Heat Pump With Dual Mode Evaporator Training Bench

Heat Pump With Dual Mode Evaporator Training Bench

Heat Pump With Dual Mode Evaporator Training Bench

• An Air-to-Water Heat Pump with Dual mode Evaporator Training Bench for studying the refrigeration cycle where the evaporator can be operated with either water or air.
• The Heat Pump with Dual Mode Evaporator Training Bench comprises a hermetic piston compressor with integrated oil cooler and a water condenser. All instruments are included to take real-time data readings for further analysis.
• The Heat Pump with Dual Mode Evaporator Training Bench  has been designed and manufactured to incorporate all current safety standards.
• The refrigerant used complies with anti-pollution legislation

Experiments

• Studying the operation of a heat pump
• Reading and analysing refrigerant pressures, temperatures and flow rate
• Reading and analysing the water temperatures and flow rate in real-time when the equipment is operating
• Plotting the refrigeration cycle on a p-h diagram
• Determining the ideal and actual coefficient of performance (C.O.P.)
• Comparison of evaporator operation and performance when operated with air or water

Technical Specification

 

• Hermetic piston compressor with integrated oil cooler
• Coaxial condenser
• Water cooled plate heat exchanger evaporator with a capacity of 1 kW
• Air-cooled finned-tube evaporator with a capacity of 1 kW
• Thermostatic expansion valve
• Liquid separator
• Sight glasses, dehydrator filter, check valves
• Valve for plant vacuum, refrigerant charging and recovery
• Full set of instruments for obtaining data readings including:
• Flowmeters
• high and low pressure gauges
• 4 digital thermocouples with PT100 probes that can be inserted at several test points along the liquid refrigerant circuit
• wattmeter
• High and low pressure shut down pressostats
• Residual current thermomagnetic circuit-breaker
• Start button
• Emergency stop button