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Combustion and Energy
Systems Research Group Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
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Concordia University > ENCS
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Research Facility Our combustion and energy system laboratory is presently equipped with
the following research tools and instruments: ·
2x BOC Edwards RV8
series oil-sealed vacuum pumps ·
3x LeCroy Corp. WaveJet 324 Oscilloscopes (200MHz, 4
Ch. 2GS/s and 500 kpts/ch) ·
1x Rigol Digital
Oscilloscope 50MHz DS1052E ·
1x Rigol Digital
Oscilloscope 100MHz DS1102E ·
Infrared Thermal Imagining System (shared with Dr. Siddiqui) ·
Model pco.1200hs
high speed digital CMOS camera ·
Casio Exilim EX-F1
high-speed digital camera ·
Water table
facility for surface wave experiments ·
Kulite XCS-190L-5D
with In-Line Amp Pressure Transducer ·
5x PCB 113B24
pressure transducers and signal conditioners ·
Standard PIV system
(Laser and Programmable Control Unit and DaVis software from LaVision, Inc.). ·
Two HR4000+
OceanOptics broadband spectrometer systems ·
Newport Apex Hg(Xe)
Arc lamp source 200 Watts ·
Computing facility: ·
Dell Precision 390
workstation (2.4GHz dual-core, 4MB L2 cache, 2GB ram memory) ·
Dell Precision
T3400 workstation (1.8GHz dual core, 2MB L2 cache, 1GB ram memory) ·
Dell Vostro Desktop
200s (1.80GHz dual core, 1MB L2 cache, 2GB ram memory) ·
Dell Vostro Desktop
200s (3.00GHz dual core, 6MB L2 cache, 2GB ram memory) ·
Dell Vostro Desktop
200s (2.20GHz dual core, 2MB L2 cache, 1GB ram memory) ·
Dell Vostro Desktop
200s (2.40GHz dual core, 1MB L2 cache, 2GB ram memory) ·
Dell New Inspiron
15 Laptop (2.16GHz Dual core, 1MB cache, 2GB ram memory) ·
Dell Vostro Desktop
230s (3.06GHz dual core, 2MB L2 cache, 4GB ram memory) ·
Three IBM R60
Thinkpad Laptops (Core 2 Duo 1.83G T5600 1G 320GB) ·
One IBM Z61t
Thinkpad Laptop (Core 2 Duo 1.83G T5600 3G 500GB) ·
One HP Tablet PC
Laptop (Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 2GB RAM) ·
One HP Compaq 2510p
Laptop (2GB RAM, 80 GB, Dual Core Linux OS) ·
One DELL Core2Duo
Laptop Ubuntu Linux 64-bit 2.1GHz 2GB RAM ·
CFDesign Software
by Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. ·
Fluent Software by
ANSYS, Inc. ·
PCTPro-2000 Gas
Sorption Analyzer by Hy-Energy Scientific Instruments (for Hydrogen Storage Research) ·
Time-resolved PIV
system from LaVision, Inc. (shared
with Dr. Kadem from CFI support) ·
2-D laminar flowing
soap film tunnel ·
Combustion flame
nanoparticle synthesis setup Previous and current research Grant Supports Concordia Research Start-Up Fund (year 2007) Program Title: Research on combustion of alternative fuels and applied
energy systems NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant (year
2007) Program Title: A high pressure shock/detonation tube facility for the
study of combustion characteristics and detonation properties of future
alternative fuels NSERC Discovery Grant (year 2007-2012) Program Title: On the combustion characteristics and safety aspects of
future alternative fuels Faculty Program in Support of Research Theses (year
2007, 2008, 2009) Concordia University NSERC Supplemental Strategic Project Grant (year
2008-2010) co-applicant Program Title: Development of a concentrated solar energy system with
an improved water splitting process using nanotechnology for efficient
hydrogen production Concordia Seed Funding Program (year 2007-2008) Principal Investigator Program Title: Study of Micro-combustion Thrusters Using Nano-Catalysts
for Advanced Aerospace Application NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant (year
2008) co-applicant Program Title: An Infrared Thermal Imagining System Research Service Contract (2009) Title: 3-D CFD Investigation of Two-Phase Flow Injectors Concordia Seed Funding Program – Team
grant (year 2008-2009) co-PI Program Title: A New Frontier in Understanding the Stability and
Pattern Formation of Vortex Ring Ensembles Petro-Canada Young Innovator Awards (year 2008-2009)
Recipient Program Title: Design and Analysis of Novel Materials for Reversible
Hydrogen Storage Concordia Seed Funding Program – Individual
grant (year 2008-2009) PI Program Title: Improving wind power production through a combined
experimental and numerical study of aerodynamics and turbulent flow structure
behind scaled wind turbines Concordia Seed Funding Program – Team
grant (year 2009-2010) co-PI Program Title: A New Generation
of Heat Exchanger Design for Reliable, Efficient and Economical Operation NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant (year
2010) Program Title: A compact and portable Nd:YAG dual cavity pulsed laser system for
alternative energy and fluid dynamics research FRQNT Établissement de
nouveaux chercheurs (year 2010-2012) Program Title: Étude expérimentale et numérique de la structure et des limites de
détonation en présence de fortes pertes dues aux conditions limites NSERC Engage Grant (year 2011) with General Dynamics Program Title: The fire safety of propellant handling
buildings and equipments NSERC Discovery Grant (year 2012-2016) Program Title: Computational modeling and experimental study
of the combustion dynamics and explosive effects of energetic, multiphase systems NSERC Engage Grant (year 2013) with Rolls-Royce,
Canada Program
Title: Validation of
conjugate heat transfer CFD methods for low porosity impingement cooling
systems FRQNT Projet de
recherche en équipe (year 2014-2017) Program Title: Safety Analysis Related to Hydrogen Leaks from
Fuel Cell Systems in Residential Areas Concordia Seed Funding Program – Individual
grant (year 2015-2017) PI Program Title: Development of a servo-type controlled release mechanism for precise
needle-free drug delivery |
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