Infrastructure

Institute of Physics has a variety of research facilities and instruments that are used for wide range of experimental studies. Below can be found a summary of it.
All infrastructure is open for partners and collaboration.

AC current source

Parameters:

• 8-20kHz
• 20kW

 

CoMaCorE Lead – Lithium facility

Parameters:

• 1.8 T
• 500°C

Used for:

Construction material corrosion experiments with (up to 1.8 Tesla) and without magnetic field up to 500°C.  

Combustion Analyser

Model: Testo 350XL

Used for:

• All types of industrial burners adjustment
• Concentration measurement in crude and clean gas over a longer period of time
• Atmosphere checking of all types of process furnace
• Maintainance of stationary motors such as block-type thermal power stations
• Checking gas pressures and gas velocities in flue gas and also in additional air ducts

High Frequency Generator for Induction Heating

Model: Eldec MFG 20  

Infrared Thermal Imager

Model: Thermo Tracer TH9100MLN/WLN

Parameters:

320 x 240 pixels I.F.O.V 1.2mrad

Used for:

High quality and high resolution thermal image capturing.

Lead – Bismuth HeLMet facility

Parameters:

Flowrate up to 15 L/s

Used for:

Calibration of conduction and induction type flowmeters, modelling of permanent magnet pumps. Other theromohydraulic component tests possible.  

Powerful capacitor bank

Parameters:

• 50mF
• 600V

 

Riga Dinamo Sodium Facility

With this machinery (11.11.1999) for the first time in the world, in laboratory environment earths magnetic field reconstruction process was demonstrated. More information about the experiment here.  

Semi-continuous casting facility

 

Superconducting Magnet

Parameters:

• Maximal magnetic field induction: 5 Tesla;
• Working zone diameter: 30 cm;
• Working zone length: 1m;

 

TESLA-EMP sodium facility

Parameters:

• flowrate up to 50 L/s
• 8 velocity measurements in inlet/outlet
• detailed 144-point measurement of magnetic field distribution
• pipe diameter 100/125 mm

Used for:

Studies on SFR equipment and stability of electromagnetic pump. This facility has two flat linear induction pumps, Venturi flowmeter, 8 velocity measurements in inlet/outlet, detailed 144-point measurement of magnetic field distribution, possible connections of pumps in parallel and series.  

Thermal vacuum chamber facility

Parameters:

• 1m3

 

Ultrasonic Doppler Velocimeter

Model: DOP2000

Parameters:

• Generates any emitting frequencies between 0.45 MHz and 10.5 MHz

Used for measurement of:

• Instantaneous velocity, Doppler energy and echo profiles
• Spectral density (FFT)
• Histograms
• Flow rate in flowing liquids

It uses pulsed ultrasonic echo technique, computes and displays in real time these data profiles based on the analysis of a user’s specified number of gates placed along the ultrasonic beam.  

Vibrating Sample Magnetometer

Model: Lake Shore 7400 VSM

Parameters:

• 1 x 10-7 emu noise floor at 10 seconds/point
• 7.5 x 10-7 emu noise floor at 0.1 seconds/point
• Stability of ±0.05% PER DAY
• Fields to >3 T
• Temperature options from 4.2K to 1273K
• Vector and autorotation options

Used for:

Study of magnetic properties of materials.  

Permanent magnet pumps, stirrers and other specific devices for alloys transport, stirring, pouring and conditioning.