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Professor Saffa Riffat
Professor Saffa Riffat
Born	Saffa Riffat (1954-07-01)July 1, 1954
Alma mater	Oxford University
Awards	Euro Solar Prize Award Energy Globe Award UK Engineering and Innovation Awards Rushlight Awards CIBSE Baker Silver Medal
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Nottingham
Website	www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/departments/abe/people/saffa.riffat www.wsset.org

Professor Saffa Riffat, BSc, MSc, DPhil, DSc, FCEng, FInstMechE, FCIBSE, FInstE, FWIF, President of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technology, Head of Architecture, Climate and Environment Group in University of Nottingham. British Engineer/Scientists specialised in Sustainable Technologies/Low Carbon Buildings. Chairman of the WSSET and SET conference.

Early life and education

Professor Saffa Riffat was born on 1^st July 1954. He was educated at Keble College in Oxford University and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1986 and Doctor of Science in 1997.

Career

2014-present	Head of Architecture, Climate and Environment Group, University of Nottingham.
2010-2014	Head of Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham
2004-2010	Chair in Sustainable Energy, Head of the Institute of Building Technology and Head of the Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology, University of Nottingham.
2002-2004	Head of School of the Built Environment and Baxi Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Nottingham
1997-2002	Head of the School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham
1995-1997	ICI Chair of Refrigeration Technology and Head of the Institute of BuildingTechnology, University of Nottingham
1992-1995	British Gas Chair of Architectural Technology and Energy, University of Nottingham
1988-1992	Lecturer, Loughborough University of Technology
1986-1988	Senior Research Fellow, University of Westminster

Professional Qualifications/Awards

Honorary/Distinguished Professorships

• Chongqing University (China)
• Dalian University of Technology (China)
• Donghua University (China)
• Harbin University of Technology
• Xi’an Jiaotong University
• Shenyang Jianzhu University
• Shandong University of Architecture and Engineering
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Southeast University
• Shanghai University of Science and Technology
• Zhongkai University
• Guangzhou College of Science and Technology
• Honorary Fellow of the Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment
• Wuxi University

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Board Membership/Trustee Member

• President, World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies
• Trustee Member of the National Energy Foundation
• Trustee Member of the Marmont Foundation
• Honorary President, Chengxin Group, China
• Honorary Fellow of the Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment

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Current Post/Grade

• Chair in Sustainable Energy
• Head of Architecture, Climate and Environment Group in University of Nottingham
• Head of the Institute of Building Technology
• Head of the Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology
• University Ambassador

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Awards

• Euro Solar Prize Award
• Energy Globe Award 2005
• UK Engineering and Innovation Awards 2009 & 2010
• Rushlight Awards
• CIBSE Baker Silver Medal

Funded projects

Professor Riffat has been successful in securing over £80 million for Research Councils, Innovate UK, EU and industry. Examples of recently funded projects are:

Funder	Project
EPSRC	Solar Powered Thermochemical Energy Storage
EPSRC	A Revolutionary Rotary Ericsson Heat Pump/Engine
EPSRC	POLYMER - Polymer Micro-Hollow Fibre Heat Exchangers
Innovate UK/BBSRC	GREENHOUSES-Innovative Energy Saving and Climate Control System for Greenhouses
Innovate UK/BBSRC	WELCHIC - Welfare Enhanced Living Conditions for healthier Chickens
Innovate UK/EPSRC	WATERGEN - Micro-CHP using steam ejector/water turbine
Innovate UK	PCM/BRAYTON - High Temperature PCM/Brayton Cycle
Innovate UK	ENVIROSAVE - Environmentally Cost Saving Efficient and Hygienic Humidity and Temperature Control System for Safe Storage of Meat and Poultry Products -
Innovate UK	WASTE HEAT - Low Grade Waste Heat Driven CHP Combined with Ejector System for Heating, Cooling and Power Generation in the Drink Supply Chain
Newton Institutional Links	Solar Driven Thermochemical Heat Storage
Royal Society	Photovoltaic/Thermal w/ Asymmetric Solar Concentrators for Buildings
EU	EU-HERB - Holistic energy-efficient retrofitting of residential buildings
EU	EU-TriSOFC – Durable Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Tri-generation System for Low Carbon Buildings
EU	R-D-SBES-R - Marie Curie Actions People International Research Staff Exchange Scheme - R & D in Sustainable Building Energy Systems and Retrofitting
EU	MCF – DHISGLCB - Development of heat insulation glass for low carbon buildings
EU Marie Curie	MCF-SOLPCM 16- Solar Collector and PCM Thermal Façade for Low Carbon Buildings

