A Two-Flow-Loops ApparatusProfessor HoSung Lee

11/11/2019

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Western Michigan University

• One test section• one programmable 30 kW Power Supply• Two speed controlled centrifugal pumps (30 gpm)• Two immersion heaters (each 15 kW)• Two turbine flow meters (4 – 30 gpm)• Two pressure drop sensors• Thermocouples at six locations in the loops• Two expansion tanks (bellows type)• One heat exchangers• LabView programmed automatic measurements• National instrument for data acquisitions

(A test section for multipurpose)

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Thermoelectric Array for Thermal and electrical Energy Conversion(A New Application with Thermoelectric Tests)

1 array = 100s modules

Working Fluid = Molten salt

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