Multidisciplinary Department with four areas of knowledge ...

Multidisciplinary Department with four areas of knowledge

•Engineering Presentation (EG)

•Mechanical Engineering (EM)

•Fluids Mechanics (MF)

•Machines and Heat Engines (MMT)

Highlights in CEICS Research and Innovation inChemistry and Energy (II)

Multidisciplinary Department that teaches courses at the following Schools•Bachelor's degrees

•Scholl of Chemical Engineering (ETSEQ)•Mechanical Engineering •Chemical Engineering•Food Engineering

•Scholl of Engineering (ETSE)•Electrical Engineering•Electronic Engineering

•Scholl of Architecture (ETSA)•Architecture


•Master’s degrees and Doctorate•Air Conditioning Technologies and Energy Efficiency in Buildings •Research into Fluid Thermodynamics Engineering

•Research in Chemical and Processes Engineering

•Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Processes

•Continuous training

•Master in Renewable Energy



Research Groups• ECOMMFIT –Experiments, Computation and Modelization in Fluids Mechanics and Turbulence

• GIEMCE: Research Group in Computational and Experimental Mechanical Engineering

• SUSCAPE: Improved process SUStainability using Computer Aided Process Engineering tools

•CREVER – Group of Applied Thermal Engineering


Objective

The main objective of ECoMMFiT is to advance in the knowledge ofthe structure of flows and their effect on the heat and mass transferprocesses in problems with fundamental, industrial andenvironmental interest using experimental, computational andanalytical tools

Equipment

– Hydrodynamic channel– Flow generating systems– Laser illumination system – High speed video cameras

Color/B&W From 30 to 64000 fps

– Computer cluster 100 processors Parallel computing High storage capacity

Resources Personnel

– 2 full professors– 7 associate professors– 4 researchers– 10 PhD students– 2 technicians


Research

Experimental techniques

Computational techniques

Mesh generationfor CFD

Particle image velocimetryPIV

Planar laser induced fluorescence

Measurement of thermal conductivity coefficients at high temperature and pressure

Parallel computing

Development of CFD software

Data analysis techniques

Experimental and numerical data treatment

Pattern recognition and fuzzy logic

Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and wavelet analysis


Analysis and measurement in carotid ultrasound images

Image conditioning techniques for PIV

Research

Image analysis

Flow inside pumps and wind turbines

Fluid mechanics and turbulence Measurement, modelization

and simulation of industrial reactive flows

Direct simulation of turbulent flows


Research

Environmental flows

Flows in lakes, bays and coastlines

Biomedicine Detection and measurement of the thickness of the IMT

Analysis and monitoring of calcifications in the aorta

Dispersion of pollutants Analysis of

marine oil spills

Heat and mass transfer

Equipment cooling

Prediction of printed circuit boards thermal fields

Rayleigh-Benard convection


Objective

The main activities of GIEMCE are:

- To contribute to the advancement in the knowledge of themacromechanical behavior of new materials for their use inmechanical systems and components combining experimental,computational and analytical methods.

- The study of the physics of fluid-structure interaction phenomena byusing experimental and numerical tools, with emphasis inapplications related to offshore, ocean, marine and wind engineeringproblems as well as in bio-inspired design and renewable oceanenergy generation.

Equipment (material resistance lab)

– Universal Testing Machine (different range of load cell) with controlled thermal chamber and specially designed accessories.

– Servo-hydraulic testing machine designed to perform static and dynamic tests "in situ".

– Micro-Hardness tester (different indenters) with image analysis system.

– Impact testing equipment: analog and instrumented (pendulum and drop weight).

