Arockia Fenil

Research Associate

Objective: To design a 5-stage mixed flow pump to deliver 15 lps of water up to 80 meters with a hydraulic efficiency of 80% • Design of impeller and diffuser blades using TurboDesign Suite based on selected blade loading • Impeller and diffuser design based on conventional Euler turbine theory and design correlation from standard texts. • Developing Matlab code to compute blade camber lines and meridional shapes, geometry preparation using Catia V5 • Performing computations to study pump characteristics and cavitation effects using Star CCM+ • Conducting experiments to validate computational results

Test Rig Design and Vendor Management

Objective: To design a test rig capable of measuring isolated hydraulic torque input to pumps, up to a speed of 4000 rpm with a drive power of 20kW • Design of test rig layout and piping, estimation of loads on bearing and selection of appropriate bearings • Design of mechanical assembly for the bearing & seal housing and drafting of engineering drawings for components to be manufactured • Selection and installation of flow measuring instruments and determination of associated uncertainty

Research Associate

- Design of supercritical carbondioxide compressor for use in submgawatt power geneartion using AxSTREAM design tool - Performance estimation of compressor using CFD (ANSYS) - Design and performance evaluation of Labyrinth seal for supercritical carbondioxide application - Heat transfer analysis of Dry Gas Seal using ANSYS Fluent