Project Turbo
What is Project Turbo?
Project Turbo is a senior design project for UNT. Students were tasked by the school to create a piece of equipment and accompanying lab experiments to demonstrate fluid mechanics and heat transfer principles.
The Product
The Equipment
Features
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Pressure, thermal, and flowrate sensors.
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A pump, turbine generator, and reservoir.
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An set of interchangeable pipe loops of varying insulation. Would support additional pipe loops in the future.
The Labs
Pump efficiency
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Calculate pump head and efficiency
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Produce plots using head, flow rate and efficency
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Check for cavitation
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Draw conclusions about operation
Turbine Efficiency
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Calculate head loss and efficiency
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Produce plots using flow rate and turbine efficiency
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Draw conclusions about operation
Moody Flowcharts
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Calculate head loss due to pipe friction
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Calculate the Reynold's number for the pipe
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Determine the friction factor for the pipe
Insulation
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Calculate heat loss due to conduction for differing amounts of insulation
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Determine the effectiveness of the insulation
The Team
Team Turbo
Peter Caparelli
Benjamin Vetters
Jose Valentino
Tyler Luce
Sulaiman Aljurbua
Faculty Advisors
Dr. Leticia Anaya
Dr. Huseyin Bostanci
The Sponsors
