Besides the traditional research areas in thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, multiphase flows, turbulence and combustion, this group is engaged in a broad range of research activities in experimental fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, flow in porous media, turbomachinery, electrochemical energy conversion, IC engines, alternate fuels, laser diagnostic techniques, micro-fluidics and heat transfer, boiling heat transfer, condensation, heat pipes, thermal management, sprays, turbulent combustion, hydrodynamic instabilities, vortex dynamics, gravity currents, energy storage materials, atomic scale computation, etc.
Research Facilities:
CFD Laboratory | High performance computing clusters |
Computational Turbo machinery Laboratory | High performance computing Clusters:
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Energy Conversion and Storage Laboratory | Electrochemical test station (in-house development), Stereoscopic shadowgraphy, Two-phase particle image velocimetry |
Engine Research Laboratory |
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Experimental Turbomachinery Laboratory | Hot Wire Anemometer, PIV, LDA and Electronically scanned pressure sensor. |
Fluid mechanics Lab |
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Gas Turbine Heat Transfer Laboratory |
Thermocouples, IR Camera, High Speed Blower, High Speed Camera,
Shadowgraph Setup (Multiple Cameras, Laser as light-source, Optical
quality mirror)
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Micro-scale transport laboratory |
Micro-PIV with Nd:YAG laser, Micro-holographic measurement system,
Micro-LIF, Syringe pump; Gear pump, Ultra-Sonicator, Differential
Pressure Transducer, Mechanical Stirrer, Centrifuge, Magnetic Particle
Separator
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Phase-change Thermal Systems Laboratory |
High Speed Camera ,CCD camera, Infrared camera Vacuum pumps (diffusion and turbo molecular), Thermal baths Leak detectors
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Water Tunnel Facility |
Water Tunnel Set-up, Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV), Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF), Hotwire Anemometry, Load-Cell.
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