Laboratory for Energy Conversion
Canton of Zurich , Switzerland 47°22′35.10″N 8°32′53.17″E / 47.3764167°N 8.5481028°E | |
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The Laboratory for Energy Conversion (LEC) formerly known as Turbomachinery Laboratory (LSM) was founded in 1892 by
mechanical engineers in the history of turbomachinery
.
Areas of research
The current research projects at LEC cover the fields of:
- energy economics and policy
- performance and reliability of wind energy
- minimizing high-cycle compressors
- efficiency improvements of turbomachines
- aircraft noise suppression
- cooling and thermal management
- laser produced plasma source (EUV) and debris mitigation
- development of a mobile power pack
- novel measurement techniques
- biomedical diagnostics
Awards
Amongst many noted achievements, LEC has recently developed the FENT probe.peer-review journal Measurement Science and Technology recognised[2] the development of this probe as the most outstanding contribution in the field of fluid mechanics in 2008.
Professors since 1892
- 1892 - 1929 Aurel Boleslav Stodola
- 1929 - 1954 Henri Quiby
- 1954 - 1983 Prof. Walter Traupel
- 1983 - 1998 George Gyarmathy
- 1998 - Prof. Reza Abhari
Industry partners
- ABB Group, Switzerland
- BKW FMB Energie AG, Switzerland
- EOS Holding, Switzerland
- US
- MAN Turbo AG, Switzerland
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
- MTU, Germany
- Siemens, US, Germany
- Swisselectric Research, Switzerland [3]
- Toshiba, Japan
See also
References
- ^ "Time-resolved entropy measurements using a fast response entropy probe". Measurement Science and Technology. 17 September 2008.
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- ^ "Swisselectric research". Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-03-31.