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Abdelrahman El-Leathy

Professor

Mechanical Engineering Deptartment

Engineering
Building 3, Room 2C 45, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, PO Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

+966-11-4678977
aelleathy@ksu.edu.sa
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Dr. Abdelrahman El-Leathy is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, the College of Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. El-Leathy Ph.D. research work was done at the Aerospace Engineering Department, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A (1998-2002). Dr. El-Leathy had worked for two years (2002-2004) as a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A. Dr. El-Leathy had worked as a visiting assistant professor at School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, U.S.A (2006-2007). Dr. El-Leathy had worked as a visiting assistant professor at School of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman (2007-2008). From 2008 till now Dr. El-Leathy is working at King Saud University where his research area are on renewable energy and thermal storage system. He is KSU’s co- investigator in a SunShot award funded by the US Department of Energy. Dr. El-Leathy researches have resulted in 52 international journal and conferences papers. His work resulted in 1 patent application.
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Abdelrahman El-Leathy, PhD

Professor

aelleathy@ksu.edu.sa

Current Address:

King Saud University

College of Engineering,

Mechanical Engineering Department,

P. O. Box 800, 1421 Al-Riyadh

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

Education:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Aerospace Engineering), 2002-2004, Aerospace Engineering Department, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.

Ph.D. (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering joint system). 2002. Helwan University, Egypt and Aerospace Engineering Department, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.

M.Sc. (Mechanical Power Engineering), 1997 Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

B.Sc. (Mechanical Power Engineering), 1992, Very Good with honor degree, Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

Working Experience:

Sep. 2008- Present:  Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Al-Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Feb. 2008 – June 2008: Visiting Consultant, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.

Sep. 2007- Jan. 2008: Visiting Consultant, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.

May 2007 – August 2007: Assistant professor, Mechanical Power Department, Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

Nov. 2006- May 2007: Visiting Assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.

April 2004- Oct., 2006: Assistant professor, Mechanical Power Department, Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

May 2002-March 2004: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

April 2002-May 2002: Assistant professor, Mechanical Power Department, Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

March 2000–January 2002: Research Scholar: Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

September 1997-February 2000: Associated Lecturer: Department of Mechanical Power Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

September 1994-August 1997: Masters Degree Research: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

March 1993-August 1994: Demonstrator: Department of Mechanical Power Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

Awards:

  • Scholarship from the Egyptian mission department for the Ph.D.
  • Research Assistant grant as follows:
  • NASA grant at University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
  • Certificate of Appreciation (NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH - 2003)
  • Certificate of Appreciation (Best Graduation Project, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, 2011).
  • Certificate of Appreciation (Best Graduation Project, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, 2012).

Best Paper Awards:

Conference Award, Best Propellants and Combustion Paper, Presented at The AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting:” Soot Surface Growth and Oxidation in Laminar Unsaturated-Hydrocarbon/Air Diffusion Flames,” by A.M. El-Leathy, F. Xu and G.M. Faeth, AIAA, Washington, DC, 2002.

Research Areas:

  • Solar thermal energy utilization.
  • Solar Pilot Monitoring Station installation and measurements.
  • Thermal energy storage.
  • Combustion and Spray
  • Environmental emission.

Research Activities:

Participated in the NASA Laminar Soot Point (LSP) program. Combustion study of the causes of soot formation and oxidation in laminar flames. A microgravity experiment that flew on 16 January-1 February 2003 on Space Shuttle Columbia (Flight STS-107). Currently, participate on high temperature solar gas turbine project- design of heliostat field and particle receiver, KSU national project.

 

Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:

The Egyptian Engineers Syndicate, Member

The Egyptian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member.

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member.

The Combustion Institute, Member.

The Sigma Xi Society, Member.

 

Taught Courses:

Advanced Combustion, Basic and Technology of Combustion, Burners and Industrial Furnaces, Design of Thermal Fluid Systems, Engineering Measurements, Fluid Mechanics, Internal Combustion Engine, Technical Report Writting, Thermodynamics, Solar Energy.

