Yuping Wang
Academic Specialist
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cooling with a Vortex Tube
Among a variety of cooling systems that are designed to meet thermal management needs, the vortex tube cooler has some distinct advantages and is found in many applications in spot cooling or enclosure cooling (such as machining tool cooling and CPU cooling). A Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube is a simple, compact, light mechanical device that separates a single inflow of compressed air into two outflows – one hot and one cold. For this project, each student team is to design, build, analyze, and test a vortex tube. The objective is to provide sufficient cooling to a heat-generating spot. Through the process, students are expected to understand the operating principles of vortex tubes and to analyze/predict its performance with existing models. A second part of the project is for each team to conduct a review on cooling methods in general. On the testing day, compressed air and temperature measurement instrumentation will be provided. Each team will have 15 minutes to set up, demonstrate, and disassemble their device. In addition, they will also prepare a power-point slide show or video clip for the audience to explain their design decisions, fabrication, operation and analysis of their device.
| TIME | STATION | TEAM MEMBERS |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | A | Nicholas Coubard, Andrew Culver, Nathan Phelps, Logan Wells |
| | B | Chak Kwok, Zachary Lang, Ryan Pawlowski, Nicholas Sarver, David Shim |
| 8:15 | A | Jon Droste, Noah Goldman, Dexter Lynch, Bhanu Makkapati, Faizan Malik |
| | B | Mickey Atnafe, Brandon Esquivel, Ayaan Rajabali, Tom Seaman |
| 8:30 | A | Ben Finkbeiner, Jack Girling, Jonathan Jenkins, Connor Witham, Siyuan Zhang |
| | B | Jyotiraditya Chavan, Carson Kipp, Dan Mo, Zack Peterson, Matt Phelan |
| 8:45 | A | John Andres, Hailey Kelley, Nathan Kramer, Joe Lambert, Ravi Mody |
| | B | Alexandra Iorga, Anthony Montemayor, Brady O’Shea, Jacob Rupprecht, Kai Thin |
| 9:00 | A | Nick Dodge, Nolan Houghteling, Rachel Paul, Jessica Ray, Showgo Yoshida |
| | B | Omran Alawadhi, Paxton Angliss, Artik Chowdhury, Peter Olszewski, Kevin Roche |
| 9:15 | A | Erin Denby, Adam Fox, Noah Gilman, Kylie Kuskowski, Jordan Piatek |
| | B | Ryan-Cristofer Curamen, Muad Hassan, Vaibhav Himthani, David Olawale, Richmond Zhang |
| 9:30 | A | Augusto Cucala, Parker Hatherley, David LeVasseur, Tyler Paparella, Ricardo Paz Weber |
| | B | Edward Kim, Joe Nelson, Emily Peterson, Jack Whitcomb, Nathan Wright |
| 9:45 | A | Xiaoqiu An, Valentin Borjas, Zach Kranstz, Mert Ozmete, Austin Tait |
| | B | Christian Giggy, Matthew Jasgur, Jacob Keller, Frank Rhoades, Kyle Roland |
| 10:00 | A | Philip Jeon, Justin Miller, Austin Shepp, Jake Stanesa, Calum Walton |
| | B | Shane Beers, Sean Lickfold, Najmi Rahim, Noah Schott, Zihan Zhang |
| 10:15 | A | Brendan Doane, Nicholas Michaels, Joey Rheaume, Noah Shephard |
| | B | Sohan Gupta, Jericho Herblet, Joe Kouchoukos, Jake Rutkowski, Michael Strong |
| 10:30 | A | Ashley Bolt, Matthew Bush, Thanh Mai, Kevin Upcott |
| | B | Bryce Houser, Jacob Huskin, Nicholas Lauinger, Connor Michel, Mitchel Semeyn |
| 10:45 | A | Cole Lutkenhoff, Lukasz Morales, Thaz Rahman, Jack Salisbury, Gus Tsalas |
| | B | Deaven Kirn, Zach Maccoux, David Mueller, Olivia Reyes |
| 11:00 | A | Waabe Damboba, Ross Davis, Kathleen Dewan, Eyob Mamo, Zoe Quinn |
| B | Christian Jaraczewski, Olivia Lage, James Tanay, Alejandro Tlatelpa | |
| 11:15 | A | Longfei Bao, Patrick Mullaly, Andrew Reddy, David Smith, Haosen Sun |
| B | Scott Fingeroth, Arianna Finn, Nathan Jansen, David Knapp, Ciara Regan-Moore | |
| 11:30 | A | Zaid Almodhi, Jonathan Elias, Khush Patel, Evan Petersen, Wade Varney |
| B | Zachary Carpenter, Aaron Hopson, Matthew Lipscomb, Celeste Salazar, Ryleigh Turner | |
| 11:45 | A | Faisal Alsuhaimi, Matt Candela, Derek Hanson, Dylan Huck, Matthew Price |