Thermodynamics and Advanced Energy and Material Systems Laboratory
Steam power plant comprising a 50 kW steam turbine coupled to an oil-fired boiler (2000 kg/h at 1 MPa) and condenser set.- Compact electrode boiler operating at up to 1.7 MPa as a steam source for a throttling calorimeter used to determine the dryness fraction of steam
- Rover Gas Turbine unit rated at 45 kW coupled to an hydraulic dynamometer
- Ricardo E6 variable compression research engine housed in a self contained test cell. It is fully instrumented for computer controlled data collection
- Engine test cell containing a spark ignition engine connected to an electric dynamometer for load or motoring. This is used for labroatory classes and engine research
- Two self-contained refrigeration/heat pump experimental test facilities
- Two self-contained air motor experimental test facilities
- Apparatus to investigate forced convective heat transfer for air flow through a heated tube
- Fully instrumented air conditioning rig that includes a computer-controlled data-acquisition system. Controlled environment chamber for air conditioning experiments;
- Temperature-controlled solar research laboratory equipped with a calorimeter box for determining the thermal performance of wall/window systems
- Elevated external deck for setting up and conducting solar-related and other experiments which require exposure to the environment as well security of access.
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