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Study and Development of Power Systems (Both Heat Engines and Thermal Power Plants for the Generation of Electricity)
Study and Development of Propulsion Systems (mainly Gas Turbines)
Study and Development of critical components, mainly Blade Cooling Systems, Heat Exchanger Fins, etc.

Teaching

Introduction to the Thermal Engines
Propulsion Systems
Thermal Power Plants
Unsteady and Secondary phenomena in Heat Engines
Heat Transfer I
Thermal Design and Optimization
Human Systems I
Human Systems II

Research

Research is focused on three main directions q

Turbine Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer (mainly the physics of the creating mechanisms and their control for the Horseshoe and the Passage Vortices in turbine blade passages as well as the effectiveness of targeted air injection in reducing surface thermal loading)
Study of critical components for (Home developed) Novel Cycles for power generation, such as (i) Incorporation of Rotating drums of Combustion Chambers in Reciprocating Engines to allow for sufficient time in burning “hard” fuels under Isochoric conditions (ii) Incorporation of the Isothermal Compression through regulated water injection into the Braysson cycle and the Humid Air cycle (iii) Encapsulated Oscillating Water Column plants for ocean wave energy extraction (iv) Ducted Wind Turbine plants incorporating the Humid Air Cycle (v) The Isochoric, Countercurrent Heat Exchanger for Stirling-like cycles
Measurements and optimization of fins in various heat exchanger configurations.
Equipment

1) Two Low Speed Wind Tunnels

2) An Annular Cascade Wind Tunnel (under assembly)

3) A Dynamometer facility for low power Reciprocating Engines

4) A water tunnel incorporating an Oscillating Water Column Plant

5) A low Thrust Turbojet testing facility

6) The Isothermal Compression through water Injection Facility

7) The Isochoric, Countercurrent Heat Exchanger Facility

8) The Large aspect ratio Diffuser Facility

9) The Fins-in-free-convection facility

Instrumentation includes q

(a) Homemade 5 Hole Pitot tubes (OD 1.2 mm) with the relevant (computer driven) 2-D traversing and Data Acquisition apparatus

(b) Indicator Diagram and Flue Gas Composition apparatus for the Reciprocating Engines Facility

(c) Two channel Hot Wire Anemometer

(d) A 60 channel thermocouple temperature measuring apparatus

(e) A highly sensitive Infrared Camera