The Thermal-Fluid Lab at Wilkes University is a specialized facility equipped to support advanced research in nanofluids' thermophysical characterization, atomization, and fuel combustion studies.
Lab Details
Key experimental arrangements include a suspended droplet setup for fuel combustion and evaporation studies and an impinging jet spray system capable of spray studies at variable impinging angles and flow rates.
The lab also features an ultrasonic homogenizer (Sonic Ruptor 4000) for preparing nanofluid samples, allowing precise control of sonication parameters. A high-speed camera (IDT XStream 1440) enables detailed imaging of spray dynamics, capturing up to 25,000 frames per second at lower resolutions.
Additional tools include air compressors, multiple mass and volume flow meters, a liquid thermal conductivity apparatus, a digital rotational viscometer (ATO-SNB-2) for measuring nanofluid viscosity, and a surface tensiometer (Kyowa DY-300) for measuring surface tension and density.
These capabilities make the Thermal-Fluid Lab a cutting-edge resource for conducting innovative research in fluid mechanics and nanotechnology.