Lab Development Activities:

a) Experimental facilities developed:

• Metal hydride based hydrogen energy storage experimental set up (MNRE sponsored Project).
• Metal hydride based thermal energy storage experimental set up (DST sponsored Project).
• Experimental set up for testing the performance of porous burners for LPG and Kerosene cooking stoves (PCRA and IMPRINT sponsored Projects).
• Experimental set ups for single and double – stage heat transformers and hydrogen compressors.
• Experimental set ups for sensible and latent heat storage systems (Solar Pan IIT Project -I).
• Experimental set up for high temperature thermos-checmial based heat storage system (SERB and Solar Pan IIT Project -II).
• Experimental set up for high temperature thermos-chemical heat storage system (DST Project).
• Experimental test facilities for solar dryer and solar hybrid dryer for drying agricultural products.
• Experimental test facility for compressor driven metal based cooling system (IMPRINT Project).
• Experimental set up for metal hydride based hydrogen purification system (NTPC project).
• Experimental set up for liquid desiccant based air-conditioning system (IITG sponsored project).

b) Lab developments

Several instruments / equipment’s were procured from various sponsored research projects for developing the Thermal Science Lab, IIT Guwahati. The following experimental test ups were procured for Thermal Science Lab, IIT Guwahati

• Vapour compression refrigeration test rig
• Convection heat transfer test rig
• Cooling tower test rig
• Heat Exchanger test rig
• Boiling test rig
• Pressure and temperature sensors calibration tests
• Set ups for measuring thermal conductivities of metal bar, insulating powder, packed bed and liquids.