{"id":5,"date":"2023-04-13T15:54:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T03:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-12-19T21:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T08:14:02","slug":"research-facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/research-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Engineering Thermodynamics<\/strong><\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Psychrometric chambers (x2 – can be coupled)\n
      \n
    1. Dry-bulb temperature range: -5C to 50C<\/li>\n
    2. Dry-bulb temperature control: +\/- 0.5C<\/li>\n
    3. Relative humidity range: 30 to 90% (depends on temperature)<\/li>\n
    4. Floor Area of each chamber: ~18.5 m^2<\/li>\n
    5. Floor loading: 1 ton<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    6. Dynamic dip-testing system<\/li>\n
    7. Heat exchanger duct and tube water retention testing system<\/li>\n
    8. Wascator<\/li>\n
    9. Compressor calorimeter<\/li>\n
    10. Refrigerative dehumidifier prototype systems<\/li>\n
    11. Heat pump clothes dryer prototype systems<\/li>\n
    12. Fan testing rigs<\/li>\n
    13. Pump testing rig<\/li>\n
    14. Refrigerant digital sensor<\/li>\n
    15. Platinum resistance thermometer<\/li>\n
    16. Plate heat exchanger test rig<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Microfluidics<\/strong><\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. Environment Controlled Wind tunnel\n
          \n
        1. For investigation of condensation on micro\/nanostructured surfaces.<\/li>\n
        2. Instrumentation:\n
            \n
          1. thermocouple,<\/li>\n
          2. pressure transducers,<\/li>\n
          3. pressure gauges,<\/li>\n
          4. digital relative humidity sensors,<\/li>\n
          5. Pitot-static tube for momentum boundary layer analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          6. Ice Adhesion Measurement system<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

             <\/p>\n

            Macro\/Micro\/Nanofabrication<\/strong><\/h3>\n
              \n
            1. CNC Mill (Lilian SVM55 milling machine with Mitsubishi CNC controller)<\/li>\n
            2. Spin coater<\/li>\n
            3. Metal evaporator<\/li>\n
            4. Ultrasonic bath (TSX-120T, Shanghai Tense Electrochemical Equipment Co.)<\/li>\n
            5. Interference Lithography (including low-NA, high-NA and ultra high-NA [evanescent wave lithography])<\/li>\n
            6. Femto-second Laser (FemtoLux 30 by EKSPLA)<\/li>\n
            7. 3D printers\n
                \n
              1. CR10S, 3x<\/li>\n
              2. Prusa, 2x<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                Characterisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                  \n
                1. Spectral ellipsometer (JA Woolam, Alpha-SE)<\/li>\n
                2. Thermal conductivity system (DZDR-S Transient Plane Source Technology Thermal Conductivity Tester)<\/li>\n
                3. Goniometer 1 (First Ten Angstroms, Inc., USA)<\/li>\n
                4. Goniometer 2 (Dataphysics OCA 15EC)\n
                    \n
                  1. Equipped with cradle for tilt angle measurements<\/li>\n
                  2. Equipped with overhead stage for confined droplet analysis<\/li>\n
                  3. Equipped with forced horizontal\/vertical vibration capability<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  4. Soap Bubble Goniometer<\/li>\n
                  5. Martindale (Model 103, wear and abrasion tester)<\/li>\n
                  6. Tensiometer<\/li>\n
                  7. Universal Testing Machine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                     <\/p>\n

                    Imaging<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                      \n
                    1. Scanning Electron Microscope (Phenom Pro)<\/li>\n
                    2. Optical Microscope (MEIJI)<\/li>\n
                    3. CCD Camera (TouPek, 5.2 fps)<\/li>\n
                    4. IR Camera (Fluke)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Engineering Thermodynamics Psychrometric chambers (x2 – can be coupled) Dry-bulb temperature range: -5C to 50C Dry-bulb temperature control: +\/- 0.5C Relative humidity range: 30 to 90% (depends on temperature) Floor Area of each chamber: ~18.5 m^2 Floor loading: 1 ton Dynamic dip-testing system Heat exchanger duct and tube water retention testing system Wascator Compressor calorimeter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46944,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thermodynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}