The Thermofluids and Hydraulics Laboratory provides essential support to Teaching, Research & Development (R&D) and Consultancy activities in the field of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics. This laboratory has an approximate area of 240 m2 and it is equipped with a wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation for developing laboratory experiments (e.g., velocity, pressure, torque, temperature, conductivity and rotational speed sensors). It also has multiple hydraulic and thermodynamic benches (e.g., pressurized-pipe flows and turbomachines, friction and local head losses, heat transfer, free-surface flows, sloshing tank) for teaching at the Bachelor and Master levels.
EQUIPMENTS AVAILABLE IN OUR LABORATORY INCLUDE:
Anemometer Package for wire- and film-probes
Pressure scanning system for high-rate sampling (Initium)
Heat-flux sensor
Experimental facility for friction and local head losses
Air conditioning system
Experimental facility for pressurized-pipe flows and turbomachines
Sloshing tank
USB multi-function data aquisition- DIGILENT Analog Discovery 2
ONGOING PROJECTS INCLUDE:
CHyTec – Development of Competences in Hydrogen Technology
OUR FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PHD STUDENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR EXPERIMENTAL WOR, INCLUDING THE THESIS PLAN UNDER THE TITLE:
“Numerical fluid-structure interaction tool for design and functional analysis of floating and flexible marine structures” (Ref.: 2021.05392.BD)
THIS LABORATORY ALSO SUPPORTS WORKS DONE BY MASTER’S AND BACHELOR’S STUDENTS
Ongoing dissertations include topics such as Termofluids, Heat Transfer, Fluid-Structure Interaction Wave Energy Converters (WECs), Hydrodynamics and Hydraulic