 

Patent Applications:

  • Hany Al-Ansary, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Saeed Al-Zahrani, Sheldon Jeter, Said Abdel-Khalik, Dennis Sadowski and Matthew Golob, “Solid Particle Receiver with Porous Structure for Flow Regulation and Enhancement of Heat Transfer”, US Patent No. 9,732,986 B2, Aug. 15, 2017.

  • Shaker Saeed Abdullah-Alaqel, Nader Shaif Esmail Saleh, Rageh Saadallah Ali Saeed, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Abdulelah Ibrahim Abdulaziz Alswaiyd, Hany Abdulrahman Al-Ansary, Sheldon Moseley Jeter, Abdelrahman Mahmoud Elleathy, Obida Mohamed Zeitoun, Zeyad Abdurhman Alsuhaibani, Syed Noman Danish, Said Ibrahim Abdel-Khalik and Saeed Mohammed Al-Zahrani, ”Particle-to-Working Fluid Heat Exchanger and Solar Power Generator Using The SAME”, US Patent No. 10,788,021 B1, Sep. 29, 2020.

 

 

Publications:

Journal Articles:

  • Mahmoud Badawy Elsheniti, Abdulrahman AlRabiah, Hany Al-Ansary, Zeyad Almutairi, Jamel Orfi and Abdelrahman El-Leathy, “Performance Assessment of an Ice-Production Hybrid Solar CPV/T System Combining Both Adsorption and Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Systems”, Sustainability, Vol. 15, February 2023.
  • Shaker Alaqel, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Rageh S.Saeed, Nader S.Saleh, HanyAl-Ansary, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Syed Danish, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Talha Shafiq, Matthew Golob, Clayton Nguyen, Sheldon Jeter, Said Abdel-Khalik, Muhammad Sarfrazd, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Fahad Al-Harthi, Salem Bashraheel and Hatim Gandayh,”Performance of the world’s first integrated gas turbine–solar particle heating and energy storage system”, Applied Thermal Engineering,  Vol. 215, July 2022.
  • Syed Noman Danish, Hany Al-Ansary, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, MazenBa-Abbad, Salah Ud-Din Khan, Arslan Rizvi and Orfi Jamel, “Experimental and techno-economic analysis of two innovative solar thermal receiver designs for a point focus solar Fresnel collector”, Energy, Vol. 261 , August 2022.
  • Mahmoud Badawy Elsheniti, Mohamed Shaaban Eissa, Hany Al-Ansary, Jamel Orfi, Abdelrahman El-Leathy and Osama Elsamni, “Using a Combination of Activated Carbon and Graphene Nanoparticles in a Consolidated Form for Adsorption Ice Maker: A System-Level Modeling”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, July 2022.
  • Shaker Alaqel, Nader S. Saleh, Rageh S. Saeed, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Muhammad Sarfraz, Hany Al-Ansary, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Syed Danish, Sheldon Jeter and Zeyad Almutairi, “An Experimental Demonstration of the Effective Application of Thermal Energy Storage in a Particle-Based CSP System”, Sustainability, Vol. 14, April 2022.
  • Rageh S. Saeed, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Nader S. Saleh, Shaker Alaqel, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Syed Noman Danish, Hany Al-Ansary, Sheldon Jeter, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, and Zeyad Almutairi, “Characterization of Low-Cost Particulates used as Energy Storage and Heat Transfer Medium in Concentrated Solar Power Systems”, Materials, Vol. 15 , April 2022.
  • Nader S. Saleh, Shaker Alaqel, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Rageh S. Saeed, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Obida Zeitoun, Hany Al-Ansary, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Syed Danish, Sheldon Jeter, Ashley Byman, Neville Jordison, and David Moon, ”Experimental Investigation of a Moving Packed-Bed Heat Exchanger Suitable for Concentrating Solar Power Applications”, Applied Sciences-Basel, Vol. 12, April 2022.
  • Mahmoud Badawy Elsheniti, Mohamed Shaaban Eissa, Hany Al‐Ansary, Jamel Orfi, Osama Elsamni and Abdelrahman El‐Leathy, " Examination of Using Aluminum‐Foam/Finned‐Tube Beds Packed with Maxsorb III for Adsorption Ice Production System", Energies, Vol. 15, No. 8, April 2022.
