Heat Transfer With Plate And U-Tube Heat Exchanger Demonstration Equipment

Heat Transfer With Plate And U-Tube Heat Exchanger Demonstration Equipment

This unit enables to study heat exchanges by using a U-tube exchanger and a plate-type exchanger. The automated version (mod. UTC-1a) includes a PID controller that controls the flow rates automatically via two pneumatic valves.
Training program
This unit enables to deepen the following issues:
• Heat transfer between fluids separated by a wall
• Energy balance and calculation of efficiency
• Log Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD)
• Overall heat transfer coefficient (U)
• How flow rate and of temperature difference can affect the transfer coefficient
• Comparing the operating modes and performance of different types of heat exchangers
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Mod. UTC-1

• Framework of AISI 304 stainless steel with castors
• U-tube heat exchanger with pipes of AISI 304 stainless steel and shell of borosilicate glass, exchange surface of 0.6 m2
• Plate-type heat exchanger of AISI 316 stainless steel, with exchange surface of 0.6 m2
• 2 variable area flowmeters of glass and steel, with range of 100 to 1000 l/h (for mod. UTC-1, only)
• 4 thermoresistances Pt 100 with sheath of AISI 316 stainless steel
• 4 electronic temperature indicators
• Piping and valves of AISI 304 and AISI 316 stainless steel
• Switchboard IP55, complying with EC conformity mark, including plant synoptic and ELCB
• Emergency button
Supply with
THEORETICAL – EXPERIMENTAL HANDBOOK