Newcastle University

Qualifications

MEng Potech’Marseille (Marseille, France), 2004.
PhD Mechanical Engineering (Newcastle), 2008.

Memberships

CNISF (Conseil National Des Ingénieurs et des Scientifiques de France)
FEANI (European Federation of National Engineering Associations)

Languages

French, English

Research Interests

Thermal Energy Management, Multiphase flow CFD, Nuclear Aerosol, Nuclear safety

Current Work

Thermal Management in the Process Industries (research.ncl.ac.uk/pro-tem/)

Computational Modelling for Aerosol Transport in Nuclear Severe Accident 

• Lind T, Ammar Y, Dehbi A, Guntay S. De-agglomeration mechanisms of TiO2 aerosol agglomerates in PWR steam generator tube rupture conditions. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2010, 240(8), 2046–2053.
• Ammar Y, Reeks MW. Agglomeration of inertial particles in a random rotataing symmetric straining flow. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 2009, 35(9), 840-853.
• Swailes DC, Ammar Y, Reeks MW, Drossinos Y. Stochastic transport of particles in straining flows. Physical Review E 2009, 79(3), 036305.
• Ammar Y, Chen Y, Joyce S, Wang Y, Roskilly A, Swailes D. Evaluation of low grade heat transport in the process industry using absorption processes. Applied Thermal Engineering 2013, (epub ahead of print).
• Ammar Y, Dehbi A, Reeks MW. Break-up of aerosol agglomerates in highly turbulent gas flow. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 2012, 89(3), 465-489.
• Ammar Y, Hanning Li, Walsh C, Thornley P, Sharifi V, Roskilly AP. Desalination using low grade heat in the process industry: Challenges and perspectives. Applied Thermal Engineering 2012, 48, 446-457.
• Ammar Y, Joyce S, Norman R, Wang YD, Roskilly AP. Low grade thermal energy sources and uses from the process industry in the UK. Applied Energy 2012, 89(1), 3-20.