Ali Madiseh portrait

Ali G. Madiseh

Associate Professor, Canadian Research Chair in Advanced Mine Energy Systems, Grad Advisor (MASc and PhD)

Biography 

Ali has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Canada. He also had been a postdoctoral fellow at Earth/Mine Energy Research Group (EMERG) of McGill University for 3 years. Since 2001, he has been actively involved in the fields of mine-mechanical systems, mine energy systems, thermo-fluids, energy systems, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer modeling as well as automation and control. His main research interests are mine-mechanical systems, mine energy systems, energy conservation, and renewable energies. 

Education

  • McGill University, 2014, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
  • Tehran Polytechnic (AUT), 2007, M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering
  • Tehran Polytechnic (AUT), 2005, B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering

Teaching

  • MINE 402/ 509 Mine Ventilation and Occupational Health and Safety
  • MINE 465/ 590Y Advanced Fleet Management

Selected Publications

  • Armstrong, T., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S.A., Kalantari, H., Samea, P. Steen, J. (2025), Evaluating operational benefits of fleet electrification in open pit mines using discrete event modeling; a case study for implementation of trolley assist trucks. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 1-24.

  • Gao, Y., Wang X., Xu, M., Hu, Q., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S.A. & Aziz M. (2024). Investigation of heat transfer characteristics of nanofluid ice slurry flowing in spiral bellows. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 156, 107583.

  • Baidya, D., Dipple, G. & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2024). A techno-economic analysis of diesel exhaust injection into mine tailings for carbon sequestration. Heliyon 10 (6), e27791 (22 pages).

  • Pokhrel, S., Amiri, L., Poncet, S., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2023). Reduced order 1+ 3D numerical model for evaluating the performance of solar borehole thermal energy storage systems. Journal of Energy Storage, 66, 107503 (14 pages).

  • Shadi, A., Samea, P., Rabiei, M., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2023). Energy efficiency of microwave-induced heating of crushed rocks/ores. Minerals, 13(7), 924 (19 pages).

  • Kalantari, H., Baidya, D., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2023). A numerical investigation on utilizing jacket water waste heat of power generation units in remote mines. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (13 pages).

  • Rabiei, M., Samea, P., Shadi, A., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2023). A discrete element analysis for general failure behavior of basalt. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 167, 105394 (12 pages).

  • Baidya, D., Wynands, E., Samea, P., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., & Dipple, G. (2023). A reduced-order fluid flow model for gas injection into porous media: for application in carbon sequestration in mine tailings. Minerals, 13(7), 855 (24 pages).

  • Kalantari, H., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2022). Study of mine exhaust heat recovery with fully-coupled direct capture and indirect delivery systems. Applied Energy, 334, 120679 (15 pages).

  • Kalantari, H., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2022). Hybrid renewable hydrogen energy solution for remote cold-climate open-pit mines. Hydrogen, 3(3), 312-332.

  • Kalantari, H., Amiri, L., & Ghoreishi‐Madiseh, S. A. (2022). Analysis of the performance of direct contact heat exchange systems for application in mine waste heat recovery. International Journal of Energy Research, 46(1), 290-307.

  • Shadi, A., Ahmadihosseini, A., Rabiei, A., Samea, P., Hassani, F., Sasmito, A. P., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2022). Numerical and experimental analysis of fully coupled electromagnetic and thermal phenomena in microwave heating of rocks. Minerals Engineering, 178, 107406 (10 pages).

  • Agson-Gani, P. H., Zueter, A. F., Xu, M., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., Kurnia, J. C., & Sasmito, A. P. (2022). Thermal and hydraulic analysis of a novel double-pipe geothermal heat exchanger with a controlled fractured zone at the well bottom. Applied Energy, 310, 118407 (11 pages).

  • Pokhrel, S., Amiri, L., Poncet, S., Sasmito, A. P., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2022). Renewable heating solutions for buildings; a techno-economic comparative study of sewage heat recovery and solar borehole thermal energy storage system. Energy and Buildings, 259, 111892 (15 pages).

  • Baidya, D., de Brito, M. A. R., Sasmito, A. P., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2022). Diesel generator exhaust heat recovery fully-coupled with intake air heating for off-grid mining operations; an experimental, numerical, and analytical evaluation. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 32(1), 155-169.

