Central Facility - High-Speed Particle Image Velocimetry
Make
Northrop Grumman.
Model
YLF50-1000-NG Type: Nd:YLF (527 nm) Energy: 40 mJ/Pulse @1kHz Rep Rate: 1kHz (full energy/per pulse) 10 kHz (lower energy/per pulse) Minimum time difference: 1 µs Pulse width: 150ns @1kHz Stable modes of operation (CW & QCW)
Facility Status
Working
Date of Installation
Facility Management Division
Centre for Sophisticated Instruments and Facilities (CSIF)

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Category

  • Services » Service

Booking Details

Booking available for
Internal and External Both

Facility Management Team and Location

Facility In Charge
Prof. Manaswita Bose
manaswita.bose@iitb.ac.in
Co-convenors
Prof. Partha S. Goswami
Facility Manager
Mr. Swapnil Raut
Facility Operator
Mr. Swapnil Raut
Facility Management Members
Prof. Sridhar Balasubramanian.
Prof. Arindrajit Chowdhury.
Prof. D V Khakhar.
Prof. Dhwanil Shukla.
Prof. S.K. Saha.
Prof. T I Eldho.
Department
DESE
Lab Email ID
hipiv@iitb.ac.in
Facility Location
PIV-PLIF Central Facility, N1-Bay, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076
Lab Phone No
022-2576 7847 / 3044

Facility Features, Working Principle and Specifications

Facility Description

Facility Description

Description of the facility

High-Speed Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) Facility

The High-Speed PIV facility is a state-of-the-art setup designed for whole-flow-field measurements, providing instantaneous velocity vector data in fluid cross-sections. This non-intrusive technique enables the study of high-speed flows and boundary layer phenomena.

Key Applications:

  • Multiphase flows and turbulent gas-particle suspensions
  • Erosion, sedimentation, and crude oil transport
  • Mixing and segregation in granular media and micro-devices
  • Visualisation of tidal and tsunami propagation
  • Wave interactions with structures and sediment
  • Jet dynamics, thin liquid sheet breakdown, and noise suppression in high-speed jets

The facility supports advanced research in fluid mechanics and complex flow phenomena.

Features Working Principle

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is a whole-flow-field technique providing instantaneous velocity vector measurements in a cross-section of a flow.

 

This technique being non-intrusive technique allows the application of PIV in high speed flows, boundary layer studies of fluids.

Body Specification

Model:  YLF50-1000-NG

Type:  Nd:YLF (527 nm)

Energy:  40 mJ/Pulse @1kHz

Rep Rate:  1kHz (full energy/per pulse)

                   10 kHz (lower energy/per pulse)

Minimum time difference:  1 µs

Pulse width:  150ns @1kHz

Stable modes of operation (CW & QCW)

Instructions for Registration, Sample Preparation, User Instructions and Precautionary Measures

Instructions for Registration

The user submits the request online through Drona interface (Yet to be uploaded). Once his/her supervisor/PI approves the request, a slot will be allotted. 

Instruction for Sample Preparation

Time for setting up the experiment - May be weeks 
Recording - few seconds 
Processing and Iteration - May be weeks

User Instructions and Precautionary Measures

The user submits the request online through Drona interface (Yet to be uploaded). Once his/her supervisor/PI approves the request, a slot will be allotted. 

Charges for Analytical Services in Different Categories

Usage Charges

Sr. No

Category

User charges

User charges IN INR

1

IITB   TAs for PIV

X/2

500 

2

IIT Bombay students

X

1000 

3

Other Academic Institutes

2X + 18% GST

2000  + 18% GST

4

National Labs

5X+ 18% GST

5000  + 18% GST

5

Industries 

10X + 18% GST

10000  + 18% GST

6

Start-Ups ( SINE incubation )

5X + 18% GST

5000  + 18% GST

7

IITB-Monash Academy

X + 18% GST

1000  + 18% GST

8

SAARC Countries & African countries

Academic 5X + 18% GST

5000  + 18% GST

Industry 10X + 18% GST

10000  + 18% GST

9

For other Country

Academic 5X + 18% GST

5000  + 18% GST

Industry 10X + 18% GST

10000  + 18% GST

Considering X as the charges for IIT Bombay user 

 

Applications

  • Multi phase flows (Chemical, Energy Sc. , Civil, Bio Sc.): Turbulent gas-particle suspensions Erosion and sedimentation in turbulent flows
  • Drilling and transport of crude oil
  • Mixing and segregation behavior in granular media
  • Mixing in micro-devices
  • Visualization of tide and tsunami propagation
  • Waves around fixed and floating structures
  • Wave-sediment interactions
  • Thin liquid sheet breakdown and atomization (Chemical): Application in combustion processes
  • Structure and dynamics of jet flows (Aerospace)
  • Suppression of high speed jet noise
  • And many more

Sample Details

Chemical allowed

 Non-Toxic and Non-Hazardous. 

