Equipment List
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
Particle Image Velocimetry is used in the laboratory to determine the performance and also to visually observe and understand the flow characteristics of each component.
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)
A closed test facility (ORC) is used to test and validate the performance of turbomachinery components. Besides the performance measurements, flow visualization is obtained via utilization of PIV system.
Data Acquisition System (DAQ)
A data acquisition (DAQ) system is utilized to record and monitor the test data output from each transducer and transmitter. This system also controls the variable frequency drives for pumps during turbine testing.
Cluster System for High Speed Computing
20 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz
128GiB RAM
8TiB HDD /home via the head node (Quantity: 6)
Cluster System for High Speed Computing
20 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz
256GiB RAM
8TiB HDD /home via the head node (Quantity: 2)
CFD Simulations
Two phase CFD simulation of a centrifugal pump - Cavitation Performance Investigation. Vapor only velocities are shown.
Two phase CFD simulation of a centrifugal pump - Cavitation Performance Investigation. Liquid only velocities are shown.
Vapor formation at inducer section of a centrifugal pump.
CFD simulation of a cryogenic centrifugal pump (inducer, impeller and diffuser vane). Velocity vectors are shown.
Software
ANSYS CFX/Fluent
ANSYS Mechanical (Structural, Thermal, Rotordynamics)
LabVIEW
Insight 4G
Tecplot 360
MatLAB