  • Pokhrel, S., Sasmito, A. P., Sainoki, A., Tosha, T., Tanaka, T., Nagai, C., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2022). Field-scale experimental and numerical analysis of a downhole coaxial heat exchanger for geothermal energy production. Renewable Energy, 182, 521-535.

  • Zueter, A. F., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., Hassani, F. P., & Sasmito, A. P. (2022). Effect of freeze pipe eccentricity in selective artificial ground freezing applications. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 14(1) (9 pages).

  • Kalantari, H., Sasmito, A. P., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2021). An overview of directions for decarbonization of energy systems in cold climate remote mines. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 152, 111711 (21 pages).

  • Pokhrel S., Amiri, L., Zueter, A., Poncet, S., Hassani, F. P., Sasmito, A. P., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2021). Thermal performance evaluation of integrated solar-geothermal system; a semi-conjugate reduced order numerical model. Applied Energy, 303, 117676 (16 pages).

  • Kurnia, J. C., Putra, Z. A., Muraza, O., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., & Sasmito, A. P. (2021). Numerical evaluation, process design and techno-economic analysis of geothermal energy extraction from abandoned oil wells in Malaysia. Renewable Energy, 175 (12 pages).

  • Kalantari, H., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., Kurnia, J. C., & Sasmito, A. P. (2021). An analytical correlation for conjugate heat transfer in fin and tube heat exchangers. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 164, 106915 (17 pages).

  • Amiri, L., Madadian, E., Bahrani, N., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2021). Techno-economic analysis of waste heat utilization in data centers: application of absorption chiller systems, Energies,14(9), 2433 (11 pages).

  • Hassani, F., Shadi, A., Rafezi, H., Sasmito, A., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2020). Energy analysis of the effectiveness of microwave-assisted fragmentation. Minerals Engineering, 159, 106642 (9 pages).

  • Li, B., Zhang, J., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., de Brito, M. A. R., Deng, X., & Kuyuk, A. F. (2020). Energy performance of seasonal thermal energy storage in underground backfilled stopes of coal mines. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 122647 (11 pages).

  • Kurnia, J. C., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., & Sasmito, A. P. (2020). Heat transfer and entropy generation in concentric/eccentric double-pipe helical heat exchangers. Heat Transfer Engineering, 41(18), 1552-1575.

  • Baidya, D., de Brito, M. A. R., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2020). Techno-economic feasibility investigation of incorporating an energy storage with an exhaust heat recovery system for underground mines in cold climatic regions. Applied Energy, 273, 115289 (13 pages).

  • Amiri L., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., Hassani, F. P., & Sasmito, A. P. (2020). Friction factor correlation for airflow through broken rocks and its applications in mine ventilation. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 30(4), 455-462.

  • Kurnia, J. C., Templeton, J. D., Ghoreishi‐Madiseh, S. A., Hassani, F. P., & Sasmito, A. P. (2020). Numerical and experimental study of transient conjugate heat transfer in helical closed‐loop geothermal heat exchangers for application of thermal energy storage in backfilled mine stopes. International Journal of Energy Research, 44, 9609-9616.

  • Kalantari, H., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., & Sasmito, A. P. (2020). Hybrid renewable hydrogen energy solution for application in remote mines. Energies, 13(23), 6365 (22 pages).

  • Amiri, L., de Brito, M. A. R., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., Bahrani, N., & Hassani, F. P.  (2020). Numerical evaluation of the transient performance of rock-pile seasonal thermal energy storage systems coupled with exhaust heat recovery. Applied Sciences, 10(21), 7771 (19 pages).

  • Rafezi, H., Deyab, S. M., Hassani, F., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A., & Micallef, D. (2020). A comparative study of the cooling-rate effect on rock strength reduction after microwave irradiation. Experimental Results, 1 (6 pages).

  • Pokhrel, S., Kuyuk, A. F., Kalantari, H., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2020). Techno-economic trade-off between battery storage and ice thermal energy storage for application in renewable mine cooling system. Applied Sciences, 10(17), 6022 (16 pages).

  • de Brito, M. A. R., Baidya, D., & Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S. A. (2020). Techno-economic feasibility assessment of a diesel exhaust heat recovery system to preheat mine intake air in remote cold climate regions. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 30(4), 517-523.

  • Kuyuk, A.F., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S.A., & Hassani, F. (2020). Closed-loop bulk air conditioning: a renewable energy based system for deep mines in artic regions. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 30 (4), 511-516.

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