Laboratory

1. Psychrometric airflow wind tunnel (Ice wind tunnel)
2. Low-temperature refrigeration station
3. Low-temperature refrigeration chiller
4. Refrigerants heat transfer tube calorimeter
5. Nanorefrigerants nanosizer
6. Infrared light thermal imaging camera
7. High-definition high-resolution videoscope imaging system
8. High-resolution high-speed camera

Simulation Tools Available:

1. HP-BEST Frost Growth on heat exchangers code (written by our group in C++ language)
2. OpenFoam CFD package in the Auburn computing cluster
   
   

Details of Facilities and Equipment at our Lab.

Low temperature refrigeration equipment(a); chiller (b) and refrigeration pump module (c).

Nano-Refrigerants Heat Transfer Tube Calorimeter

Some Additional Photos of Custom-Made Equipment for Temperatures and Flow Controls:

(e) 3D rendering of variable gear pump 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)

Psychrometric Air Flow Wind Tunnel (Ice Wind Tunnel) 

Photos of the Ice Wind Tunnel:

(i) test section for the frost and defrost, condensation, and dehumidification 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

(m) high resolution high speed camera

(n) high definition infrared camera

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 Student's Office Space

(q) Photo of the nanosizer equipment on a student's desk next to the main equipment room

(r) view of the equipment room from the student's office

(s) students' desks and the meeting room next to the ice wind tunnel test facility

(t) students' desks anda  power supply station next to the DAQ system