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Equipment for Engineering Education & Research

HEAT EXCHANGER TRAINING

APPARATUS
MODEL: HE 158C

HIS Heat Exchanger Training Apparatus (Model: HE 158C) is a bench type unit designed to allow
students to get familiarised with different kinds of heat exchangers and to collect the necessary experimental
data for the calculation of heat loss, heat transfer coefficient, log mean temperature difference, etc. Student
will also be able to study the effect of flow rate on the heat transfer rate. Later, students may use this knowledge for
designing complex industrial heat exchangers.

The HE 158C is supplied with four types of heat

exchangers with two 50-L stainless steel sump tanks
as the source for the hot and cold water circuit. The hot
tank is fitted with a 11.5 kW immersion type heater which
is protected against possible over heating. Each tank
has a centrifugal pump to deliver the hot and cold water
to the heat exchangers. The pumps are somehow
protected from dry-run by level switch installed in each
of the sump tanks. A temperature sensor and
temperature controller are also provided to maintain a
constant desired temperature inside the hot water tank.

The unit is supplied with all necessary instruments to

measure the inlet and outlet temperatures of the hot
and cold water as well as the flow rates of the hot and
cold water and the pressure drops across the heat
exchangers. Piping and fittings are made of stainless
steel materials to prevent rust. The hot water and cold
water circuits are properly insulated to minimize heat
losses or heat gains between the tank and the heat
exchangers.

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EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES
Energy balance determination
Temperature profiles in co-current and countercurrent flow
Log mean temperature difference
Heat transfer coefficient
Flow rate effects on heat transfer rate
Heat loss estimation
Relationship between Nusselt (Nu) and Reynold
(Re) numbers

SPECIFICATIONS:
Bench
Epoxy coated mobile steel bench with lockable swivel
castors.
Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger
Shell
: I.D. = 85 mm
Length = 500 mm
Material = borosilicate glass
Tubes
: O.D. = 9.53 mm
I.D. = 7.75 mm
Length = 500 mm
Tube count = 10 (single pass)
Tube pitch = 18 mm (triangle)
Baffle = 8
Baffle cut = 20%
Material = stainless steel 316L
Exchange area : 0.15 m2 (approx.)
Concentric (Double Pipe) Heat Exchanger
Shell
: I.D. = 85 mm
Length = 500 mm
Material = borosilicate glass
Tube
: O.D. = 33.4 mm
I.D. = 26.64 mm
Length = 500 mm
Material = stainless steel 316L
Exchange area : 0.05 m2 (approx.)
Spiral Heat Exchanger
Shell
: I.D. = 85 mm
Length = 500 mm
Material = borosilicate glass

Coil

: O.D. = 9.53 mm
I.D. = 7.05 mm
Length = 5 m
Material = stainless steel 316L
Exchange area : 0.15 m2 (approx.)

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Plate Heat Exchanger

No. of plates : 6
Plate material : stainless steel 316L
Connections : 3/4 NPT
Dimensions
: 4.9 x 12.2 x 1.7 (W x L x D)
Exchange area : 0.18 m2
Sump Tanks
Capacity
Material
Ports
Heater

:
:
:
:

50 L
Stainless steel
Inlet/outlet/drain
11.5 kW for hot tank with temperature
control

Pumps
Type
Capacity
Head
Electrical

:
:
:
:

Centrifugal, stainless steel

0 to 50 LPM
10 m
240VAC/1-phase/50 Hz

Instrumentations
Flow meters : 0 to 10 LPM (cold water)
0 to 10 LPM (hot water)
Temperatures : 0 to 100 C
Manometer
: 0 to 50 cm of water
Temperature sensor and controller

Control Panel
Temperature controller for heater input to maintain
the hot water temperature and prevent over heating.
On/off buttons for pumps and heater.

OPTIONAL ITEMS

- EI
DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATIONS
i) 8 units of digital indicators
ii) 4 units of temperature sensors c/w transmitter
iii) 2 units of electronic flow meters
iv) 2 units of differential pressure transmitters

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iv) Full experiment manuals
REQUIREMENTS

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

Electrical supply: 415VAC/3-phase/50Hz

Water supply
Drainage points

A PC with latest Pentium Processor

An electronic signal conditioning system
Stand alone data acquisition modules
Windows based data acquisition software
Data Logging
Signal Analysis
Process Control
Real-Time Display
Tabulated Results
Graph of Experimental Results

- CAL
SOLCAL COMPUTER
SOFTWARE

AIDED

OVERALL DIMENSIONS
Height : 1.50 m
Width : 1.52 m
Depth : 0.91 m

LEARNING

MANUAL

The unit is supplied with Operating and Experiment

Manuals in English giving full descriptions of the unit,
summary of theory, experimental procedures and
typical experimental results.

i) Interactive multimedia features

ii) Graphical simulation
iii) Experiment results samples

TYPICAL EXPERIMENT RESULTS

Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger with Variable Hot Water Flow Rate
1200
Overall heat transfer coeff. (W/m2.K)

SOLTEQ

-DAS
SOLDAS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM

Cold w ater at 20 LPM

1000

Cold w ater at 15 LPM

800

Cold w ater at 10 LPM

600

400

200

0
0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

Tube side (hot water) Reynolds number

Cold w ater at 20 LPM

Cold w ater at 15 LPM

14,000

16,000

Cold w ater at 10 LPM

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SOFTWARE & E - LEARNING

Our range of teaching equipment can be complemented with our
SOLDAS and SOLCAL software.

SOLDAS - Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition

- Data Logging
- Signal Analysis
- Process Control
- Real-Time Display
- Tabulated Results
- Graph of Experimental Results

SOLCAL - Computer Aided Learning

- Multimedia Features
- Interactive
- Graphic Simulation
- Experiment Result Samples
- Full Experiment Manuals

Contact us for a catalog CD

SOLUTION ENGINEERING SDN. BHD.

AGENT:

(Co. No. 174876-M)

Sales Office :

No.3, Jalan TPK 2/4, Taman Perindustrian Kinrara,

47100 Puchong, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Tel. No. : +(603) 80758000
Fax. No.
: +(603) 80755784
R&D Office :
G-2A, Incubator 3, Technology Park Malaysia,
Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel. No. : +(603) 8996 0023
Email
: solution@solution.com.my
Web site : http//www.solution.com.my/

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