Laser Lab

CET’s laser research laboratories are at the cutting edge for advanced combustion and fluid mechanics measurements. The world-class facilities are among the most advanced available in Australia. Spread across four specialised laboratories, facilities include:

• Two-phase flow facilities including particle handling and extraction systems
• Working bays to handle lab- and pilot-scale flames and reacting flows for a wide variety of fuel types
• Wind and water tunnels for flow visualisation and fluid mechanics
• Three specialist water tunnel facilities and two specialist multi-phase flow wind tunnels
• Numerous class III and IV lasers
  • three particle image velocimetry (PIV) laser systems suitable for use in air, water or flames
  • one laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV)
  • three tuneable Nd:YAG-pumped dye laser systems
  • He:Ne lasers
  • Argon ion lasers
  • CO2 lasers
• Simultaneous diagnostics, able to couple measurements of temperature, velocity, particle concenration and size and soot volume fraction
• Specialised optics and detectors, such as Intensified CCD cameras and high-speed visualisation
• Expertise in most current laser techniques, including:
  • Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
  • Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV)
  • Planar Nephelometry
  • Laser Sheet Drop-sizing (LSD)
  • Two-line atomic fluorescence (TLAF)
  • Laser Induced Incandescence (LII)
  • Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF)
• In-house image processing, post-processing and data analysis
• Specialist researchers able to apply all the above techniques to both fundamental and applied research problems and commercial consultancies