Heat Exchanger Test Bench
Teaching objectives
- Determination of heat balances.
- Determination of Overall Heat Transfer Coefficients.
- Influence of flow rates on the heat transfer.
- Heat exchange in Concurrent and counter-current flow.
- Comparison of various types of heat exchangers
Technical specifications
- The bench is equipped further to the version with 1 to 4 kind of exchangers:
- Plate exchanger.
- Concentric tube exchanger
- Shell & Tube exchanger
- Coiled exchanger
- 2 flowmeters for the cold and hot water circuits.
- 4 to 16 temperature probes Pt 100 with digital indicators and selector switch.
- Manometers
- A set of manual valves
- Stainless steel piping.
- A welded stainless steel frame
- A control cabinet with temperature displays, switches, security devices, emergency stop
Equipment package:
- The bench can be supplied with 1 to 4 different kind of heat exchangers :
- Plate heat exchanger.
- Concentric exchanger.
- Concentric exchanger with intermediate temperature probes.
- Shell & Tube and concentric exchanger.
- Shell & Tube and concentric exchanger with intermediate temperature probes.
- Plate and multitubular heat exchanger.
- Plate, Shell & Tube and concentric heat exchanger.
- Plate, Shell & Tube and concentric heat exchanger with intermediate temperature probes.
- Plate, Shell & Tube concentric and coiled heat exchanger.
- Plate, Shell & Tube, concentric and coiled heat exchanger with intermediate temperature probes.
Dimensions and weight
- Depending of bench version
Essential requirements
- Electricity : requires a power supply 220V, 50 Hz
- Mains water : a cold water supply (1.5 m³/h with 2 bar) and a hot water supply (1.5 m³/h with 2 bar)
- Water heating unit 3 kW.
- Water heating unit 15 kW.