– Roughness and equipment wear.– Vacuum furnace for thermal treatments.– Optical microscope with adapted system for

image capture and analysis.– Controlled thermal chamber with humidity

control for material conditioning.– Controlled thermal chamber (-10ºC-115ºC) for

experimental testing in different tension modes.– Data acquisition system (temperature, strain,

resistance…)

Resources

Personnel

– 6 associate professors– 2 researchers– 4 PhD students– 1 technicians


Equipment

– High resolution & high speed cameras– CW lasers – Strobe lights– 2D DPIV system– 3D-3C DPIV system (defocusing DPIV)– XY towing tank 0.6x0.6 m section– Free surface water tunnel 1x1 m section– Access to 1.8x1.2 m section Boundary layer

wind tunnel– Access to 0.6x0.6 m section subsonic wind

tunnel– Motorised optical positioning systems– Strain gauge technologies including 2 axis

balance, submersible load cells, accelerometers, etc…

– Advanced data acquisition systems

Resources


Current Research

Current research focuses on the theoretical and numerical analysis and the experimental characterization of NiTi and NiTiCu Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) for thermo-mechanical industrial applications.


Current Projects

Thermo-mechanical analysis of the behaviour of helicoidal spring actuators developing a suitable torsion model experimentally verified.Numerical and experimental analysis of the different training methods for NiTi SMA wires and for helicoidal springs.

Mf AfMS AS

Tensión ()

Temperatura (T)

σfCR

σsCR

250 MPa

150 MPa

0 MPa

Inicio S y M0

Inicio S=1 o M=1

Final S=0 y M=0Final S y M 0

Inicio S y M0

Inicio S=1 o M=1

Final S=0 y M=0Final S y M 0

2

3

T1 T2 T3

1 2

1 2

1 2

Modelling and design of optimal NiTi Shape Memory Alloys actuators with Two-Way Shape Memory Effect (TWSME) for thermo-mechanical industrial applications.

ISOTHERMAL CYCLING 4.5% STRAIN. Equiatomic NiTi wire

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5STRAIN (%)

STR

ESS

(MPa

)


3D-3C DDPIV and 2D DPIV

Flow visualisationtechniques

Computational techniques

Advanced data and image analysis

Development of FEM tools for the study of complex eigenvalueproblems and inverse problems

Dynamics of offshore structures and floating wind turbines

2D and 3D flow and solids quantification techniques


ObjectiveApply systematic methodologies to improve environmental impactof chemical and thermal process

Resources Personnel

– 3 associate professors (1 from DEM)– 10 PhD students


Environmental impact

Cos

t

X

Unfeasible solutions(impossible)

Feasible solutions(suboptimal)

Reduce cost

Reduce environmental impact

Pareto frontier(optimal)

Total cost is based of the sum of running cost and capital cost

LCA is based of ECO-Indicator 99

Techniques

– Mathematical programming Superstructure optimization LP, NLP, MILP & MINLP

– Multiobjective optimization Pareto set

– Uncertainty analysis

Research

Supply chain networks of energy fuels

Process synthesis modeling and optimization

Optimization of biological systems


• Quantitative tools that can beuseful at different decision-supportlevels• Multi-objective mixed integerlinear programming models where theenvironmental concerns are explicitlydescribed through algebraic equations

Cloro

Etileno

Aire

O2

Oxicloración

Cloración directa

Purga

Flash

Agua

Baja P

Alta P

Cloruro deHidrógeno

Cloruro deVinilo

HCl

• IGCC• Biofuels• Desalination• Absorption cycles

• Construction of reliable modelsof metabolic networks• Optimization of metabolicpathways to maximize the productionof an intermediate metabolite


Objective

The tasks and objectives of CREVER are focused on thedevelopment of new technologies in renewable energy andenergy efficiency improvement

Equipment

– Multifunction test bench for characterizing heatpumps, chillers and small capacity thermalengines

– Experimental facilities for study heat and mass transfer in absorption and desorption processes

– Laboratory of thermophysical properties of liquids

Resources Personnel

– 1 full professors– 5 associate professors– 4 researchers– 10 PhD students– 2 technicians



CREVER Areas of Research

Research on Heat Conversion Systems for Power and RefrigerationDetermination and Modelling of thermophysical properties of new refrigerant

fluids and materials

Study of heat and mass transfer processes

Development of new components (absorber and generator) for absorption chillers for different working fluids and applications

