Open to industry roles in energy efficiency & decarbonisation
Portrait of Hamed Jafargholi

HamedJafargholi

Energy Systems Engineer / Heat Pumps / Refrigeration

Milan and Palermo, open to relocation

I design test rigs, build thermodynamic models and analyse heat pump and refrigeration performance, and I want to bring that R&D experience to industrial decarbonisation projects.

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Heat pumps and refrigeration that use less energy
What I bring

From the test bench to a validated model to a lower energy bill.

  • 01

    Test and validate

    Design experimental rigs and run test campaigns on compressors, heat pumps and freezing systems. Turn measured data into clear performance figures.

  • 02

    Model and map

    Build and validate thermodynamic models in MATLAB/Simulink and EES to map system performance across operating conditions.

  • 03

    Improve and decarbonise

    Use the results to cut energy use, support energy-flexibility and demand-side decisions, and move process heat to heat pumps and low-GWP refrigerants.

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Where it applies

Industries I can support

Food cold chain

Freezing and chilling of food products, including vapour-injection systems for seafood.

Heat pump & HVAC makers

Product testing, performance mapping and design support for air-to-water and reversible units.

Industrial process heat

High-temperature heat pumps to replace fossil-fuel boilers in process heating.

Refrigerant transition

CO₂ and other natural, low-GWP refrigerants for efficient and compliant systems.

Experience

Applied R&D and quality control

Jul – Oct 2026R&D

Researcher

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering · Slovenia
  • Research on vapour-compression refrigeration systems, building on my experimental and modelling work.
Dec 2021 – Feb 2026R&D

PhD Researcher, Energy Engineering

University of Palermo · Italy
  • Ran test campaigns on a modulating vapour-injection scroll compressor system for freezing fish products.
  • Built and validated numerical models to map heat pump performance, leading to a published study on reversible air-to-water heat pumps for energy flexibility.
  • Combined experimental and numerical analysis of system performance and product freezing in a seafood freezing system.
Nov 2023 – Apr 2024R&D

Guest Researcher, Applied Thermal Engineering

CREVER Group, Universitat Rovira i Virgili · Tarragona, Spain
  • Six-month placement on thermal systems using CO₂ and natural refrigerants.
  • Assessed the efficiency and sustainability of low-GWP refrigerant technologies.
2017 – 2018Industry

Quality Control Expert

Imen Sahand Arya Co. (SISICO) · Tehran, Iran
  • Quality oversight and product inspection across active projects, to project-specific quality standards.
  • Wrote technical documentation and inspection reports, and worked with cross-functional teams to resolve non-conformities and improve processes.
Skills

Tools and technical areas

Software

MATLAB / Simulink / SimscapeAdvanced
Engineering Equation Solver (EES)Advanced
PythonIntermediate
AnsysIntermediate
PVsystBasic
eQUESTBasic

Technical areas

Vapour-injection refrigerationHeat pump design & testingCO₂ & natural-refrigerant cyclesFood freezing systemsIndustrial process heatEnergy flexibility & demand sideExperimental rig designThermodynamic modelling

Languages

EnglishB2 · independent
ItalianA2 · improving
PersianNative
Education

  • PhD in Energy Engineering

    University of Palermo, Italy · 2021 – 2026

    Thesis on system performance and product freezing in a vapour-injection seafood freezing system.

  • MSc Energy Systems Engineering

    Science and Research Branch, Azad University, Tehran · 2014 – 2017

    Thesis on water extraction from hybrid refrigeration–HDH systems.

  • BSc Nuclear Engineering

    Science and Research Branch, Azad University, Tehran · 2008 – 2014
Training & publications

  • Industrial high-temperature heat pumps

    DTU, Copenhagen · Jun 2025

    Decarbonising industrial process heating with high-temperature heat pumps.

  • Heat Pump Forum, REPowerEU

    Brussels · Sep 2022

  • Reversible air-to-water heat pump performance mapping for energy flexibility

    Energy Conversion and Management · 2024

  • Heat recovery in an HDH desalination system via a heat pump

    Desalination · 2018

  • Member, Iranian Energy Association

    2016 – 2025
Contact

Working on energy efficiency, heat pumps or refrigeration? Let's talk.

Email hamed.jafargholi@gmail.com
LinkedIn hamed-jafargholi ↗ Full publication list on Google Scholar ↗
Location Milan and Palermo Open to relocation. International experience in Italy, Spain and Slovenia.