Laboratory of Turbomachinery and Energy Systems
Persons in charge: Guido Ardizzon, Giorgio Pavesi, Anna Stoppato
• Performance and behavior analysis of reversible machines in design and off-design conditions • Fixed speed and variable speed hydraulic turbines in design and off-design conditions • Axial turbomachinery in design and off-design conditions • Pumps in design and off-design conditions
LEARN MORELaboratory of Thermal and Aeraulic Machines
Person in charge: Andrea Lazzaretto
· Performance, consumption and emissions of internal combustion engines
· Outflow coefficients of engine cylinder heads
· Organized motions in the combustion chamber
· Performance, efficiency and range of motion of industrial fans
· Design and test of prototype industrial fans
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Laboratory of Solar Energy Conversion
Person in charge: Davide Del Col
• Development and characterization of innovative receivers for linear concentration solar collectors for the production of medium temperature heat and for the cogeneration of electrical and thermal energy • Performance characterization of flat solar collectors, evacuated tubes and hybrid thermal photovoltaic devices • Measurement and modeling of solar radiation • Performance evaluation of flat photovoltaic systems.
LEARN MORELaboratory for Refrigeration and Heat Pumps
Persons in charge: Davide Del Col, Marco Azzolin
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Laboratory of Two-Phase Heat Transfer
Persons in charge: Davide Del Col, Stefano Bortolin
• Two-phase heat exchange simulations with CFD software • Experimental tests on heat exchange with fluids in phase change by means of three plants
LEARN MOREDidactic laboratory on heat exchangers
Person in charge: Luisa Rossetto
• Tests on a liquid-liquid exchanger • Tests on an air-liquid exchanger
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Laboratory of heat transmission in micro-geometries
Person in charge: Luisa Rossetto
• Forced convection of liquids and air in metal foams • Refrigerant vaporization in micro-geometries • Condensation of refrigerant fluids in heat exchangers with large surfaces and mini-channels • Compact refrigerated units for cooling electronic components • Numerical analysis of forced convection in micro-geometries
LEARN MORELaboratory of Mechanical and Thermal Measurements
Persons in charge: Stefano Debei, Enrico Lorenzini, Giulio Fanti, Marco Pertile
• Application and calibration of electrical strain gauges on mechanical components; • Evaluation of the load effect of sensors; • Dynamic calibration of electrical thermometers and temperature measurements in thermal cycles; • Frequency analysis of mechanical elements using accelerometers; • Dynamic calibration of electric frequency filters; • Static calibration of a cantilever dynamometer with resistance strain gauges; • Dimensional measurements with contact instruments and with vision systems (contactless).
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Photovoltaic Technologies Laboratory
Persons in charge:
• I-V characteristic measurements of photovoltaic cells (single and in series) • Effect of the bypass diode and current mismatch • Spectral response of photovoltaic cells • Measurements of the characteristics of outdoor photovoltaic modules, shading effect of the modules
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