Head of Research Lab: 

People:

Model water turbine performance measurement test rig:

Performance tests of water turbine models (up to 300 kW)

Performance tests of pumps (up to 500 kW)

Mobile laboratory equipment for field testing of water turbines

Circulation Pump 400 kW, 1500 rpm, 500 m3/h-1750 m3/h

70 to 95 m manometric altitude

Drive motor frequency controlled

500 mm and 200 mm magnetic flow meters, 250 mm standard ISO nozzle

5000 Nm, 3000 Nm and 2000 Nm momentometers

Turbine connection with momentometer via propeller shaft

Regenerative drive

Study Areas:

Turbomachinery, Water turbine and Pump design

Applying computational fluid dynamics to turbomachinery

Acceptance and model tests for hydraulic machines

Vibrations caused by flow in turbomachines

Preparation of power plants and feasibility reports

SCADA applications for pumped systems

Water hammer calculations and prevention methods in pump systems

Pump stations and pipelines

Measuring methods

Flow diagnosis and imaging methods

Electronic Equipment cooling

Aerodynamic analysis of vehicles

Internal ballistics – combustion in solid propellant rockets

Design and efficiency optimization of Axial and Radial fans