Laboratory Coordinator: Ir. Angky Puspawan, S.T., M.Eng.
The Energy Conversion Laboratory (LKE) is one of the laboratories in the Mechanical Engineering Study Program, Bengkulu University that supports the learning process, research and matters related to the practice of the Energy Conversion field.
The Energy Conversion Laboratory is equipped with various facilities and tools to support related research such as wind tunnel, Impact of jet, gasoline engine test equipment, flow loss test equipment, screw turbine, series and parallel pump test equipment and computers. high specification with various CAD and CFD software.
The scope of analysis or research related to renewable energy includes fluid flow analysis, heat transfer, electricity supply/generation, application and development of alternative fuels, propulsion, internal and external combustion engines, aerodynamic analysis and development of airfoil forms.
Some of the results that have been implemented include an experimental study of the effect of bioethanol mixtures on fuel on the performance of gasoline-fueled motors, to be able to develop renewable fuels as a mixture/substitute for fossil fuels. Then there is also research on the effect of operating parameters on vortex turbines, to get optimal turbine performance and can be applied. Then research on the development of a platoon type water turbine on a laboratory scale. There is also a research design instrument for measuring flowrate and fluid pressure in a microcontroller-based pipe. With the technological developments that have been carried out, it can be said that the Energy Conversion Laboratory of the Bengkulu University Mechanical Engineering Study Program has a very broad and innovative research and research scope.
