- One-piece, welded 1/8" wall tubular steel frame
- 3/16" steel mounting floor
- Four (4) 4" diameter casters, two (2) with locks
- Integral 19" x 70" high, instrument mounting rack with silk-screened instrument and controller panels
- Front panel faces fabricated from 1/2" MDF board and covered with a high-durability laminate
- 3/4" diameter CPVC and clear PVC piping components throughout
- Front panel-mounted operator control panel, includes switches and pilot lights for: pumps, solenoid valves, and immersion heaters, as well as control relay connections for equipment, 24 VDC power supply terminals and electric “free line” connections. A regulator with gauge controlling a 0-60 psi air supply with associated fittings and a second instrument air gauge with associated fittings is also mounted on this panel. An operator panel is also provided allowing for manual or semi-automatic operation, via contacts, of flow control solenoid valves.
- Master instrument air supply regulator
- Circuit breaker with GFI protection
- Two (2) variable-area flow meters
- Five (5) brass thermowells, facilitating temperature measurement at each heat exchanger
- Two (2) orifice flow assemblies with associated flanges and tubing connections
- Power distribution panel mounted in instrument rack, including on/off power switch, GFI receptacle, fuses for all primary circuits, and 12 electric “free line” connections to front panel
- Quick-disconnect fittings throughout, allowing for convenient attachment of instruments
- One diaphragm-type, industrial control valve
- One diaphragm-type, industrial, three-way control valve
- Multiple solenoid valves allowing for heat exchanger selection and concurrent/crosscurrent operations
- Four (4) thermowell-type bi-metal, thermometers
- Industrial-quality multi-pass shell and tube heat exchangers including: u-tube, single-pass, and multipass, straightflow varieties
- One plate-type heat exchanger
- Pipe stanchion, allowing for attachment of differential pressure transmitters and pressure transmitters at varying heights
- Primary reservoir - 20 gallon capacity - high-temperature polypropylene.
- Four (4) on-board digital thermometers with related RTDs, allowing for measurement at any location on the device
- Centrifugal pump, ½ HP
- Two (2) immersion-type heaters, 4 KW each
- 24 VDC Power supply
- Process quick-disconnect hose fittings, allowing for connection to other process control trainers
- Packaging for shipment via motor freight
- Product Dimensions
(L x W X H)
33.5in x 48in x 76in (860 x 1210 x 1930 mm)
425 lbs. (193 kg) - Shipping Dimensions
750 lbs. (340 kg)
- 208/230 VAC, 3-phase, 5 wire, 60 Hz OR 220 VAC, single-phase, 50 Hz,
- City water
- Floor drain
- Other electrical configurations are possible
- #581-007 - Instrumentation, 5th Ed.
- #600-006A - Test and Calibration Package, Hand-Held, Economy
- #600-007 - PLC Interface Panel
- #600-010 - AC Variable Speed Drive Upgrade
- #600-011A - Economy Chiller System
- #600-111 - Dry Well Temperature Calibrator
- #600-031 - Pitot tube flow assembly
- #600-032 - Venturi tube flow assembly
- #600-040 - Valve Positioner, Pneumatic
- #600-041 - Control valve positioner, electro-pneumatic
- Twenty (20) 36" test leads
- Twenty (20) 60" test leads
- 150', 1/4" Diameter instrument connection tubing, of two colors
- Fifteen (15) quick-disconnect nipples
- Four (4) Bi-metal Thermometers
- Ten (10) tubing tees
- Ten (10) tubing couplers
- Orifice plate set, 3-piece
- Use/Exercise Guide
The courseware, useful in both a instructor-led and or a self-directed format, includes one of several optional textbooks, a course guide and hands-on exercises.
Exercises include:
- Introduction to the Process Trainer, Heat Exchanger
- Review of process instrumentation terms, abbreviations and designations
- Investigating thermocouple operating characteristics
- Temperature measurements using a thermocouple in a process
- Investigating RTD operating characteristics
- Temperature measurements using a RTD in a process
- Flow versus differential pressure for an orifice plate
- Calibration of a flow transmitter
- Calibration of a square root extractor
- Installation and calibration of an electronic flow measurement channel
- Review of process control theory terms, abbreviations, and designations
- Introduction to the Honeywell UDC 3300 universal digital controller
- Introduction to the Foxboro 762 digital controller
- Determining a temperature process’ operating characteristics
- Determining a flow process’ operating characteristics
- Open loop integral controller characteristics
- Closed loop integral control in a temperature process
- Closed loop integral control in a pressure process
- Closed loop integral control in a flow process
- Open loop proportional controller characteristics
- Closed loop proportional control in a temperature process
- Closed loop proportional control in a flow process
- Open loop proportional plus integral controller characteristics
- Closed loop proportional plus integral control in a temperature process
- Closed loop proportional plus integral control in a flow process
- Open loop proportional plus integral plus derivative controller characteristics
- Closed loop proportional plus integral, plus derivative control in a temperature process
- Closed loop proportional plus integral, plus derivative control in a flow process
- Notch tuning of a flow process
- Ultimate tuning of a flow process
- Open loop tuning of a temperature process
- Cascade control of a temperature process
- Additional lessons to come specific to heat exchanger study