Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Laboratories: The equipment available in these laboratories (Packard Laboratory 166 and 178) include engine test facilities, a boiler system with a complete Rankine cycle power generation system, an instrumented four-ton heat pump system, a well instrumented gas turbine jet engine, and a heat transfer experiment. The heat transfer experiment can examine forced convection past tube arrays with the flexibility of testing several tube configurations. The boiler system includes a turbine and electrical generator. The HVAC unit allows students to examine vapor compression air-conditioning and heating. The engine test facility has several different engines with appropriate dynamometers and instrumentation, that are controlled and monitored by a LabView based instrumentation and data collection system, allowing detailed analysis of engine performance.  The jet engine facility is good for demonstrating the Brayton cycle and can be tested with a variety of fuels.

Room 166 and 178
Faculty Contact: Prof. Neti

Lab Information
ME 207/208
Phone: 610-758-5763