Department of Engineering
for Innovation
Department of Engineering
for Innovation
Thermal Engineering Lab
The Lab
Equipment
• Thermal conductivity measuring system for liquids according to ASTM D2717 standard, model PLS Systemtechnik System Lambda 01/L, equipped with LabTemp 30190 thermostat unit for measurements in a temperature range between -30°C and +190°C;
• TPS 2500S Hot Disk® thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat measuring system for liquids and solids, equipped with a furnace for temperature measurements up to 750°C and the complete range of Kapton sensors;
• TURBISCAN Lab Expert Formulaction instrument for the study of destabilization phenomena in suspensions, emulsions and foams, based on the Multiple Light Scattering measurement technique;
• Instrument for the measurement of Particle size, with measuring range from 0.6 nm to 6.0 microns, and Zeta potential, able to analyze samples with electrical conductivity up to 200mS/cm, model Zetasizer nano ZS Malvern Instruments;
• Tubular heating furnace with a maximum power of 8.0 kW used for convection coefficient measurements of heat transfer fluids, supplied by SALENTEC;
• Test bench for solar collectors built according to UNI EN 12975-2 for measuring the efficiency of flat-plate solar collectors;
• Instrumentation for the preparation of nanofluids;
• FALC F60 magnetic stirrer with heating plate;
• KERN precision balance with maximum capacity of 400 g;
• FALC ultrasonic bath with maximum volume of 4.5 liters;
• Ultrasonic homogenizer SONOPLUS HD 2070";
• Glovebox;
• Workstations with specialized energy and CFD software.