Chiller Units Training Bench with Industrial PLC Controller .
Chiller Units Training Bench with Industrial PLC Controller
Experiments
- Study and understanding of the operation of a chiller unit
- On-off control of the cooled water temperature
- Safety control using the high and low pressure switch and flow switch
- Plant start-up and system monitoring using the incorporated protection and safety devices
- Detecting the system operating parameters
- Plotting of the refrigerant cycle on a pressure-enthalpy diagram of the refrigerant gas
- Calculation of thermal balances for the refrigerant and water circuit
Technical Specification
Water circuit including:
- Centrifugal pump
- Air heat exchanger
- Flow switch
- Refrigeration circuit equipped with:
- Hermetic compressor with protector
- Forced air condenser
- Water evaporator
- Thermostatic expansion valve
- Dehydrator Filter and sight glass
- Liquid receiver and liquid separator
- Double pressure switch
- Valve for plant vacuum, refrigerant charging and recovery
- High and low pressure gauges
Instruments and control devices including:
- Data acquisition board with USB interface
- 5x NTC temperature probes
- Water flow sensor
- 2x pressure transducers
- USB cable
- Industrial PLC controller with programming and control software
- Thermomagnetic ELCB
- Start button
- Emergency stop button