Laboratory
- Ice wind tunnel
- Low temperature refrigeration station
- Low temperature cryogenic refrigeration chiller
- Refrigerants heat transfer tube calorimeter
- nanoparticles nanosizer
- Hnfrared light and thermal imaging camera
- High definition high resolution videoscope imaging system
- High resolution high speed camera
Simulation Tools Available:
- HPS-BEST Heat exchanger code (written by our group in C++ language)
- OpenFoam CFD package in new computing cluster
(available to our group through HOPPER computing cluster at AU)
Details of Facilities and Equipment at our Lab.
Low temperature refrigeraiton and cryogenics stations
Photos of the low temperature refrigeraiton and cryogenics stations side by side (a). Cryogenic chiller (b) and low temperature refrigeration pump module (c).
Refrigerants Heat Transfer Tube Calorimeter
Some Additional Photos of Custom-Made Equipment for Temperatures and Flow Controls:
(e) 3D rendering of variable gear pumps stations for refrigerants;
(f) high performance water heaters for controlling fluid process temperatures (Heaters were custom made by Wattco manufacturer)
(g) section of the receiver and piping for the Ammonia refrigerant loop
(h) photo of the refrigerant pump station in the lab (the refrigerant pump station was custom made by Voigt-Abernathy manufacturer)
Ice Wind Tunnel Test Facility
Photos of the Ice Wind Tunnel:
(i) test section for the frost and defrost experiments inside the ice wind tunnel
(j) high definition high resolution videoscope integrated with the ice-wind tunnel
(k) videoscope probe extending inside the wind tunnel
(i) high definition videoscope in our lab
(m) high resolution high speed camera at our lab
(n) high definition infrared camera at our lab
Process Control and Data Acquisition (DAQ) Systems
(o) Photo of the screens of the DAQ system for the lab
(p) DAQ rack of the ice wind tunnel
Meeting room and Students Office Space
(q) Photo of the nanosizer equipment on a student desk next to the main equipment room
(r) view of the equipment room from students office
(s) students desks and meeting room next to the ice wind tunnel test facility
(t) students desks and power supply station next to the DAQ system