Main equipment

• Machining, rapid prototyping (3D printing, cutting), metrology, welding, sandblasting etc.
• Data acquisition and control systems (NI LabView, Siemens SIMATIC, dSPACE, Texas Instruments DSPs etc.)
• Fluid mechanics test facilities (aero tunnels, robotic towing tank, high-speed camera, PIV)
• Characterization equipment (gas analyzers, power analyzer, thermal camera, laser Doppler vibrometer etc.)
• Training benches (automation, electric motors and internal combustion engines, turbine, heat exchangers, flame propagation etc.)

Get an overview of the platform’s equipment, experimental facilities and prototypes via a virtual tour.

The central piece of CREDEM's experimental flow capabilities is a 3×3 m Windshape multi‑fan array. This facility is designed to produce “turbulence at will” with the ability to generate customizable, repeatable, steady and unsteady flows with velocity up to 15 m/s. Auxiliary lateral gust modules can be added to the main wall in parallel or perpendicular arrangements, enabling even more complex flow configurations. The facility can run in open mode, or in a closed test section. Additionally, the fan array alone can be tilted at angles between 0 and 90 degrees, offering test conditions with an arbitrary angle between the flow and the gravity vector.

In addition to wind generation, the platform disposes of extended measurement capabilities including Particle Image Velocimetry, Hot Wire Anemometry, motion tracking, etc.

Applications: wind energy, unmanned aerial vehicles, bio-inspired locomotion, gust rejection, unsteady flow response, energy harvesting, ...

This infrastructure was acquired through the BE-C[C72]-I[I-711] measure of the Energy Transition Research Platform of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (Belgium), funded under the REPowerEU initiative of the NextGenerationEU recovery plan.