Welcome to the Mechanical Engineering Department
Thermal Sciences Laboratory
Location:13-203
Students conduct experiments in heat transfer and thermodynamics. The laboratory experiments are designed to give hands-on experience with operating physical equipment, instrumentation, and computer-based data acquisition systems.
Equipment:
- Bell Jar Experiment - Students perform heat transfer experiments (i.e., hot/cold convection, radiation heat transfer) and study measurements of temperature as a function of time for cooling objects.
- Air-conditioning System with thermocouples, flowmeters, and pressure gauges - Students calculate energy balances and study thermal properties.
- Steam Turbine with dynometer and condenser - Students perform energy balance and heat/transfer experiments on this steam turbine system.
- Boiler and Cooling Tower (on deck outside)
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