Shahab Rohani M.Sc.

• Modeling and simulation of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants
• CSP with Rankine and Brayton power cycles
• Cost analysis of energy production through CSP
• Feasibility studies and yield assessment
• Basic design
• Optimization of design and operation of CSP plants
  
• Water consumption analysis of thermal power plants
• Hybridization of CSP with other renewable energy technologies   

Shahab Rohani, born in 1987, has received his Bachelor degree from the Power and Water University of Technology in Tehran (2011) and his master degree from the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg (2015). His study specialisation was in Renewable Energies and Power Plant Technologies. His master thesis was related to the modelling and simulation of CSP plants and was carried out at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.

After finishing his studies, he continued to work as a PhD student at Fraunhofer ISE, in the field of Modelling, Simulation, and optimization of CSP Plants.

Shahab Rohani is a part of the research group Solar Thermal Power Plants and High Temperature Storage. He is part of the development team of the in-house simulation software ColSimCSP and uses this tool primarily for assessment of CSP technologies, as well as, optimization of design and operation strategies for cost reduction. The scope of his PhD project is to find solutions for reducing the water footprint of CSP plants without increasing the cost of electricity.