Energy Applications*

Professor Mihir Sen
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556

*Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Research

• Heat exchange loop:
  
  
  • Heat transfer in a toroidal natural convection loop.
  • Analysis of the performance of ionic liquids in cooling loops, Mihir Sen, Samuel Paolucci and Wenjun (Katherine) Liu.

   

   

• Absorption refrigeration:
  
  
  • Using carbon dioxide and ionic liquids for absorption refrigeration, Mihir Sen and Samuel Paolucci.
  • Dynamic modeling of an absorption refrigeration system using ionic liquids, Weihua Cai, Mihir Sen and Samuel Paolucci.