Faculty of Technology

Biography of the head of the Department of Mechanics

KETFI Omar

Head of Mechanical Department

Doctor at the University of Blida 1 Faculty of Technology Department of Mechanics.

Name: Ketfii.

First name: Omar.

Date and place of birth: 26/01/1989 in Blida

Algerian nationality.

Family situation : ……….

Spoken or written languages: Arabic, French, English.

Personal address:: Lot 09, Sidi Rached, Tipasa. .

Telephone: 025.38.81.89, Mobile: (+213) 552 33 03 61.

Professional experiences

Over the years

2018

LMD Doctorate in Renewable Energies

  •  BLIDA1 University
2012

Master in Mechanical Engineering. Option: Renewable Energies

BLIDA1 University

Publications & Communications 

Omar Ketfi, Hamid Abdi, Billel Lounici, and Mahmoud Bourouis

"Performance Analysis of Low-Capacity Water–LiBr Absorption–Cooling Systems Using Geothermal Heat-Sinks in Hot Climates”, Energies 16(2):809, 2023.

Mokhtar Ghodbane, Zafar Said, Omar Ketfi et al

 "Thermal performance assessment of an ejector air-conditioning system with parabolic trough collector using R718 as a refrigerant: A case study in Algerian desert region”, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 53(6), 2022.

Omar Ketfi, Mustapha Merzouk, Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk, Mahmoud Bourouis

“Feasibility study and Performance evaluation of low capacity water-LiBr absorption cooling systems functioning in different Algerian Climate zones” International Journal of Refrigeration 82 (2017) 36-50.

Omar Ketfi, Mustapha Merzouk, Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk, Said El Metenani

« Modeling and simulation of a single stage solar absorption cooling machine under Algerian climate » IEEE Xplore (2015) pp 1 – 5, 2015.

Omar Ketfi, Mustapha Merzouk, Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk, Said El Metenani

« Performance of a Single Effect Solar Absorption Cooling System (Libr-H2O) » Energy Procedia 74 (2015) 130 – 138.

O. Ketfi, M. Merzouk, N. Kasbadji Merzouk, S. Elmetenani and D. Lafri

« Experimental study of a flat solar collector equipped with a collector in the form of a coil » Renewable Energy Review Vol. 17 No. 4 (2014) 623 – 630

Omar Ketfi, Hamid Abdi, Hussam El Hadj Tahar and Imad Eddine Zouaoui

"Evaluation of the ground temperature in different climate conditions of Algeria”, Algerian symposium on renewable energy and materials (ASREM2022), March 2022.

O. Ketfi, M. Merzouk, N. Kasbadji Merzouk

« Study of the Performances of a Solar Air Conditioning System by Absorption, Applications to the Algerian Climate » 2nd Scientific Day on Renewable Energies, May 2016, Blida, Algeria. 

O. Ketfi, M. Merzouk, N. Kasbadji Merzouk, S. Elmetenani

« Modeling and Simulation of a single Stage Solar Absorption Cooling Machine under Algerian Climate » International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC'15), December 2015, Ouarzazate, Morocco.  

 

O. Ketfi, M. Merzouk, N. Kasbadji Merzouk, S. El Metenani

“Modeling and Simulation of a Single Stage Absorption Machine: EES Simulation Model under Algerian Climate » 1st International Conference on Clean Cooling Technologies in the MENA Region I3CT_MENA'15, October 2015, Bousmail, Algeria.      

Y. Kerkoub, S. Elmetenani, O. Ketfi, A. Benzaoui

 “Simulation and Performance of Single Solar Lithium-Bromide absorption System » 3rd International Seminar on New and Renewable Energies SIENR'14, October 2014, Ghardaïa, Algeria. 

 

O. Ketfi, M. Merzouk, N. Kasbadji Merzouk, S. Elmetenani and D. Lafri

« Experimental study of a flat solar collector equipped with a collector in the form of a coil » International Conference on Renewable Energies CIER'13, December 2013, Sousse, Tunisia.

Subjects taught 

Level material
Post-Graduation Surface treatment
Graduation

-Materials sciences

- ferrous and non-ferrous metals

-composite materials

– Surface treatment

- thermal and thermomechanical treatments

Supervisory activities 

  • end-of-study projects (PFE) for obtaining the state engineering degree in mechanical engineering
  • supervision of several magisters in mechanical engineering and materials science

Areas of interest 

  • Surface treatment

  • Welding

  • fatigue

  • breaking