Steam-water double pipe heat exchanger 5 m in length containing 5 thermocouples at intermediate positions. (Red insulated piping)
Water-water double pipe heat exchanger 20 m in length containing 5 thermocouples at intermediate positions. (Green insulated piping)
Fisher® control valves are used to control the steam and water flow rates.
Equipment is operated using the DeltaV™ DCS.
Alarms and interlocks are present for process safety.
Possible Experimental Objectives
Calibration of an orifice plate flow meter for water flow and vortex shedding meter for steam flow.
Determination of steady state experimental overall heat transfer coefficients for steam-water and water-water double pipe heat exchangers and comparison to predicted values calculated from heat transfer correlations.
Unsteady state double pipe heat exchanger modeling using partial differential equations.
Temperature control by manipulating steam or water flow via pneumatic Fisher® control valves with the option of adding feedforward or cascade control.
