Thermofluids - Projects & Facilities
Projects
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Detailed combustion chemistry modeling of NOx
- Development of radiative heat Transfer calculation techniques
- IC engine combustion modelling
- Laminar Flamelet modelling including radiation and soot modelling
- Textile hydroentanglement
- Turbulence/radiation interaction
Internal Combustion Engines
- Diesel engine exhaust gas recirculation
- Diesel particulate trap/filter regeneration systems
- Engine cooling systems
- Internal flows in gasoline direct injection fuel injectors
- Natural gas and dual fuel engine combustion
- SI and diesel engine in-cylinder flows
- Turbocharging
Medical
- Human upper airway modelling
- Medical aerosol sprays CFD modeling and experiments
- Optical Diagnostics and Laser Processing
- CARS and LIF analysis of flames
- Heat transfer in high power laser processing
- High speed PIV
- IC engine fluid flow and combustion
- Laser diagnostics of explosions
Facilities
- Thermofluids - wind tunnels (subsonic and supersonic); turbomachinery; heat transfer; thermodynamics
- Optical Engineering Laboratory - optical diagnostics of fluid flow and combustion (PIV, LDA, PDA, LIF, CARS and high speed imaging)
- CFD Laboratory - A variety of research and commercial CFD codes including KIVA 3
- A wide range of computational facilities and expertise in many areas of CFD applications
- IC Engine Powertrain Laboratory - 8 engine test cells; emissions analysers; steady-state and fully transient dynamometers; multi-cylinder and optically accessed engines