Expert CFD Consulting Backed by Academic Excellence
Our Team
At CHTEng Solutions, we provide advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) consulting and engineering simulation services for Australian industrial, research, and product-development applications. By integrating scientific depth with real-world EPC/EPCM experience, our consultancy delivers technically rigorous, industry-focused CFD solutions for the most complex thermal-fluid challenges.
Leadership in Australia
PhD, M.Eng, B.Eng
Principal CFD Consultant | Specialist in Thermal, Multiphase & Industrial Fluid Systems
CHTEng Solutions is led by Dr. Mostafa Mahdavi, a Mechanical Engineer with a PhD in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and over 17 years of expertise spanning industrial engineering, hydraulic systems, and advanced CFD modeling. As a former Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria, Dr. Mahdavi brings a rare combination of academic rigor and practical engineering capability. His technical background includes more than 25 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals such as Physics of Fluids and the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
Distinguished Strategic Global Partner: Australia – South Africa
Professor, PhD, Pr Eng. Head for Thermofluids,School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
Strategic Research & Development Partner | Specialist in Energy Systems, Thermal Management & Multiphase Flows
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Prof. Mohsen Sharifpur is a world-renowned authority in thermal-fluid sciences and a Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. With over 20 years of research leadership, he is globally recognized for his pioneering work in nanofluids and convective multiphase flow. Prof. Sharifpur has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed publications and holds a prestigious NRF C2 rating, marking him as an established researcher of international standing. As a director of a leading thermal-fluid research laboratory, Prof. Sharifpur ensures that CHTEng Solutions remains at the cutting edge of heat transfer innovation. His involvement provides our clients with world-class scientific validation and specialized insight into complex energy systems and advanced thermal management.
Our CFD expertise includes:
- Internal and external fluid flow analysis
- Multiphase flows and free-surface simulations (VOF)
- Mass transfer, reactions, boiling and condensation
- Heat transfer and thermal management
- Turbulence modelling
- HVAC and ventilation analysis
- Smoke and pollutant dispersion modelling
- Hydraulic and pump system analysis
- Data-centre cooling simulations
- Product performance optimisation
- Transient and steady-state CFD simulations
- Species transport and particulate flow modelling
Industry experience spans EPC and EPCM engineering projects, hydraulic systems, manufacturing, building services and product development. This includes engineering work for process plants, pump stations, industrial systems, and CFD validation of real-world products and fluid-flow performance.
Our approach combines academic-level accuracy with practical engineering understanding to provide reliable, technically rigorous, and industry-focused CFD consulting services.
Selected Collaborative R & D
Saboura Yousefi, Mostafa Mahdavi, Seyed Soheil Mousavi Ajarostaghi, Mohsen Sharifpur, Magda Abd El-Rahman (2025). Pore-scale evaluation on hydrothermal performance in a microtube with homogeneous microporous media by lattice Boltzmann method. Results in Physics, Vol 70, 108155.
Marilize Everts, Mostafa Mahdavi, Josua P Meyer and Mohsen Sharifpur (2023). Simultaneous development of the hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers of mixed convective laminar flow through a horizontal tube with a constant heat flux. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol 187, 108178.
Mostafa Mahdavi, Mohsen Sharifpur, Hikmet S. Aybar, Ali J. Chamkha, Josua P. Meyer (2021). Impact of micro-fins on a heated cylinder submerged in a nanofluid saturated medium. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 177, 121551.
Mostafa Mahdavi, Mohsen Sharifpur and Josua P. Meyer (2020). Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of nanofluid jet cooling on a hot surface with various roughness. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 118, 104842.
Mostafa Mahdavi, Mohsen Sharifpur, Josua P. Meyer, Lingen Chen (2020). Thermal analysis of a nanofluid free jet impingement on a rotating disk using volume of fluid in combination with discrete modeling. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol 158, 106532.
M. Mahdavi, I. Garbadeen, M. Sharifpur, Mohammad H. Ahmadi and J.P. Meyer (2019). Study of particle migration and deposition in mixed convective pipe flow of nanofluids at different inclination angles. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol 135, pp. 1563–1575.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur, Mohammad H. Ahmadi and J.P. Meyer (2018). Aggregation study of Brownian nanoparticles in convective phenomena. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol 135, pp. 111–121.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur, and J.P. Meyer (2018). Exploration of nanofluid pool boiling and deposition on a horizontal cylinder in Eulerian and Lagrangian frames. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 125, pp. 959–971.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur and J.P. Meyer (2018). Discrete modelling of nanoparticles in mixed convection flows. Powder Technology, Vol 338, pp. 243–252.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur, H. Ghodsinezhad and J.P. Meyer (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation on a water-filled cavity natural convection to find proper thermal boundary conditions for simulation. Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol 39(4), pp. 359-373.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur and J.P. Meyer (2017). A novel combined model of discrete and mixture phases for nanoparticles in convective turbulent flow. Physics of Fluids, Vol 29, 082005.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur, H. Ghodsinezhad and J.P. Meyer (2017). A new combination of nanoparticles mass diffusion flux and slip mechanism approaches with electrostatic forces in multiphase Mixture model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 106, 980-988.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur, H. Ghodsinezhad and J.P. Meyer (2016). Experimental and numerical study on thermal and hydro-dynamic characteristics of laminar natural convective flow inside a rectangular cavity with water, EG-water and air. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol 78, 50-64.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur and J.P. Meyer (2016). Simulation study of convective and hydrodynamic turbulent nanofluids by turbulence models. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol 110, 36–51.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur and J.P. Meyer (2016). Implementation of diffusion and electrostatic forces to produce a new slip velocity in multiphase approach of nanofluids. Powder Technology, Vol 307, pp. 153–162.
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur and J.P. Meyer (2015). CFD modelling of heat transfer and pressure drops for nanofluids through vertical tubes in laminar flow by DPM and Mixture model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 88, 803-813.
Chapter books
M. Mahdavi, M. Sharifpur and J.P. Meyer (2019). Solid-liquid two-component flow: discrete phase and mixture approaches for nano-scale heat transfer. Handbook of Multiphase Flow Science and Technology, Book chapter, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-86-6_25-1
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