Institute of Fluid DynamicsOpen OpportunitiesAn alternative solar particle receiver (SPR) configuration is proposed, in which particles are falling inside a duct against a counter-current air flow. The aim of this work is to investigate the thermal performance of the receiver and to gain a better understanding of the physical phenomena taking place. - Fluidization and Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer Operations, Mechanical Engineering
- ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis
| Wind turbines operate in the first few hundred metres above ground level. In this area, the wind is turbulent and gusty, generating unsteady aerodynamic forces that cause premature structural damage and reduced performance. A better understanding of unsteady turbulent flows over aerofoils would help to improve the estimation of the dynamic forces.
The MISTERY project involves an interdisciplinary team of researchers in aerodynamics, machine learning and electronics, from ETHZ and OST in Switzerland, and CentraleSupélec and Centrale Nantes in France. The team investigates the impact of turbulence on aerodynamic performance of wind turbine blades. To achieve this, we study the aerodynamics of a 1:1 scale of a section of a wind turbine blade in a large wind tunnel (4m x 5m with wind speeds up to 50m/s) in Nantes (figure 1). The blade is instrumented with over 300 pressure sensors and the flow is visualised with PIV. These measurements will create a large open database that will be used to develop models for flow control of for structural health monitoring.
- Aerodynamics, Mechanical Engineering
- Collaboration, ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis
| Geothermal energy will be one of the most important assets to solve the world’s energy problems in the future. High Speed Rock Drilling (HSRD), a Swiss company, has been developing and testing an efficient process for deep drilling down to 10 km. - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Master Thesis
| Acoustic Droplet Vaporization is the phase-change process of superheated droplets (usually micrometric or nanometric in size) triggered by the exposure to an ultrasound wave. This phenomenon can be greatly exploited in the biomedical field for application like drug delivery and embolotherapy. Ultrasound imaging is an effective way to study and characterize it, with the final goal to improve the safety and efficacy of this treatment. - Biomechanical Engineering, Fluidization and Fluid Mechanics
- ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Semester Project
| The blood-brain barrier (BBB) poses a substantial challenge for effectively treating brain diseases with drugs. Utilising focused ultrasound in conjunction with microbubbles offers a promising approach to selectively and temporarily breach the BBB. This presents a potential avenue for enhancing drug delivery from the bloodstream into the brain. The proposed project seeks to explore the opening of the BBB using ultrasound and microbubble mediation with unprecedented precision. - Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Physics
- ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis
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