First-ever assessment of a CFD code against experimental data for non-ideal compressible-fluid flows of interests for ORC applications is ongoing. Grid adaptation helps capturing shock waves....
The first measurements using Laser Doppler Velocimetry are currently being carried out @TROVA. These are the first-ever velocity measurements within a non-ideal compressible-fluid flows in the close proximity of the liquid-vapour saturation curve. The flow seeding required the design and construction of a the pressurised seeding...
TROVA test section seconds before the test, with no thermal insulation and illuminated by the schlieren beam ...
IT WORKED! Believe it or not, the picture shows MDM vapour flowing at supersonic speed! No condensation, this time...
