The Multiphase Thermo-fluid Dynamics Laboratory, established in 2015, is located in Talbot Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Laboratory conducts experiments and research projects focusing on two phase flow and heat transfer. Ongoing projects include:
- Generating validation data for CFD and system analysis codes
- Natural circulation and thermal hydraulic instability
- Characterizing wall nucleation parameters in forced convective flows
- Critical Heat Flux (CHF) on traditional and engineered surfaces
- Two-fluid model with Interfacial Area Transport Equation (IATE)
- Boiling under sub-atmospheric pressure
- Measurement of thermo-physical properties of advanced liquid moderators
- Two-Phase Flow in Molten Salt