  • Shaker Alaqel, Nader S. Saleh, Rageh Saeed, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Muhammad Sarfraz, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Hany Al-Ansary, Obida Zeitoun, Syed Danish, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Sheldon Jeter and Ahmad Khayyat, “Particle-to-fluid direct-contact counter-flow heat exchanger: Simple-models validation and integration with a particle-based central tower system”, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Vol. 33, April 2022.
  • Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Hany Al-Ansary, Syed Noman Danish, Anas Alsuhaibani and Abdulelah Alswaiyd, “An Investigation of the Optimum Solar Flux Distribution on a Large-Scale Particle Heating Receiver”, Frontiers in Energy Research, Vol.10, February 2022.
  • Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Hany Al-Ansary, Mazen Ba-abbad, Syed Noman Danish, Yazid AlShehri and Arslan Abbas Rizvi, ”Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of a Novel Point Focus Fresnel Collector System with Novel Receiver”, IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol. 15, pp. 3622-3630, November 2021.
  • Shaker Alaqel, Nader S. Saleh, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Rageh Saeed, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Hany Al-Ansary, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Obida Zeitoun, Sheldon Jeter, Said Abdel-Khalik, Ahmad Khayyat, Syed Danish and Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, “A novel particle-to-fluid direct-contact counter-flow heat exchanger for CSP power generation applications: Design features and experimental testing”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 170, pp. 905-926, June 2021.
  • Syed Noman Danish, Zeyad Almutairi, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Hany Al-Ansary, Yazeed Jardan and Shaker Alaqel “Modeling and Performance Simulation of an Innovative Concept of Linear Fresnel Reflector based CSP System”, Journal of Thermal. Science, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 1614–1624, May 2021.
  • Arslan A. Rizvi, Syed N. Danish, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Hany Al-Ansary and Dong Yang, ”A Review and Classification of Layouts and Optimization Techniques Used in Design of Heliostat Fields in Solar Central Receiver Systems”, Solar Energy, Vol. 218, pp. 296-311, April 2021.
  • Shaker Alaqel, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Hany Al-Ansary, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Nader Saleh, Syed Danish, Rageh Saeed, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Sheldon Jeter, Ahmed Al-Balawi and Fahad Al-Harthi, “Experimental Investigation of the Performance of a Shell-and-Tube Particle-to-Air Heat Exchanger”, Solar Energy, Vol. 204, pp. 561-568, July 2020.
  • George Peters, Matthew C. Golob , Clayton Nguyen, Sheldon Jeter, Syed Danish, Abdelrahman Elleathy and Hany Al-Ansary, “Preliminary Design of an All-Ceramic Discrete-Structure Particle Heating Receiver”, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 142, No. 5, May 2020.
  • Danish, Syed N., El-Leathy, Abdelrahman, Alata, Mohanad and Al-Ansary, Hany "Enhancing Solar Still Performance Using Vacuum Pump and Geothermal Energy", Energies, Vol. 12, No. 3: 539, February 2019.
  • Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Sheldon Jeter, Hany Al-Ansary, Syed Noman Danish, Rageh Saeed, Said Abdel-Khalik, Matthew Golob, Eldwin Djajadiwinata and Zeyad Al-Suhaibani “Thermal performance evaluation of lining materials used in thermal energy storage for a falling particle receiver based CSP system”, Solar Energy, Vol. 178, pp. 268–277, January 2019.
