MR013 Central Heating System

MR013 Central Heating System Educational Equipment Didactic Equipment Thermal Transfer Training 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