Abdul Afram

2.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
11 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Abdul Afram is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdul Afram has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Building and Construction, 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Abdul Afram's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (11 papers), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (6 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (4 papers). Abdul Afram is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (11 papers), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (6 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (4 papers). Abdul Afram collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and Denmark. Abdul Afram's co-authors include Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi, Alan S. Fung and Kaamran Raahemifar and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Energy and Buildings and Building and Environment.

In The Last Decade

Abdul Afram

11 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Theory and applications of HVAC control systems – A review of model predictive control (MPC)

2013 903 citations Abdul Afram, Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi Building and Environment profile →
Artificial neural network (ANN) based model predictive control (MPC) and optimization of HVAC systems: A state of the art review and case study of a residential HVAC system

2017 507 citations Abdul Afram, Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
Review of modeling methods for HVAC systems

2014 323 citations Abdul Afram, Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi Applied Thermal Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abdul Afram Canada	11	1.6k	755	570	545	455	11	2.2k
Markus Gwerder Switzerland	13	1.5k 0.9×	637 0.8×	375 0.7×	632 1.2×	419 0.9×	20	1.9k
B. Lehmann Switzerland	11	1.5k 0.9×	433 0.6×	664 1.2×	378 0.7×	510 1.1×	15	1.9k
Donghun Kim United States	19	1.1k 0.7×	522 0.7×	278 0.5×	462 0.8×	268 0.6×	75	1.5k
Philip Haves United States	23	1.6k 1.0×	449 0.6×	310 0.5×	565 1.0×	340 0.7×	63	2.1k
Jiří Cigler Czechia	14	1.6k 1.0×	550 0.7×	363 0.6×	653 1.2×	368 0.8×	29	1.9k
Frauke Oldewurtel Switzerland	22	2.6k 1.6×	1.8k 2.3×	431 0.8×	1.5k 2.7×	744 1.6×	41	3.8k
Samuel Prívara Czechia	12	1.5k 0.9×	496 0.7×	331 0.6×	595 1.1×	335 0.7×	21	1.7k
Timothy I. Salsbury United States	20	902 0.6×	424 0.6×	431 0.8×	928 1.7×	232 0.5×	68	1.7k
Ján Drgoňa United States	14	897 0.6×	482 0.6×	201 0.4×	574 1.1×	263 0.6×	46	1.4k
John E. Seem United States	20	561 0.3×	483 0.6×	377 0.7×	591 1.1×	386 0.8×	68	1.5k

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11 of 11 papers shown

Afram, Abdul, Alan S. Fung, Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi, & Kaamran Raahemifar. (2018). Development of an accurate gray-box model of ubiquitous residential HVAC system for precise performance prediction during summer and winter seasons. Energy and Buildings. 171. 168–182. 16 indexed citations

Afram, Abdul & Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi. (2017). Supervisory model predictive controller (MPC) for residential HVAC systems: Implementation and experimentation on archetype sustainable house in Toronto. Energy and Buildings. 154. 268–282. 52 indexed citations

Afram, Abdul, Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi, Alan S. Fung, & Kaamran Raahemifar. (2017). Artificial neural network (ANN) based model predictive control (MPC) and optimization of HVAC systems: A state of the art review and case study of a residential HVAC system. Energy and Buildings. 141. 96–113. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

Afram, Abdul, Alan S. Fung, Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi, & Kaamran Raahemifar. (2017). Development and performance comparison of low-order black-box models for a residential HVAC system. Journal of Building Engineering. 15. 137–155. 22 indexed citations

Afram, Abdul & Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi. (2016). Effects of dead-band and set-point settings of on/off controllers on the energy consumption and equipment switching frequency of a residential HVAC system. Journal of Process Control. 47. 161–174. 21 indexed citations

Afram, Abdul, et al.. (2015). Grey-box modeling of a low pressure electric boiler for domestic hot water system. Applied Thermal Engineering. 84. 257–267. 36 indexed citations

Afram, Abdul & Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi. (2015). Black-box modeling of residential HVAC system and comparison of gray-box and black-box modeling methods. Energy and Buildings. 94. 121–149. 122 indexed citations

Afram, Abdul, et al.. (2014). Data-driven modeling of thermal energy storage tank. 1–5. 28 indexed citations

Afram, Abdul & Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi. (2014). Gray-box modeling and validation of residential HVAC system for control system design. Applied Energy. 137. 134–150. 154 indexed citations

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Afram, Abdul & Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi. (2014). Review of modeling methods for HVAC systems. Applied Thermal Engineering. 67(1-2). 507–519. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Afram, Abdul & Farrokh Janabi‐Sharifi. (2013). Theory and applications of HVAC control systems – A review of model predictive control (MPC). Building and Environment. 72. 343–355. 903 indexed citations breakdown →

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