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XXlv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

TEKNILLINEN KORKEAKOULU
TEKNISKA HOGSKOLAN
HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Helsinki University of Technology
The Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) is the oldest and largest univer-
sity of technology in Finland, dating back to the nineteenth century. In 1849,
the Helsinki Technical School was founded, marking the beginning of orga-
nized technical education in Finland. In 1872 the school became the Helsinki
Polytechnic School and in 1879 the Helsinki Polytechnical Institute. In 1908 the
name was changed to the Helsinki University of Technology, and thus the
teaching of technology at the university level began in Finland. In the 1950s and
1960s new premises were built to house the University of Technology in Otani-
emi and the university moved from Helsinki to the neighboring city of Espoo.
HUT includes 12 faculties, 9 separate institutes, and 15 degree programs.
The Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics has had a significant in-
volvement in industrial ventilation activities since the inception of the national
Finnish industrial ventilation technology program INVENT 1988. One of the
first projects was the Design and Dimensioning Criteria for Industrial Ventila-
tion, The laboratory is a proposer and coordinator for the European COST
Action G3, "Industrial Ventilation" (1996-2003), and the Network of Indus-
trial Ventilation, INVENTNET (2000-2002). The main interests of the labo-
ratory are new technical solutions for energy conversion and equipment and
to provide comprehensive education in the field of thermal engineering. The
present research areas of the Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics are fuel
cells and hydrogen technology, experimental fluid dynamics using laser Dop-
pler anemometry, new and innovative energy production methods, technical
and chemical thermodynamics, modern heat pumps and heat exchangers, low-
emission combustion technologies, industrial ventilation (INVENT), and com-
putational fluid dynamics (FINFLO).
The Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics provides comprehensive ed-
ucation in the field of energy engineering. The students, mostly in applied
thermodynamics, have profound theoretical and practical bases in energy con-
version processes and equipment. They master the basic mathematical and
physical principles of energy physics and are then capable of specializing in a
wide range of different technical applications of energy engineering. The main
fields of education cover technical and chemical thermodynamics, heat and
power generation processes and equipment, renewable energy production
methods, heat and mass transfer, heat exchangers, and fluid mechanics. Some
of the research project results are also included in subsequent education. The
calculation of therrnodynamic equilibrium of thermochemical systems can be
done using computer programs such as ELCHEM and HSC, which are based
on the laboratory's own research work. The education of computational fluid
dynamics is strongly connected with the FINFLO research project team.