MR013 Central heating system Didactic Equipment Thermal Laboratory Equipment
Function and operating behaviour of a hot water heating system with digital heating controller Features - modern heating system with digital controller- closed water circuit with expansion vessel Learning objectives/experiments- familiarisation with the components of a modern heating system and their function- operating behaviour of a digitally controlled heating circuit with three-way mixing valve - operating behaviour of a digitally controlled heating circuit with four-way mixing valve- investigations on a plate heat exchanger operated in counterflow- investigation of pressure loss on different valves and fittings- filling heating systems- commissioning heating systems- hydronic balancing of radiators - determination of pump curves- determination of pipework characteristics- behaviour of system with air in the pipework Specification [1] function and operating behaviour of a modern heating system with digital heating controller [2] 4-way mixing valve and 3-way mixing valve [3] electric boiler [4] 2 circulating pumps, 1 domestic water pump [5] 4 different radiators and additional plate heat exchanger as domestic water consumer [6] coloured pipes indicate feed and return flow [7] measurement of temperature, pressure and flow rate
