Supersonic Phase-change Ejector Cycle for Thermal Refrigeration Efficiency (SPECTRE)
January 1, 2023
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Team design project analyzing and optimizing a supersonic phase-change ejector refrigeration cycle.
- Created computational models of various refrigeration cycles
- Analyzed a variety of working fluids for each cycle design
- Gave recommendations of components that are most beneficial to improve cycle efficiency
- Proposed an optimized design via solving an optimization problem numerically
Authors
Graduate Researcher
Doctoral student at the University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. Research in differential game theory, safe multi-agent systems, and computational astrodynamics — with a focus on algorithms that are tractable enough to run onboard while providing formal guarantees.