Thermal engineering

Our particular competencies lie in the numerical simulation of stationary combustion processes (CFD) and optical measurement technology applied to combustion engines. We have special experience in investigating detonation processes.

Our specialists are highly experienced in the field of combustion in gas turbines, internal combustion engines and furnaces. In this area we collaborate closely with the FHNW Institute of Bioenergy and Resource Efficiency.

We have vast experience of measuring and simulating thermal transitions, whether heating or cooling processes, both static and dynamic. We attach particular importance to a combination of experimentation and simulation. Our measuring techniques include special thermal elements, heat flow sensors and thermal image cameras. If fluids are involved in the thermal transitions, we have various measurement techniques at our disposal to analyse flow.

In order to optimise heat engines or heat pumps we analyse the thermodynamic processes involved.

Some of the other specific areas we investigate are: material transfer, sprays, multi-phase systems, heat accumulators.