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Investigates flow turbulence at a fundamental level and aims to harness this energy into engineering advantages
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Focuses on flow turbulence in engineering systems such as wind turbines, underwater accumulators, burners, furnaces, engines & solar panels
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Designs energy applications with an intent to escalate conventional, current, and future energy technologies through advanced thermo-fluids analyses
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Studies the heat recovery application in various power cycles, flow-induced vibration of flexible circular cylinder, and hydrodynamics of compressed air in underwater energy storage
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Possesses a four cylinder double-acting Stirling engine with rated power of 1 kW at 1500 RPM and an external combustion heat engine to convert any conventional or renewable energy
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Equipped with a high-quality closed-loop wind tunnel which can provide speeds up to 36 m/s
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Performs wind turbine design & optimization and investigates the constructive aerodynamic interaction of a group of wind turbines
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Conducts turbulence modeling of atmospheric wind flows and aftermath of the wind on solar photovoltaic systems
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Examines the hydrodynamics and engineers the mitigation of accelerating and expanding buoyant vortex rings
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Explores smart and secure commercial (greenhouse) and residential water technologies
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Enhances the power take-off strategies for wave energy harvesting
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Predicts tumour growth based on entropy maximization
To get involved with the Turbulence & Energy Lab
Contact: Dr. David Ting
Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering
519-253-3000, Ext. 2599
dting@uwindsor.ca
Visit turbulenceandenergylab.org for more information.