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Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Laboratory

Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Laboratory was established in 2016 with to focus on all types of incompressible turbomachines. The primary objective of this laboratory is to carry out experimental and numerical studies in order to generate power from marine potentials such as tides, waves and river current energy. Due to the presence of the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea in the southern coast, as well as the Caspian Sea in the northern coast of the country, the use of the energy of waves, tides and sea currents in the production of power as a new energy source is important. In this regard, the design and testing of all types of horizontal axis sea current turbines, Darrieus, Savonius, Gorlov and hybrid are carried out. Also, using the potential and current energy of rivers using new types of small water turbines such as PAT, VLH, UVLH and Archimedes Screw will play an important role in the country's distributed power generation. Other active research fields in this laboratory are:

  • Improving the hydraulic performance of centrifugal and regenerative pumps by optimizing the geometry of the pump and adding various polymer additives (which give viscoelastic properties to the fluid)
  • Improving the aerodynamic of all types of fans in order to reduce noise
  • Analysis of water hammer phenomenon in all types of pipes with elastic and viscoelastic materials containing Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.
  • Vibrations caused by fluid fluctuations in gas and water transmission lines
  • Numerical simulation and optimization of incompressible turbomachines with new optimization methods
 

Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Laboratory was established in 2016 to study and work on all types of incompressible turbomachines. The primary objective of this laboratory is to conduct experimental and numerical studies in order to generate power from marine potentials such as tides, waves and river current energy.