Advances in modeling and experimentation of the thermal behavior of heating systems:from open foams to floor heating systems.

Dr. Abdelatif Merabtine

EPF Ecole D'Ingénieur-e-s, France.

The analysis of the thermal behavior of systems, whatever their scales, is vital to better understand the thermo-mechanical aspects. Open foams, heat exchangers, radiant heat slab are all an illustration of what we call heat sinks and that systems among others are involed in mobility and energy transition concerns. In this presentation, I will show some recent numerical and experimental investigations on studying the thermal behavior of the thermal systems in order to estimate some critical operation parameters affecting the thermal management system. The sensitivity studies are depicted in order to identify the optimal design parameters and to derive a new simplified models for design purposes.

Biography

Since 2013, Dr. Abdelatif Merabtine is Associate Professor at EPF School of Engineering (Troyes - France) attached to Laboratory of Mechanical & Material Engineering (LASMIS) at University of Technology of Troyes (France). He is in charge of an experimental platform BBC+ including a full-scale monitored test cell facility that he has designed and developed. Abdelatif Merabtine has obtained his PhD in Mechanical engineering at Lorraine University (France) in 2012. He then found a lecturer position at the Department of Civil Engineering at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan where he has spent one year (2012-2013). Abdelatif Merabtine conducts his research on experimental analysis of the heat transfer at different scales of building's envelope as well as the energy performance of the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems. He also does research on multi-optimisation of the energy efficiency of buildings including HVAC systems for thermal comfort purposes.