Short description
The Thermofluids Lab focuses on fundamental and lab-scale experimental studies of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and multiphase transport, mainly at TRL 1–3. The laboratory is designed for highly controlled bench-scale experiments supported by advanced image-based diagnostics, high-speed visualization, and computational resources.
Research focus
The research activities in the Thermofluids Lab focus on fundamental thermal-fluid phenomena across small and intermediate scales. The laboratory supports studies of droplet and bubble dynamics, evaporation, condensation, atomization, multiphase flow, electronics cooling, and conjugate heat transfer.
Main research topics include:
- Droplet dynamics
- Bubble dynamics
- Atomization and spraying
- Jet break-up and transient multiphase flows
- Evaporation and multiphase transport
- Dropwise condensation and refrigeration-related heat transfer
- Battery thermal management
- Electronics cooling
- Conjugate heat transfer
- Fundamental validation of CFD and reduced-order models
Key equipment or facilities
The laboratory includes image-based diagnostics, high-speed visualization tools, and computational resources for experimental and numerical thermal-fluid research, including:
- Particle Image Velocimetry system
- Shadowgraph imaging system
- High-speed camera system for jet break-up and transient multiphase-flow visualization
- Optical access for image-based diagnostics
- Bench-scale facilities for atomization, evaporation, condensation, and multiphase transport studies
- Experimental setups for battery thermal management and electronics cooling
- Facilities for conjugate heat transfer studies
- Dedicated group HPC resources for numerical modelling, CFD, and data-driven analysis.