  • Salah Ud-Din Khan, Shahab Ud-Din Khan, Sajjad Haider, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Usman Ali Rana, Syed Noman Danish and Ramzan Ullah, “Development and techno-economic analysis of small modular nuclear reactor and desalination system across Middle East and North Africa region”, Desalination, Volume 406, Pages 51-59, March 2017.
  • Syed Noman Danish, Shafiq Rehman Qureshi, Malik Muhammad Imran, Salah Ud-Din Khan, Muhammad Mansoor Sarfraz, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Hany Al-Ansary and Mingshan Wei ”Effect of tip clearance and rotor–stator axial gap on the efficiency of a multistage compressor” Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 99, 25, Pages 988-995, April 2016.
  • H. Al-Ansary, E. Djajadiwinata, A. El-Leathy, S. Danish and Z. Al-Suhaibani, “Modeling of Transient Cyclic Behavior of a Solid Particle Thermal Energy Storage Bin for Central Receiver Applications” Energy Procedia, Volume 69, Pages 716-725, May 2015.
  • M. H. Morsy, A. M. El-Leathy and   A. Hepbasli, "An Experimental Study on Performance and Emission Assessment of a Hydrogen/Diesel Fueled Engine" Energy Sources, Part A - Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects, Vol. 37, Iss. 3, 2015.
  • Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Sheldon Jeter, Hany Al-Ansary, Said Abdel-Khalik, Jonathan Roop, Matthew Golob, Syed Danish, Abdulaziz Alrished, Eldwin Djajadiwinata and Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, “Thermal Performance Evaluation of Two Thermal Energy Storage Tank Design Concepts for Use with a Solid Particle Receiver-Based Solar Power Tower”, Energies, Vol. 7, No. 12, pp. 8201-8216, 2014.
  • M. Ali, A.M. El-Leathy and Z. Al-Sofyany, “The effect of nanofluid concentration on the cooling system of vehicles Radiator”, Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Volume 2014, Article ID 962510, 13 pages, 2014.
  • Syed Noman Danish, Shafiq Rehman Qureshi, Abdelrahman EL-Leathy, Salah Ud-Din Khan, Usama Umer and  Chaochen Ma, "Numerical investigation & comparison of a tandem-bladed turbocharger centrifugal compressor stage with conventional design." Journal of Thermal Science, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 523-534, 2014.
  • Hany Al-Ansary, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Sheldon Jeter, Dennis Sadowski, Abdulaziz Alrished and Matthew Golob,"Experimental Study of a Sand-Air Heat Exchanger for Use With a High-Temperature Solar Gas Turbine System", Transactions of the ASME: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 134, No. 4, 041017, Nov. 2012.
  • M. H. Morsy, A. M. El-Leathy and   A. Hepbasli, "Exergy Analysis of Combustion Characteristics and NOx emissions of a Dual Fuel Engine" International Journal of Exergy, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 417-441, 2012.
  • A.M. El-Leathy, “Measurements of Soot Volume Fraction in Low Pressures Laminar Diffusion Flames”, Engineering Research Journal, Helwan University, Vol. 121, pp. M13-M28, 2009.
  • A.M. El-Leathy, C. H. Kim, F. Xu and G. M. Faeth, “Soot Surface Reactions in High-Temperature Laminar Diffusion Flames”, AIAA Journal,  Vol. 42, No. 5, pp 988-996, 2004.
  • C.H. Kim, A.M. El-Leathy, F. Xu and G.M. Faeth, "Soot Surface Growth and Oxidation in Laminar Diffusion Flames at Pressures of 0.1-1.0 atm", Combustion and Flame, Vol. 136, Nos. 1-2, pp 191-207, 2004.
  • A.M. El-Leathy, F. Xu, C.H. Kim and G.M. Faeth, "Soot Surface Growth in Laminar Hydrocarbon/Air Diffusion Flames”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp 856-865, 2003.
  • F. Xu, A.M. El-Leathy, C.H. Kim and G.M. Faeth, "Soot Surface Oxidation in Hydrocarbon/Air Diffusion Flames at Atmospheric Pressure", Combustion and Flame, Vol. 132, Nos. 1-2, pp 43-57, 2003.
  • M. N. Metwally, H. Z. Abou-Ziyan and A. M. El-Leathy, “Performance of Advanced Corrugated-Duct Solar Air Collector Compared with Five Conventional Designs”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp 519-537, 1997.