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Energy Laboratory

Prof. Ed Pejack, Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Kyle Watson, Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Said Shakerin, Mechanical Engineering

EnergyLaboratory

Purpose

  • Support for core undergraduate thermal science courses, and advanced thermal science and fluids courses
  • Research and development on solar ovens and solar pasteurization of water
  • Research on advanced fluid flow for artistic purposes
     

Courses Supported

  • Thermodynamics I
  • Thermodynamics II
  • Heat Transfer
  • Applied Heat Transfer
  • Solar Energy Engineering
  • Air Conditioning
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Special Topics course on Combustion
  • Engineering Design/Senior Project I & II
     

EnergyLaboratoryMajor Equipment

  • wind tunnel
  • solar collector rig (currently at South Campus)
  • refrigeration bench – Brodhead Garret 1057
  • Engine-Megatech Mark 3
  • Flowmeter-Labcrest 10A1460
  • Hot Plate Apparatus
  • Transient Heat Flow Apparatus- Engineering Lab Design Co.
  • Computer – HP 85B
  • Solar pyranometer-Eppley
  • Strip chart recorder-Soltec
  • Instrumented Evaporative Cooler
  • Li Br Absorption Refrigerator
  • PASCO Thermoelectric
  • Experimental Apparatus for Heat and Fluids
  • Amorphous Solar PV Panel
  • Self-induced Vibration in Fluid Flow Apparatus
  • Instrumented Fin Experiment
  • Wind Turbine (400 Watts)  - located at South Campus