Characterisation, evaluation and modelling of different absorption chillers (prototypes or commercial) in a test bench

Analysis, simulation and optimization of polygeneration systems

Implementation of polygeneration systems in the framework of different projects


Property Calculation

Vapour pressure (+T,x) Phase equilibriumHeat capacity (+ELV) EnthalpySolubility Crystallization curveThermal conductivityDensity Heat and mass transferViscosity

Experimental determination and modeling of thermophysical properties of fluids

Research


Experimental determination and modeling of thermophysical properties of fluids

Research


Development of

absorption heat pumps

SolutionPump

TANK

Coriolis

Condenser

Magneticflowmeter

Plate heatexchanger

Vortexflowmeter

BP

PT

T

T

T

Heater 1 Tap water

P

T

T

T

Hea

ter

2

T

Hea

ter

3

T

Magneticflowmeter

Level

T

PRE-HEATERCIRCUIT

HEATINGCIRCUIT

CONDENSINGCIRCUIT

SECTIONTEST

P

MAINLOOP

SolutionPump

TANK

Coriolis

Condenser

Magneticflowmeter

Plate heatexchanger

Vortexflowmeter

BP

PPTT

TT

TT

TT

Heater 1 Tap water

PP

TT

TT

TT

Hea

ter

2

TT

Hea

ter

3

TT

Magneticflowmeter

Level

TT

PRE-HEATERCIRCUIT

HEATINGCIRCUIT

CONDENSINGCIRCUIT

SECTIONTEST

P

MAINLOOP

0

5

10

15

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2

Mean vapour quality

Hea

t tra

sfer

coe

ffici

ent (

kW·m-2

·K-1

)

q"=50 kW·m -2

q"=40 kW·m -2

q"=30 kW·m -2

q"=20 kW·m -2

G=100 kg·m -2 ·s -1

P=15 barw=0.42 ammonia

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

50 70 90 110 130 150

Temperatura del Generador [ºC]

CO

P

3035404550

Temperatura Condensación [ºC]

Amoniaco/Nitrato de Litio

Temperatura Evaporación 5 ºC

Research


Water-cooled Prototype, Cooling Capacity vs. Generation Temperature

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96ºC

Coo

ling

Cap

acity

(kW

)

8ºC, 36,3ºC15ºC, 36,3ºC

Development of

absorption heat pumps

Research


Polygeneration of distributed energy

Research


Integration of Solar Cooling Systems in DHC Networks

• Simulation of solar cooling systems with TRNSYS

• Definition of the optimal control strategies

• Validation of the models with real installations

Research


Buildings Energy Analysis and Monitoring

• Predict the dynamic response and performance ofbuildings.

• Compare total load calculations, energy performance,peak demand, and cost / benefit implications of differentdesign options.

• Analyse the effect of complex and “greentechnologies”: natural ventilation, passive and mixed-mode buildings, daylight use… and their influence in thethermal comfort and the energy demand.

Research

Departament d’Enginyeria Mecànica

L’objectiu d’ECoMMFiT és avançar en el coneixement del’estructura dels fluxos i amb el seu efecte en els processosde transferència de calor i matèria per aplicar-ho a problemesd’interès industrial i ambiental

Anàlisi de la interacció fluid-estructura amb tècniquesexperimentals i numèriques per a instal·lacions offshore,turbines eòliques flotants i sistemes de generació d’energiarenovable oceànics.Modelització numèrica i experimental del comportamentmacromecànic de materials intel·ligents per a aplicacionstermomecàniques industrials.

Desenvolupar metologies quantitatives per a millorarl’impacte ambiental dels processos químics i els processostèrmics

Recerca i desenvolupament de noves tecnologies en energiesrenovablesEstudi teòric i experimental de sistemes PoligeneracióDistribuïda d’Energia en edificis i industries per tald’aconseguir una alta eficiència energètica i una adequadautilització d’energies renovables.

EnergiesRenovables

ImpacteAmbiental

EficiènciaEnergètica

MaterialsIntel·ligents

Mecànica deFluids

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