Center for Electric Power, Tennessee Tech. The turbulence laboratory is equipped with a 3-component hot wire anemometry system operating in conjunction with digital data acquisition and processing. In addition, precision manometers, pressure transducers and traversing mechanisms are available. Several different air moving devices equipped with speed control are available for producing a range of flow rates. Both fundamental and applied research is conducted in this laboratory.
Applied research is conducted in connection with projects sponsored by the industry.
Most of this work involved turbulence measurements in scale models of industrial processes. Several fundamental studies on turbulence are carried out by M.S. and Ph.D. students in connection with their research.