AdvanTH lab strives to facilitate high-fidelity simulation of two-phase flow/heat transfer through scientific experiments. To achieve the goal, we have the following missions
Reinforce advanced optical techniques for high-resolution thermal-hydraulic experiments
Develop groundbreaking diagnostics and preform advanced scientific experiments for superior understanding and modeling of two-phase flow and heat transfer
Enhance reliability of computational multiphase fluid dynamics (CMFD) codes for complex two-phase safety problems
AdvanTH lab includes all required services that are fully available to the projects, including:
Source of Cold, De-Ionized Water System
Compressed Air and Nitrogen
Low/High Voltage AC/DC Power Supplies
The state-of-the-art instrumentation for flow and heat transfer measurements has been acquired in the past years and is continuing to expand and grow. The laboratory is equipped with:
Diode laser used as source of illumination for flow visualization and measurements
He-Ne laser used as source of interferometry for thin film measurements
Particle Image Velocimetry system with two high speed cameras
Mid-wave and short-wave high-speed infrared cameras for temperature measurement with high spatial and temporal resolutions
Various thermal-Hydraulic computer codes are in use in our laboratory. Our expertise covers a wide range of system-level codes and Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) codes.
System scale: MARS-KS, SPACE, MELCOR
Component scale: CUPID
Meso scale: CFX, FLUENT, Star-ccm+, OpenFOAM
Micro scale: PSI-Boil