Chemical Engineering Laboratory

Date & Time Started: September 14, 2016 (12:00 PM)

Date & Time Finished: September 14, 2016 (1:30 PM)
Supervisor/Instructor: Engr. Juvyneil E. Cartel/ Engr. Elvira Dolores Urgel
Venue: Adamson University
EXPERIMENT NO. 11
COOLING TOWER
DATA TABULATED:
Time
(min)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35

LIQUID TEMPERATURE
(C)
IN
OUT
79
79
48.9
71
43.3
49
38.8
42
35.8
37
32.5
33
31.4
31
30.9

Wet bulb Temperature

(C)
IN
OUT
30
31
31.5
33
30
31.5
31
31
30
29.5
30
29.5
33
29
33
29

Dry
Temperature
IN
OUT
30
31
33
32
34
31.5
34
31.5
34
30.5
34
30.5
29
30
29
30

After 35 minutes the temperature of the whole feed water reached to 29 C.

Information Flow Diagram

Ltank

W tank

htank

hwater

V water =( Ltank x W tank ) (htank hwater )

mwater initial =water V water

water

mwater out
mwater evaporated

mwater initial =mwater out +mwater evaporated

mwater initial =mwater out

mwater out
Ltank

water

= 122.1 cm

W tank

= 63.7 cm

htank

=63.8 cm

hwater

= 1000

kg
3
m

= 57.6 cm

Volume of water = (122.1) (63.7) (63.7 -57.6)

= 47444.397x

1
100 3

= 0.047444397

m3

cm3

Mass of initial water feed = 0.047444397

x 1000

kg
m3

= 47.444397 kg

Relationship of time vs Liquid inlet and outlet temperature

f(x) = - 0x^4 + 0.18x^3 - 3.98x^2 + 31.46x + 0.01
R = 1
Polynomial ()
f(x) = - 0x^4 + 0.12x^3 - 2.4x^2 + 18.89x + 0.21
R = 0.99

Polynomial ()