SOLTEQ

Equipment for Engineering Education & Research

MECHANICAL HEAT PUMP

MODEL: HE 165

HIS Mechanical Heat Pump (Model: HE 165) has been designed to provide students with a practical
and quantitative demonstration of the vapour compression cycle, and is suitable for all course levels
(intermediate to undergraduate). Refrigerators and heat pumps both use the vapour compression
cycle, and although the applications of these machines differ, the components are essentially the same. The HE
165 is capable of demonstrating the heat pump application where a large freely available energy source, such as
the atmosphere, is to be upgraded for water heating. The unit will be of particular interest to those studying
Mechanical Engineering, Energy Conservation, Thermodynamics, Building Services, Chemical Engineering, Plant
and Process Engineering, and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

DESCRIPTION
The unit is a bench top unit with all components and
instrumentations mounted on the sturdy panel. The heat
pump consists of a hermetic compressor, a water
cooled condenser, a thermostatically controlled
expansion valve and an air heated evaporator. The
arrangement of the components are in a manner similar
to that used for many domestic air-water heat pumps
where they are visible from the front of the unit.
During the operation, slightly superheated refrigerant

(R134a) vapour enters the compressor from the

evaporator and its pressure is increased. Thus, the
temperature rises and the hot vapour then enters the
water cooled condenser. Heat is given up to the
cooling water and the refrigerant condenses to a liquid
before passing to the expansion valve. Upon passing
through the expansion valve the pressure of the liquid
refrigerant is reduced. This causes the saturation
temperature to fall to below that of the atmosphere.
Thus, as it flows through the evaporator, there is a
temperature difference between the refrigerant and the
air being drawn across the coils. The resulting heat
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transfer causes the refrigerant to boil, and upon leaving

the evaporator it has become slightly superheated
vapour, ready to return to the compressor.

iv) Condenser:
Refrigerant to water. Plate Heat Exchanger..
v) Evaporator:
Air to refrigerant. Serpentine copper tube with
aluminium fins and with integral fan.

The temperature at which heat is delivered in the

condenser is controlled by the water flow rate and its
inlet temperature. The evaporating temperature is
largely determined by the ambient conditions.
However, this can be limited, either by restricting the
air intake to the evaporator, or by directing warmed air
towards the intake. Instrumentations are all provided
for the measurement of flowrates of both the refrigerant
and cooling water, power input to the compressor, and
all relevant temperatures.

OPTIONAL ITEMS

EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES

- EI
DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATIONS

The HE 165 allows the students to perform the following:

Determination of power Input, heat output and
coefficient of performance
Production of heat pump performance curves over
a range of source and delivery temperatures
Production of the vapour compression cycle on a
p-h diagram and comparison with the ideal cycle
Determination of energy balances for the condenser
and compressor
Production of heat pump performance curves based
on the R134a properties at a variety of evaporating
and condensation temperatures
Estimation of the effect of compressor pressure ratio
on volumetric efficiency.

vi) Instrumentations:
Indicators for the measurement of relevant
temperatures, flowrates, pressures, and motor
power input.

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)

-DAS
SOLDAS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

SPECIFICATIONS
i) Rig:
Bench top unit. Epoxy coated steel bench,
Ii) Refrigerant:
R134a
iii) Compressor:
Fully hermetic single cylinder reciprocating type.
Displacement 8.85 cm3.rev-1.

4 units of digital indicator

6 units of temperature sensor c/w transmitters
2 units of electronic flowmeter
1 unit of power transducer
2 units of pressure transmitters

A PC with latest Pentium Processor

An electronic signal conditioning system
Stand alone data acquisition modules
Windows based software
Data Logging
Signal Analysis
Process Control
Real-Time Display
Tabulated Results
Graph of Experimental Results

- CAL
SOLCAL COMPUTER AIDED LEARNING
SOFTWARE
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

Interactive multimedia features

Graphical simulation
Experiment results samples
Full experiment manuals

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MANUAL

Electrical
Water

The unit is supplied with Operating and Experiment

Manuals in English giving full descriptions of the unit,
summary of theory, experimental procedures and
typical experimental results.

:240 VAC/1-phase/50 Hz
:Laboratory tap water, 20 LPM @ 20 m
head, Drainage.

OVERALL DIMENSIONS
: 0.65 m
: 0.60 m
: 1.00 m

TYPICAL SAMPLE RESULTS

Performance of Heat Pump VS Cooling Water Outlet Temperature

4.00

1400

3.00

1000

800

2.00

600

400

COPH

Power Input/Heat Output (W)

1200

1.00

Power Input
Heat Output
COPH

200

0
30.0

32.0

34.0

36.0

38.0

40.0

42.0

Cooling Water Outlet Temperature (degC)

44.0

46.0

0.00
48.0

Performances of Heat Pump against Condensing Temperature

4.00

1200

Power Input/Heat Output (W)

1000

3.00

800

2.00

600

400

COPH

Height
Depth
Width

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REQUIREMENTS

1.00
Power Input
Heat Delivered
COPH

200

0
35.0

37.0

39.0

41.0

43.0

45.0

47.0

49.0

51.0

53.0

0.00
55.0

Cooling Water Outlet Temperature (degC)

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SOFTWARE & e - LEARNING

Our range of teaching equipment can be complemented with our
SOLDAS and SOLCAL software.

SOLDAS - Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition

- Data Logging
- Signal Analysis
- Process Control
- Real-Time Display
- Tabulated Results
- Graph of Experimental Results

SOLCAL - Computer Aided Learning

- Multimedia Features
- Interactive
- Graphic Simulation
- Experiment Result Samples
- Full Experiment Manuals

Contact us for a catalog CD

SOLUTION ENGINEERING SDN. BHD.

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