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Personal:

Name: Metwalli Moustafa Kamel Ghoraba.

Sex : Male.

Birthday: 16-12-1952, Helwan, Cairo.

Nationality: Egyptian.

Social status: Married and have three boys.

Permanent Address:

Al-Ahram, Mashaal station, 23 Abdo El-Nagar street branched from Zaghlol street, second floor.

Work Address:

Mechanical power engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Tel. 35678543.

Graduation Degrees:

B.Sc., Cairo University, 1975.

M.Sc., Cairo University, 1982.

Ph.D., Cairo University, 1988.

Post:

Assistant professor.

Specialization:

General: Heat transfer - Refrigeration and air conditioning.

Special: Solar Energy.

Research Experience:

1. "Dynamic Performance of Basin-Type Solar Stills Under off-Atmospheric Pressures", Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, Vol. 2, 1982, pp 109 - 136, M.S. Abdel-Salam and M.F. El-Refaie.

2. "Effect of Internal Pressure on the Steady-State Performabce of Basin-Type Solar Stills", Scientific Engineering Bulletin,Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, Vol. 2, 1982, pp 85 - 108, with M.S. Abdel-Salam and M.F. El-Refaie.

3. "Experimental Studies of Heat and Mass Transfer Inside Single-Sloped Solar Stills", International Cairo Conference of Renewable Energy, June 1988 with M.S. Abdel-Salam and M.F. El-Refaie.

4. "Shape Factor Between Brine and Cover Surfaces in Single-Sloped Solar Stills", International Cairo Conference of Renewable Energy, June 1988 with M.S. Abdel-Salam abd M.F. El-Refaie.

5. "Shading in Single-Sloped Equator-Facing Solar Stills", 2nd International Conference on Application of Solar and Renewable Energy, Paper DE3, March 1989 with M.F. El-Refaie.

6. "Performance of Cylindrical-Plate Solar Collectors", 7th International Conference of Mechanical Power Engineering, pp IV/7-1 to IV/7-17, December 1990 with K. Hassan and M.F El-Refaie.

7. "Utilization of Gas Turbine Exhaust for Production of Potable Water", 7th International Conference of Mechanical Power Engineering, Special Event: Current Energy Policies in Egypt, December 18, 1990 with Amin Mobarak.

8. "Temperature Profile and the Governing Lumped Parameters in a Circumferential-Flow Cylindrical-Plate Solar Collecctor", Engineering Research Bulletin, Vol. 2, pp 142 - 159, April 1992, University of Helwan, Faculty of Eng. and Tech., Materia, Cairo.

9. "Loss of Energy Input to Flat-Plate Solar Collectors at off-ptimum Orientations", The Eighth International Conference foe Mechanical Power Engineering, Vol. 3, pp 461 - 477, Alexandria Univesity, April 1993, Egypt with M.F. El-Refaie.

10. "Effect of Different Parameters on the Performance of a Circumferential-flow Cylindrical-Plate Solar Collector", Engineering Research Bulletin, Vol. 2, April 1993, University of Helwan, Faculty of Eng. and Tech., Materia, Cairo.

Teaching Courses:

Undergraduate level: Classical thermodynamics, Applied thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Engineering economics, Economics and project management ,

Refrigeration and air conditioning, and Advanced air conditioning.

Postgraduate Level: Engineering economy, Solar energy, Measurment instruments and control, Economic of energy, Heat and mass transfer, Engineering economics.

Practical Experience:

Consultant to the Organization of Enegy Planning to investigate the potential of cogeneration in Egypt (June 1988 - March 1989). The investigation is applied to boilers, gas turbines and industial furnaces.