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TD 1050, Steam Motor and Energy Conversion Test Set.
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Ideal for students to gain insight into the first and second laws of thermodynam
ics
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Introduces students to industry-standard methods of analyzingsteam plant perform
ance, including Rankine Cycle Analysis andusing the Willans Line
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Uses a simple two-cylinder steam motor and an electrically-heated boiler for eas
y understanding of the main parts of asteam plant
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Self-contained in a mobile frame that includes all instrumentsneeded for experim
ents
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Allows students to copy the Marcet Boiler Experiment to provethe pressure-temper

ature relationship for saturated steam.
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Procedure
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Create a blank results table similar to Table 1. If you use VDAS, thesoftware wi
ll create it automatically.2.
Turn on the cooling water supply to between 1 and 2 L/min. Alwaysuse cooling wat
er ?ow rates lower than about 2.5 L/min. Higher ?owrates are wasteful and could
cause water spills.3.
Open the boiler steam valve and use the pump to fill the boiler withwater to the
maximum level of the sight gauge.4.
Switch of the cooling water supply.5.
Switch on the heaters, shut the steam valve and wait for the boilerpressure to r
each around 300 kN/m
2
. Switch off the heaters.6.
In intervals of around 20 kN/m2 or ?me intervals of every two to ?veminutes, rec
ord the boiler steam pressure and temperatur as theboiler cools down. Each time
you take a pressure reading, lightly tapthe pressure gauge first, in case the ga
uge mechanism sticks.Alternatvely, if you have Optional VDAS, set it for timed d
ataacquisition to record at intervals of every five minutes.7.
Stop the experiment when the boiler pressure has dropped to nearatmospheric (0 k
N/m
2
gauge).8.
Switch off and disconnect the electrical and water supplies.9.
Allow the boiler to cool down, then open the boiler drain valve.10.
Drain any water from the apparatus.
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Results and Discussions
The collected reults should (Shown in Table 1) show the rela?onship between thep
ressure and temperature of the steam as in Figure 2.

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Table.1:
Blank result tableBoiler SteamPressure(kN/m2)Boiler SteamTemperature(oC)Boiler S
teamTemperature
(textbook)
300 128.7 133.52290 127.6
Not listed
280 126.7131.2270 125.7
Not listed
260 124.6128.7250 123.4127.41240 122.1
Not listed
230 120.7
Not listed
220 119.4123.3210 117.9
Not listed
200 116.4120.21190 114.8
Not listed
180 113.2
Not listed
170 111.4
Not listed
160 109.5
Not listed
150 107.7111.35140 105.8109.4Your experiment results should be very similar to t
he predicted values from steamtables, verifying the theory and experiments shown
in the textbooks. Any errors canbe due to accuarcy of the instrument. You can e
xpect +/- 1
o
C error from the K-typethermocouples, approximately 5 % error from mechanical pr
essure gauges, andbe?er than 5 % full scale acuracy from the electronic pressure
gauges when usedwith the optional VDAS.
Fig.2
Pressure and Temperaure relationship

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Fig.3:
Pressure Vs Tempertaure
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Conclusions:
We see that pressure and temperature are related linearly, in other word, when t
hetemperature increase the pressure will increase. Then for every pressure of pu
resteam there is a corresponding temperature.
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References:
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P r e s s u r e ( k N / m 2 )
Tempertaure C
T & P Relationship
Actual ResultsTextbook Results