2012, Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Manenti F., Procedia Engineering, 42:1514-1519.
- New CAPE solution for olefin plants, detailed dynamic simulation and dynamic real Time of optimization, 2010, Manenti F., Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Chemical Engineering transactions.
- NATIONAL PATENT: Using of nanoparticle of TiO2 coupled with Ag as anti-UV in production of PP&PE joints and fittings, 2010, 389010604, Iran.
Teaching Experiences
- Chemical process dynamics and control , Lab assistant, Politecnico di Milano (2013-2014)
- Research assistant and lecturer ,University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran ( 2008-2011):
- Basic principles and calculations in chemical engineering
- Fluid Mechanics
- Plant design in industrial chemistry
Publications:
- Dynamic Simulation of concentrating solar power plant and two-tank direct thermal energy storage, 2013, Manenti F., Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Energy, 55:89-97.
- An approach for a systematic staging design of the fixed-bed methanol synthesis reactor, 2013, Leon-Garzon A., Manenti F., Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Applied Thermal Engineering.
- Assessing thermal energy storage technologies of concentrating solar plants for the direct coupling with chemical processes. The case of solar-driven biomass gasification, 2014, Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Manenti F., Energy, under review.
- Unified modeling and feasibility study of novel green pathway of biomass to methanol, 2013, Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Manenti F., Leon-Garzon A. R., under review, Applied Energy.
- Adaptive biomass gasification to operate at low temperature solar-driven steam gasification, 2013, Ravaghi Ardebili Z., Manenti F., Corbetta M., Ranzi E., Submitted paper to Renewable Energy.
Contacts
zohreh.ravaghi@polimi.it
zohreh.ravaghi@gmail.com
Cell: +393920049287
office: +390223994717