Email: h.saidani@bristol.ac.uk
About Hind
Hind graduated with a Master degree in physics from Algeria, specialising in fluid mechanics. She then joined an engineering School in Poitiers- France called ENSMA ( Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et d Aerotechnique, for a 1 year Master in thermodynamics and a PhD in free and forced convection, with application to smoke propagation after a fire.
After 3 years of teaching physics, Hind moved to the Environmental Engineering studies Unit ( EESU) at Bristol University for research on porous media characteristics with application to Building materials. She received a PhD for her work, entitled ‘ Heat and Mass transfer in porous media: application to Building materials’. It is there that she developed a love for the study of novel materials and their application for everyday usage.
Over the last 25 years, as a lecturer at Bristol University, she focused on adsorption refrigeration, historical and listed building conservation and restoration due to humidity and water ingress, building materials characteristics with a particular emphasis on wood, Novel materials characteristic and usage for energy saving..,
In the last few years, Hind has found a new interest in the study of Phase Change materials and their usage for various HVAC application and cooling of solar panels for efficiency increase.
Projects
Publications
- Thermal regulation of photovoltaic panels using PCM with multiple fins configuration: Experimental study with analysis
- Feasibility of Using Phase Change Material Calcium Chloride Hexahydrate to Improve the Efficiency of Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules via Passive Cooling
- The influence of the humidity on the mechanical properties of 3D printed continuous flax fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) composites
- Numerical Study with Eco-exergy Analysis and Sustainability Assessment for a Stand-alone Nanofluid PV/T
- Effect of using saturated hydrogel beads with alumina water-based nanofluid for cooling solar panels: Experimental study with economic analysis
- Measure of porosity in flax fibres reinforced polylactic acid biocomposites
- Cooling solar panels using saturated activated alumina with saline water: Experimental study
- Hydrogels beads for cooling solar panels: Experimental study
For more publications, please visit https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Hind-Saidani-Scott-85c4451d-8fcd-4e08-8a49-934cd0d1bd2f/.