Patents

Patent	Publication number
Heat absorption	WO 2013088160 A2
Window	WO 2013104912 A3
Air conditioning	WO 2010034994 A2
Apparatus for catalysing a reaction in a fluid material	WO 2004016296 A2
Heat transfer device	WO 99/37958
Rotatable heat transfer apparatus	US 6158237 A
Ground heat exchanger system	GB 1521627.8
Cooling Arrangement	WO 2005/045332 A1
Heat transfer device	US 2002/0104319 A1
Heat transfer device	US 006341491B1
Heat pipe with improved energy transfer	WO 1996031750 A1
Heat transfer device	EP 1 022 523 A1
Cooling Apparatus	WO 01/29487 A1
Thermal modification apparatus	WO 2004/005803 A1
Heat transfer apparatus	WO 01/96792 A1

Book / Book Chapter

• Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Building and Environmental Applications: Options for a Greener Future (Ahmad, Ismail, and Riffat (editors): Springer: ID: 337491

• Chapter 1 “Inverse problem for phase change materials and application in building envelop” in Book “Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Building and Environmental Applications”, WANG, X., YANG, R., RIFFAT, SB (editors),Springer International Publishing AG, 2016, In press.

• Elmer, T. and Riffat, S., 2014. State Of The Art Review: Fuel Cell Technologies in the Domestic Built Environment In: Progress in Sustainable Energy Technologies Vol. II, Springer.

Published papers

Professor Saffa Riffat has been published over 500 papers. Some of these publications are listed below:

Name	Journal	Authors	Date	Volume/pages
Evaluation of dichroic material for enhancing light pipe/natural ventilation and daylighting in an integrated system	Applied Energy	A Elmualim, S Smith, S Riffat, L Shao	1999	Vol 62, Issue 4, pp.253–266
Parametrical analysis of the design and performance of a solar heat pipe thermoelectric generator unit	Applied Energy	Wei He, Yuehong Su , S Riffat , JinXin Hou, Jie Ji	2011	Vol 88, Issue 12, pp.5083–5089
Assessment of a novel solid oxide fuel cell tri-generation system for building applications	Energy Conversion and Management	Theo Elmer, Mark Worall, Shenyi Wu, Saffa Riffat	2016	Vol 124, pp. 29–41
Heat transfer and phase change of liquid in an inclined enclosure packed with unsaturated porous media	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	W Liua, S Shena, S Riffat	2002	Vol 45, Issue 26, pp.5209–5219
Performance testing and comparison of turbine ventilators	Renewable Energy	Naghman Khan, Yuehong Su, Saffa Riffat, Colin Biggs	2008	Vol 33, Issue 11, pp.2441–2447
Fiber optic solar lighting: Functional competitiveness and potential	Solar Energy	Hyun Han, ,Saffa Riffat, Sang Lim, Seung Oh	2013	Vol 94, pp.86–101
Performance of porous ceramic evaporators for building cooling application	Energy and Buildings	Elfatih Ibrahim, , Li Shao, Saffa Riffat	2003	Vol 35, Issue 9, pp.941–949
Analysis of a novel absorption refrigeration cycle using centrifugal separation	Energy	S Riffat, , Y Su	2001	Vol 26, Issue 2, pp.177–185
Experimental investigation of a biomass-fuelled micro-scale trigeneration system with an organic Rankine cycle and liquid desiccant cooling unit	Energy	M Jradi, S Riffat	2014	Vol 71, pp. 80–93
Experimental and numerical investigation of a dew-point cooling system for thermal comfort in buildings	Applied Energy	M Jradi, S Riffat	2014	Vol 132, pp. 524–535
Theoretical studies of a hybrid ejector CO2 compression cooling system for vehicles and preliminary experimental investigations of an ejector cycle	Applied Energy	Xiangjie Chen, Mark Worall, Siddig Omer, Yuehong Su, Saffa Riffat	2013	Vol 102, pp. 931–942
Experimental investigation of a building integrated photovoltaic/thermal roof collector combined with a liquid desiccant enhanced indirect evaporative cooling system	Energy Conversion and Management	Mahmut Buker, Blaise Mempouo, Saffa Riffat	2015	Vol 101, pp. 239–254
Performance investigation of heat insulation solar glass for low-carbon buildings	Energy Conversion and Management	Erdem Cuce, Chin-Huai Young, Saffa Riffat	2014	Vol 88, pp. 834-841
Novel ‘‘open-sorption pipe” reactor for solar thermal energy storage	Energy Conversion and Management	Devrim Aydin, Sean Casey, Xiangjie Chen, Saffa Riffat	2016	Vol 121, pp. 321-334
An investigation of the heat pump performance and ground temperature of a piled foundation heat exchanger system for a residential building	Energy	Christopher Wood, Hao Liu, Saffa Riffat	2010	Vol 35, Issue 12, pp. 4932–p4940
Experiment and simulation study on the flux distribution of lens-walled compound parabolic concentrator compared with mirror compound parabolic concentrator	Energy	Li Guiqiang, Pei Gang, Su Yuehong, Ji Jie , Saffa Riffat	2013	Vol 58, pp. 398–403
Theoretical study of the performance of a novel PV/e roof module for heat pump operation	Energy Conversion and Management	Xudong Zhao, Xingxing Zhang, Saffa Riffat, Yaxin Su	2011	Vol 52, Issue 1, pp. 603-614
Theoretical simulation of small scale psychometric solar water desalination system in semi-arid region	Applied Thermal Engineering	Mahmoud Shatat, Siddig Omer, Mark Gillott, Saffa Riffat	2013	Vol 59, Issue 1-2, pp. 232-242
A novel rainwater–ground source heat pump – Measurement and simulation	Applied Thermal Engineering	Guohui Gan, Saffa Riffat, C.S.A. Chong	2007	Vol 27, Issue 2-3, pp. 430- 441
Comparative study of the performance of the M-cycle counter-flow and cross-flow heat exchangers for indirect evaporative	Energy	Changhong Zhan, Zhiyin Duan, Xudong Zhao, Stefan Smith, Hong Jin, Saffa Riffat	2011	Vol 36, Issue 12, pp. 6790-6805

