Seminar series
Date
Fri, 08 Nov 2013
Time
10:00 -
11:00
Location
L5
Speaker
Philip Roberts (Sharp)
Sharp Labs of Europe is interested in understanding the kinetics of ice on the inside of a rectangular channel through which water is flowing. The channel can be considered to be a long hole milled into a metal block. The block is maintained at a fixed temperature (<0°C). Nucleation is provided by ultrasonication. We are interested in:
- The position along the channel that ice begins to form / block the channel.
- The ice profile (thickness) along the length of the channel as it grows.
- The effect of channel size and profile (straight, fan shaped etc) on the ice profile.
- Effect of flow speed on ice formation.