CREA laboratory aims at being a centre of excellence for the study of fluid dynamics not suitable for applications in the field of renewable energies. The activity is mainly directed to new measurement techniques' development and to innovative fluid machines' design, with particular reference to turbomachines for organic fluid Rankine cycle (ORC) and for operating cycles with supercritical CO₂ (scCO₂). Thanks to the integration of different skills of the involved Departments, the laboratory is an authoritative point of reference, in the national and international scene, for industrial and academic partners.

Bovisa Campus of via La Masa (building B16A).

Test-Rig for Organic VApours - TROVA (*)

• Organic fluid testing plant, control and acquisition system and corresponding dedicated instruments
• Department: Energy (DENG)
• Year of purchase: 2008-2015
• Indicative value: 500.000 €

Pneumatic probes

• Pressure sensors for high temperature
• Department: Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER)
• Year of purchase: 2015
• Indicative value: 15.000 €

Schlieren work bench

• Schlieren visualization bench with LED light source
• Department: Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER) / Energy (DENG)
• Year of purchase: 2015
• Indicative value: 10.000 €

Cluster megamind

• Computational clusters for CFD simulations, storage and backup system
• Department: Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER)
• Year of purchase: 2010-2015
• Indicative value: 90.000 €

(*) Note: the TROVA installation is currently the only testing facility in the world where it is possible to observe optically a non-ideal organic fluid flow. Its realization, over the past six years, was primarily funded with funds from industry field, demonstrating that industrial world is interested on fluid dynamics studies of non-ideal flows.

CREA laboratory provides services for optical and pressure measurements in non-ideal fluid flows, in proximity of the liquid-vapor saturation curve. Pressure measurements are made with instruments calibrated for temperatures up to 300°C. Optical measurements are double-passage Schlieren and Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) measurements.

CREA laboratory works in research projects under agreement with public and private bodies. The laboratory equipment is also available for third party activities. Methods and costs of single activities are evaluated and quantified upon request, by contacting:

Contact Point

Prof. Alberto Guardone
alberto.guardone@polimi.it
Ph. +39.02.2399.8393

• Alberto Guardone (DAER) alberto.guardone(at)polimi.it
• Fabio Cozzi (DENG) fabio.cozzi(at)polimi.it
• Vincenzo Dossena (DENG) vincenzo.dossena(at)polimi.it
• Andrea Spinelli (DENG) andrea.spinelli(at)polimi.it
• Francesco Casella (DEIB) francesco.casella(at)polimi.it