Rabah Boukhanouf

Contact

• workRoom David Wilson Millennium Eco House Department of the Built Environment
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 84 67675
• fax0115 95 13159
• rabah.boukhanouf@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

Characterisation, design and testing of advanced heat pipes for heat transfer in high heat flux generation systems. Analytical analysis of integrated low carbon technologies/renewable energy… read more

Selected Publications

• BOUKHANOUF, R. and HADDAD, A., 2010. A CFD analysis of an electronics cooling enclosure for application in telecommunication systems Applied Thermal Engineering. VOL 30(NUMBER 16), 2426-2434
• BOUKHANOUF, R and ET AL., 2008. Design and optimisation of a small scale tri-generation system International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies. 3(1), 32-43
• BOUKHANOUF, R, 2011. Small combined heat and power (CHP) systems for commercial buildings and institutions. In: BEITH, R, ed., Small and micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems: Advanced design, performance, materials and applications Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge.
• BOUKHANOUF, R., HADDAD, A., NORTH, M.T. and BUFFONE, C., 2006. Experimental investigation of a flat plate heat pipe performance using IR thermal imaging camera Applied Thermal Engineering. 26(17-18), 2148-2156

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Current Research

• Characterisation, design and testing of advanced heat pipes for heat transfer in high heat flux generation systems.

• Analytical analysis of integrated low carbon technologies/renewable energy systems in buildings using ANN.

• Design of low cost solar thermal collector.

• Energy managment in Telecommunication Cabins and Data Centres

Past Research

• Design, Modeling, and testing a micro-scale CHP systems for generation of heat and power.

• Design, modelling and testing of a passive heating/cooling adsorption heat pump system.

• Organic Rankine cycle using solar thermal collector technology.

• Design and testing of a thermoelectric heat recovery/heat pump system.

• Advanced thermal managment of electronic cooling systems using vapour chambers.

• Design, modelling and testing of a Trigen system using Small Scale DACHS CHP unit.

Future Research

• Integration of passive heating/cooling techniques in buildings.

• Novel designs of renewable and energy efficient technologies.

• Enabling technologies for thermal management solution (advanced heat pipe design).

• Low energy solutions in telecom systems

• HAO, L and BOUKHANOUF, R, 2013. Combined heat and power generation from biomass. In: Sustainable Bioenergy Production (In Press.)
• BOUKHANOUF, R and MARTH, H, 2013. Assessment of optimal hybrid micro-grid system for rural electrification in Bangladesh International Journal of sustainable cities and society. (In Press.)
• BOUKHANOUF and HADDAD, 2012. A CFD analysis and experimental investigation of thermal performance of a miniature flat plate heat pipe IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging. (In Press.)
• BOUKHANOUF, R, 2011. Small combined heat and power (CHP) systems for commercial buildings and institutions. In: BEITH, R, ed., Small and micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems: Advanced design, performance, materials and applications Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge.
• BOUKHANOUF, R. and HADDAD, A., 2010. A CFD analysis of an electronics cooling enclosure for application in telecommunication systems Applied Thermal Engineering. VOL 30(NUMBER 16), 2426-2434
• BOUKHANOUF, R and ET AL., 2008. Design and optimisation of a small scale tri-generation system International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies. 3(1), 32-43
• GODEFROY, J., BOUKHANOUF, R. and RIFFAT, S., 2007. Design, testing and mathematical modelling of a small-scale CHP and cooling system (small CHP-ejector trigeneration) Applied Thermal Engineering. 27(1), 68-77
• BOUKHANOUF, R. and RIFFAT, S.B., 2007. Theoritical and experimental investigation of a two-bed adsorption system using a novel adsorber configuration International Journal of Green Energy. 4(2), 119-132
• BOUKHANOUF, R. and SUPASUTEEKUL, A., 2007. Theoretical analysis of an integrated thermoelectric-absorption cooling system International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies. 2(1), 52-64
• BOUKHANOUF, R., HADDAD, A., NORTH, M.T. and BUFFONE, C., 2006. Experimental investigation of a flat plate heat pipe performance using IR thermal imaging camera Applied Thermal Engineering. 26(17-18), 2148-2156
• HADDAD, A., BOUKHANOUF, R. and BUFFONE, C., 2006. Testing of a Vapour Chamber Used in Electronics Cooling In: 9th International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer. 269-278
• GODEFROY,J., BOUKHANOUF,R. and RIFFAT,S., 2006. Testing, Simulation and Analysis of Small-scale Trigeneration System In: CIBSE National Conference.
• GILLOTT,M., JIANG,L., BOUKHANOUF,R. and LI,Z., 2006. Experimental Investigation of Revolving Heat Pipes for Enhanced Thermoelectric Heat Pumping In: 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET2006), 30 August – 1 September 2006.
• GODEFRY J, BOUKHANOUF R and RIFFAT S., 2006. Small-scale Trigeneration: A theoritical and experimental study In: 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies.
• RIFFAT, S.B., ZHAO, X., BOUKHANOUF, R. and DOHERTY, P.S., 2005. Theoretical and experimental investigation of a novel hybrid heat-pipe solar collector International Journal of Green Energy. 1(4), 515-542
• HADDAD,A., BOUKHANOUF,R., NORTH,M. and BOUFFONE,C., 2005. Vapour Chamber HP performance as seen through an IR camera In: 4th International conf. on Sustainable Energy Technology.
• RIFFAT, S.B., ZHAO, X. and DOHERTY, P.S., 2004. Investigation of a Novel Hybrid Heat Pipe Solar Collector/CHP System In: 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies.
• BOUKHANOUF,R., GODEFROY,J. and RIFFAT,S.B., 2004. Small Scale CHP-Ejector cooling System In: 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies.
• SHUTTLEWORTH, R. AND BOUKHANOUF, R, 2002. Clamping arrangements for diaphragms in Stirling Engines: Patent GB2367098 01/01/1900 00:00:00
• SHUTTLEWORTH, R. AND BOUKHANOUF, R., 2002. Improvements in linear alternators for use with Stirling Engines: Patent WO0227899 01/01/1900 00:00:00
• SHUTTLEWORTH, R. AND BOUKHANOUF, R., 2002. Spring support systems for a displacer piston of a Stirling Engine: Patent GB2367335 01/01/1900 00:00:00 (In Press.)
• SHUTTLEWORTH, R. AND BOUKHANOUF, R., 2002. Improvements in Stirling Engines with flexible diaphragms: Patent WO0227176 01/01/1900 00:00:00
• SHUTTLEWORTH, R. AND BOUKHANOUF, R., 2002. Improvement in Free Piston Stirling Engines: Patent WO0227175 01/01/1900 00:00:00
• BOUKHANOUF,R., RIFFAT,S.B. and SHUTTLEWORTH,R., 2001. Diaphragm stirling engine design In: 2nd International Heat Powered Cycles Conference.
• RIFFAT,S.B. and BOUKHANOUF,R., 2001. Design and Testing of a Compact Heat Pipe Absorber System In: International Conference on Energy Conversion and Application. 949-954
• BOUKHANOUF, R. AND SHUTTLEWORTH, R., 1998. A Stirling Engine and a Combined Heat and Power system using a Stirling engine: Patent GB2298903 01/01/1900 00:00:00