Laboratory of Hydraulics, Sanitary Engineering and Electromechanics

This laboratory studies the sanitation of spaces where human activity takes place, the behavior of liquids according to their properties, and water, its occurrence, distribution, circulation and physical, chemical and mechanical properties in the atmosphere, land surface and bodies of water.

The Laboratory of Sanitary Engineering, Hydraulics and Hydrology seeks to provide the university community with an environment conducive to the development of academic work, teaching projects and scientific research in this area. It also seeks to provide specialized technical support to the industry.

Testing
The following essays are conducted here:

Fundamentals of fluids. Compact experiment bench with minimum space footprint, water and energy consumption.
Flow in pipes (visualization of flow in pipes, measurement of flow profile, visualization of streamlines).
Laws of hydrodynamics (continuity equation, measurement of forces exerted by a jet, free discharge through orifices, Bernoulli's principle).
Friction losses (fundamentals of friction losses in a pipe and fittings, pressure development along the inlet section).
Flow in open channels (open channel with various obstacles to demonstrate flow).
Extended fluid mechanics tests. Bench with storage tank, pump and data recording system for extended fluid mechanics studies.
Study of water hammer in pipes.
Hydraulic ram (elevation with the help of water hammer).
Study of centrifugal pump characteristics (H/Q curves, efficiency, etc.).
Study of the connection of pumps in series and in parallel.
Study of cavitation phenomena.
Fundamental principles of flow measurement (Venturi tube, orifice plate, rotameter, etc.).
Principle of operation of a Francis turbine.
Principle of operation of a Pelton turbine.
Study of vortex formation.
Extended hydrological studies. Infiltration and subsurface flows in soil, water supply and surface and point drainage of groundwater and flowing waters, sediment transport and obstacles in flowing waters.
Flow channel and sediment transport. Experimental 80 mm x 5 m long channel for studying the effects of sediment transport, bedform dynamics and flow around weirs and other objects in an open channel.
Permeability, flow networks and Darcy's law. Study of flow through permeable media with common co-structures such as dams and walls.