6.3.8.- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The Computer Controlled Continuous Distillation Unit, "UDCC", is basically composed by a boiler on which different types of columns can be adapted (plate columns and Raschig rings column). An eight plate column, a reflux system, a tank for...

The Computer Controlled Batch Distillation Unit, "UDDC", is basically composed by a boiler on which different types of interchangeable columns can be adapted (plate columns and Raschig Rings column). An eight plate column, a reflux system and a...

The Computer Controlled Gas Absorption Column, "CAGC", is a scale unit designed to study hydrodynamic and absorption processes in packed columns. This system absorbs ammonia or CO2 from a mixture with air in a watery solution that flowing down the...

The studied absorption process corresponds to the oxygen-deoxygenated water system, where the oxygen comes from the air and the deoxygenated air is obtained through a desorption column, where a water current comes into contact with a nitrogen...

The objective of evaporation is to concentrate a non-volatile solute, carrying out the elimination of a volatile compound. Water is the volatile compound used in most evaporations.The rising or falling film evaporators are very useful if high...

The "EDPAC" unit, designed by EDIBON, allows to observe and control a serial, parallel or double effect evaporation process.The unit consists of two evaporators with a single glass tube, allowing the student to observe all the processes that take...

The Computer Controlled Thin Film Evaporator "EPFC" has been designed to study (theoretical and practically) the different operating variables that influence the thin film evaporation process. The unit is formed by a thin film evaporator, a...

The Computer Controlled Liquid-Liquid Extraction Unit, "UELLC", is a laboratory scale unit designed to study the separation of the components of liquid mixtures by contact of the mixture with an immiscible solvent in which these components are...

The objective of the evaporation is to concentrate a non-volatile solute, carrying out the elimination of a volatile compound. Water is the volatile compound used in most evaporations. The rising or falling film evaporators are very useful...

The Computer Controlled Bench Top Cooling Tower, "TTEC", includes a pump that impels hot water from a tank (with level switch and heating element) to the manifolds located at the top of the cooling tower. Water flow can be adjusted by a manual...

The Computer Controlled Fixed Bed Adsorption Unit, "QALFC", is designed to demonstrate the gas adsorption phenomenon using a fixed adsorption column. The overall objective of this unit is to analyze the behavior of the adsorption breakthrough and...

The Computer Controlled Adsorptive Air Drying Unit, "QSAC", unit consists of a damp air drying plant by adsorption through a process of continuous regeneration of the adsorbent with transparent columns. It is formed by two different circuits, each...

The Computer Controlled Cracking Column, "QCCC", for cracking and distilling oil is a complete lab tool that allows to the students to carry out a cracking reaction, and the study and the control of different variables that condition it. Also, the...

The Computer Controlled Crystallization Unit, "QUCC", is a unit for the study of the cooling crystallization process. EDIBON has designed this unit to study the crystallization reaction of those constituents whose solubility changes with the...

The Computer Controlled Disc Centrifuge, "QCDIC", allows the study of the separation of emulsions by centrifugation. In order to make the unit work, two immiscible liquids are poured into the agitation tank, such as water and oil. In this deposit...

The Computer Controlled Magnetic Separation Unit, "PSMC", has been designed to understand the operation of a magnetic rotary drum used to classify materials of different magnetic characteristics.The main components of the unit are: a feed hopper...

This filtration unit has been designed to study the filtration process with two different types of filters. On one hand, there is a vertical plate filter consisting of nylon plates with a diameter of 5 microns, used to filter a known concentration...

The Computer Controlled Deep Bed Filter Unit, "EFLPC", allows us to filter a fluid in order to eliminate particles in suspension, to have it in more adequate conditions for its subsequent use or consumption.The pump takes raw water from one of the...

The Computer Controlled Drum Cell Filter, "PFTC", is a unit designed to observe the operation of a filtering drum that acts on a liquid with suspended solids. This drum cell filter allows investigate the filtration of multiple solutions with...

The Computer Controlled Fixed and Fluidised Bed Unit, "LFFC", allows a full study about everything concerning the flow of a fluid through a particles bed, both fixed and fluidised.The unit is composed of two transparent removable columns for the...

The Computer Controlled Flow Boiling Demonstration Unit, "TFEC", has as main component an experimental tube made of two glass concentric tubes. In these tubes two fluids flow crosscurrent: refrigerant, which flows by convection and in an...

The Computer Controlled Fluidization and Fluid Bed Heat Transfer Unit, "TTLFC", has been designed to provide visual and quantitative results related to the flow of air through a packed bed and a fluidized bed made of granular material. It provides...

The Computer Controlled Tray Drier "SBANC" is a laboratory scale unit designed to study fluid mechanics, surface chemistry, solids structures and mass and energy balances related to the drying process.It consists of a tunnel, several trays where...

The Computer Controlled Spray Drier, "SSPC", allows to study processes that involve aqueous emulsions, solutions, suspensions andcolloidal solutions.Peristaltic pump delivers the liquid sample from a container through a small diameter jet into the...

The Computer Controlled Gas Washing Processing Plant, "PLGC", has a water feed tank, from which and by means of a water pump, the water is pumped to the upper part of a column. The solids are added by means of a solid dosing system to the air...

The main element of the "FPCC" unit is a transparent packed column, which can be used with water, air or both fluids, simulating an absorption column. When working with water, the unit includes a computer controlled speed pump to impel the water...