‘SOLTEQ® HEAT EXCHANGER TRAINING APPARATUS (Model: HE 1580) 5.0 GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES BA 52 General Start-up Procedures 1. Perform a quick inspection to make sure that the equipment is in @ proper working condition. Be sure that all valves are initially closed, except V1 and V12. Fill up hot water tank via @ water supply hose connected to valve V27. Once the tank is full, close the valve. 4, Fill up the cold-water tank by opening valve V 28 and leave the valve opened for continues water supply. Connect a drain hose to the cold water drain point, Switch on main power. Switch on the heater for the hot water tank end set point the temperature controller to 50 °C. ‘Note: Recommended maximum temperature controller set point is 70 °C 7. Allow the water temperature in the hot water tank to reach the set-point, 8, The equipment is now ready to be run, i 3. General Shut-down Procedures 41. Switch off heater. Wait until the hot water temperature drops below 40°C. 2. Switch off pump P1 and pump P2. 3. Switch off main power. 4, Drain off all water in the process lines. Retain water in the hot and cold water {anks for next laboratory session. 5. Close all valves. Note: If the equipment is not to be run for a long period, drain all water completely. n‘SOLTEQ® HEAT EXCHANGER TRAINING APPARATUS (Model: HE 1580). 6.0 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES 641 Experiment 1.4: Counter-Current Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger In this experiment, cold water enters the shell at room temperature while hot water enters the tubes in the opposite direction. Students shall vary the hot water and cold water flow rates and record the inlet and outlet termperatures of both the hot water and cold water streams at steady state. Procedure: 1, Perform general start-up procedures in Section 4.1. 2 Switch the valves to counter-current Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger arrangement (Please refer to Section 2.3) 3. Switch on pumps P'1 and P2. 4, Open and adjust valves V3 and V14 to obtain the desired flowrates for hot water and cold water streams, respoctvely. 5. Allow the system to reach steady state for 10 minutes, 6. Record FT4, FT2, TT1, 72, T73 and 174, 7, Record pressure drop measurements for shel-side and tube-sde for pressure drop studies. 8, Repeat steps 4 to 7 for different combinations of flowrate FT’ and FT2 as in the results sheet. 9. Switch off pumps P'1 and P2 after the completion of experiment. 10, Proceed to the next experiment or shutdown the equipment. Results: FTi | FT2] 11 |T12] 13) TTr4 | DPTt | DPTZ qepmy | (Lem) | (ec)_| (°C) | (°C) | (°C) _| (mmHs0) | (mms) ADEs a2 | 10 [4 10 | 6 10 [8 fo [10 FIt] T2] 11 | 12] 113) 4 | DPT! | DPT2 (LPM) | (LPM) |_ (ec) | ec) | ec) | °C) _| (mmb20) | (mmo) 2 40 4 | 10 6 | 10 8 10 10 10 2‘SOLTEQ® HEAT EXCHANGER TRAINING APPARATUS (Model: HE 1560) Assignments: Calculate the heat transfer and heat loss for energy balance study. Calculate the LMTD. Calculate heat transfer coefficients. Calculate the pressure drop and compare with the experimental result. Perform temperature profile study and the flow rate effects on heat transfer. opens 2B