Environmental Chamber

Research Facility

The environmental chamber test facility is located within the Thermodynamics Laboratory in the School of Engineering, and is available for commercial contract research work.

The chamber enables control of ambient temperature and humidity for product testing, development and evaluation

Chamber Details

· Chamber size 2.85 m long x 1.95 m high x 2.05 m deep

· Temperature range 5° to 45° C, control to ±0.5°

· Humidity range 40% to 95% (dependent on operating temperature)

· Computer based data acquisition, 64 channels

· Variable voltage power supply with power consumption transducers

Chamber Applications

· Testing and development of refrigeration products and systems

· Testing and development of humidity control devices

· Testing of Electronic components

· Any application where controlled environmental conditions are required

Examples of Past projects

· Refrigerator and freezer efficiency testing to a variety of international standards

· Evaluation of alternative refrigerants and refrigeration components

· Efficiency test standards correlation and harmonisation

· Effect of ambient conditions, door opening and food load variation on refrigerator power consumption and efficiency

For further information please contact:   Stephen  Elder