Ahmed Kouidri
Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media Heat Transfer Mechanisms Heat Transfer and Optimization Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies Phase Change Materials Research Computational Mechanics Mechanical Engineering Biomedical Engineering

Bio

Ahmed Kouidri is an Associate Professor affiliated with the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB) in Algiers, Algeria. He has been affiliated since 2014 and is associated with the Laboratory of Multiphase Transport and Porous Media (LTPMP). He has contributed to research on heat and mass transfer, nanofluid flow, phase change materials, and computational mechanics among other areas.

Experience

University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Associate Professor

2014 - Present

University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda

2014 - Present

University of Science and Technology

2014 - 0
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Research

Numerical Simulation of Forced Convection through Metallic Foam (HVAC Heating Coil Application)

Article August 22, 2017

The hydraulic and thermal performance of a porous medium generating of heat, considered as a HVAC heating coil, has been established using a numerical simulation. The used metallic foam is made from Copper and Aluminum with a porosity of 0.93. The channel has a rectangular shape with an establishment length equal to 5 times of the height. The thermal equilibrium in the porous medium is considered between the fluid and solid, and he flow regime found is the Darcy regime for input speeds between 0.1 and 3 m / s. The Aluminum metal foam has the higher temperature inside the porous medium compared to copper one, under the same conditions of velocity and heat flux. Since it is desired to heat through the hot battery, this characteristic can be interesting and it can help to save energy by adopting Aluminum as materials, Moreover, the aluminum foam has efficiency 5 times greater than that given by the copper foam.