GEMIX (CFD facility)

Country:
Switzerland
Organization:
PSI-Villigen - PSI-Villigen
Operating years:
2009 - 2015
Reference reactor:
Availability:
Available

System components:

  • Square Flow Channel

Main characteristics

Coolant:Water

Experimental conditions

Temperature min:20 °C

Temperature max:50 °C

Facility geometry

Approx. volume:0.0015 m3

Approx. width:0.05 m

Approx. length or height:0.6 m

Keywords Others:

Instrumentation

Coriolis Flow Meter (uncertainty 0.15%)

Laser induced fluorescence (LIF)

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) (uncertainty 7%)

Pressure transducer

Thermocouple (uncertainty 1%)

Wire mesh sensors (WMS) (uncertainty 10%)


Phenomena

Relevance Phenomenon
100%
Isokinetic Turbulent Mixing
100%
Stratified Flow
100%
Thermal Fatigue
100%
Wake Flow