Laboratory for Energy Conversion

LEC Zurich, Switzerland

Type| Public
Established| 1892
Location|

Zurich

Canton of Zurich

Switzerland

[ ⚑ ] : 47°22′35.10″N 8°32′53.17″E﻿ / ﻿47.376417°N 8.5481028°E﻿ / 47.376417; 8.5481028
Campus| Urban
Website| [1]

The Laboratory for Energy Conversion (LEC) formerly known as Turbomachinery Laboratory (LSM) was founded in 1892 by Aurel Boleslav Stodola. As part of the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH). The laboratory has been headed by some of the most prominent mechanical engineers in the history of turbomachinery.

## Contents

* 1 Areas of research
* 2 Awards
* 3 Professors since 1892
* 4 Industry partners
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Areas of research

The current research projects at LEC cover the fields of:

* energy economics and policy
* performance and reliability of wind energy
* minimizing high-cycle fatigue failure of compressors
* efficiency improvements of turbomachines
* aircraft noise suppression
* cooling and thermal management
* laser produced plasma source (EUV) and debris mitigation
* development of a mobile power pack
* novel measurement techniques
* biomedical diagnostics

## Awards

Amongst many noted achievements, LEC has recently developed the FENT probe.[1] This probe, for the first time, enables measurement of entropy generation in Turbomachinery. The highly rated peer-review journal Measurement Science and Technology recognised[2] the development of this probe as the most outstanding contribution in the field of fluid mechanics in 2008.

## Professors since 1892

* 1892 - 1929 Aurel Boleslav Stodola
* 1929 - 1954 Henri Quiby
* 1954 - 1983 Prof. Walter Traupel
* 1983 - 1998 George Gyarmathy
* 1998 - Prof. Reza Abhari

## Industry partners

* ABB Group, Switzerland
* BKW FMB Energie AG, Switzerland
* EOS Holding, Switzerland
* General Electric, US
* MAN Turbo AG, Switzerland
* Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
* MTU, Germany
* Siemens, US, Germany
* Swisselectric Research, Switzerland [3]
* Toshiba, Japan

## See also

* Brown, Boveri & Cie
* Charles Algernon Parsons
* Gustaf de Laval

## References

1. ↑ "Time-resolved entropy measurements using a fast response entropy probe". Measurement Science and Technology. 17 September 2008. http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-0233/19/11/115401.
2. ↑ Foss, John; Dewhurst, Richard; Fujii, Kenichi; Regtien, Paul (1 May 2009). "Announcing the 2008 Measurement Science and Technology Outstanding Paper Awards". Measurement Science and Technology 20 (5): 050101. doi:10.1088/0957-0233/20/5/050101.
3. ↑ "Swisselectric research". Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20101203073014/http://www.swisselectric-research.ch/E/home/home.html. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

## External links

* ETH Zurich
* Laboratory for Energy Conversion
* Adlyte
* New Enterprise for Engineers

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