Allowed Substrate

NA

Gases allowed

 Non-Toxic and Non-Hazardous. 

Substrate Dimension

NA

Target dimension

NA

Contamination remarks

NA

Precursors/ Targets allowed

NA

SOP, Lab Policies and Other Details

Publications

 

Thesis (PhD and MTech)

1) Sateesh Kumar PhD Thesis Title: "Studies of flow through left heart model with various orientation of prosthetic valves". Department of Aerospace Engineering (Prof. S.D Sharma)

2) Tany Elizabeth Thomas (2020) Thesis Title: Investigation of Bubble Turbulence Interaction Using Particle Image Velocimetry MTech Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (Prof.Partha Sarathi Goswami)

3) Ashish Pawar Thesis Title: “Forced Convective Flow Analysis Past Blunt headed Cylinder in Low Re.” PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay (Prof. Sandip Kumar Saha).

4) Pankaj B Gavali  (External) -Thesis Title: Design and Development of Spinning Disc Pesticide Sprayer by optimization of the Design parameters to Mitigate the spray Drift.PDA college of Engineering Kalaburagi, Karnataka (VTU, Belagavi).

5) Atul Bhagat - Thesis Title: Forces and Focusing of Spherical and Non-spherical Particles in Wall-Bounded Flows. PhD Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (Prof.Partha Sarathi Goswami)

6) Archita Mullick (2023) Study of Airborne Pathogen Transmission and Infection Risk in Indoor Spaces - Modelling and Experimental Approach. MTech Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (Prof. Sarika Mehra and Prof. K Guruswamy)

7) Sanjay Singh (2023) Analysis of Fluid Flow in the Interstitial Space of the Porous Media. MTech Thesis, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay. (Prof. Manaswita Bose)

Journal Publication

1) Desai, Jigar, Atul Sharma, and Shyamprasad Karagadde.” "Ultrasonic Jet Penetration During Streaming and Cavitation in Liquid Metals."  Publication date:2022/10/05  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11663-022-02652-w 

2) Pankaj Gavali, Shashidhar Kalashetty  "Experimental Analysis of Droplet Characterisation of Centrifugal-Assisted Sprayer", J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C 104, 1023–1030 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-023-00967-4.

3) Sunil Kumar Saroj and Rochish.M. Thaokar "Atomisation of an acoustically levitated droplet: experimental observations of myriad complex phenomena" (2024) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/atomisation-of-an-acoustically-levitated-droplet-experimental-observations-of-myriad-complex-phenomena/A45921ADE1A7CCC61EBEFACD2012A5FF

4)  Souvik Dasgupta, Swapnil Raut, Vinoy Vadukut  And  Manaswita Bose “ Design and development of atomiser for seeding tracers in PIV Experiment.” Submitted on 25 March 2024 revised 26 January 2025; accepted 13 February 2025) JFV Papers.

Conference

1) Tany Thomas, Partha Goswami,(2020)” Experimental investigation on turbulence modulation in a bubble turbulent flow”  Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Publisher: American Physical Society. Date: 2020/11/23

2) Abhimanyu Dubey, V Kumaran, Manaswita Bose (2023), Simultaneous High-Speed PIV-PTV Study of Gas-Solid Suspension Flow in A Horizontal Channel, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, (dates/place).

3) Abhimanyu Dubey, V Kumaran, Manaswita Bose (2024), Experimental Study of Turbulence Modulation in Gas-Solid Suspensions in A Horizontal Channel, IUTAM Symposium on Rapid Granular Flows and Turbulent Particle Suspensions, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 22-25 January, 2024.

4) Souvik Dasgupta, Swapnil RautVinoy Vadukut, Manaswita Bose (2023) Design and Development of Atomiser for Particle Image Velocimetry FMFP-2023, IIT Jodhpur, 20-23 December 2023

5) Girish Naik, Nabeel Ahmad, Swapnil Raut, Manaswita Bose, Krishnendu Sinha (2024) Scaled-down studies for indoor ventilation: A PIV and CFD integrated approach. FMFP-2024, AMU, 21-23 December, 2024.  

6)  Prachi Shah, Girish Naik, Sarika Mehra, Manaswita Bose, Krishnendu Sinha (2024) Spatial distribution of bacterial pathogens under different ventilation conditions. FMFP-2024, AMU, 21-23 December, 2024.

 

Patent

1) Swapnil Raut, Souvik Dasgupta, Vinoy Vadukut, Manaswita Bose, An Impactor Atomizer Assembly With Tube-In-Tube Nozzle Design Arrangement For Liquid Atomization Method. Indian Patent Application No.: 202321079550 Date of Grant December 16, 2024