WSSET

WSSET is a non-profit organisation led by Saffa Riffat, Professor in Sustainable Energy and Head of the Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology at the University of Nottingham.

WSSET has played an important role in consolidating practical partnerships between academic and industrial organisations, as well as promoting sustainable development/technologies worldwide. The role of WSSET is becoming increasingly important as the world seeks new solutions to problems arising from climate change, energy shortages and economic crisis.

WSSET promotes sustainable development to minimise the impact of climate change and has a mandate from the world community to set the proper direction for development of a sustainable urban environment as our legacy to future generations. WSSET supports its members in the advancement of sustainable technologies in various ways:

• Bringing together industries, academic institutions and private individuals worldwide through communication, co-operation, support and exchange;
• Promoting work on sustainable energy carried out by academic institutions and industry worldwide;
• Organising international seminars and conferences (e.g. SET international conferences) on the latest developments in the field of sustainable energy and *encourage collaboration between researchers, scientists and industry from different countries;
• Publishing newsletters (WSSET newsletters) to promote innovative work carried out by universities and industry worldwide;
• Editing refereed technical journals (e.g., Int. Journal of Low Carbon Technologies);
• Encouraging collaboration between industry and academic institutions of different countries through the organisation of special workshops/seminars targeting the need of various countries;
• Running the HOPE Group for Africa to address issues related to developing countries such as the impact of climate change on energy, food supply and jobs;
• Assisting students from poorer nations and developing countries by seeking sponsorships to support their education in sustainable energy;
• Assisting the commercialising of new technologies developed by universities and private individuals;
• Organising public engagement activities;
• Assisting industry and individuals to attract grants to develop new ideas/demonstration projects; and
• Publicising innovative sustainable technologies carried out by academics in collaboration with industry.

External links

• WSSET: "World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies"
• SET 2016:"The 15th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies"; Singapore.
• SET 2017:"The 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies"; Bologna, Italy on the 17th –20th July 2017.