REACTOR TEST RIG

MODEL: BP 140

THE Reactor Test Rig (Model: BP 140) is a floor standing pilot-plant for students demonstration on the

difference in operating behaviour of various types of reactor (Continous stirred-tank reactor, continuous

stirred-tank reactor in series and plug flow reactor) using a simple reaction (saponification of ethyl

acetate with caustic soda) by comparing the experimental

EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITES

The typical problems are based on the saponification

of ethyl acetate with caustic soda.

♦ Experimental determination of the ester

decomposition with continuously operated

saponification for all three reactor types.

Comparison with the calculated figures.

♦ Calculation and experimental determination of the

“warming-up time” for the stirred vessel and the

cascade (90% of the static figure).

♦ Determination of the residence time spectrum and

totals curve for all three reactor types.

SPECIFICATIONS

a) Dosing Station DS1/DS2

b) Dosing Feed Vessel: Stainless steel vessel 100-

L nominal capacity, charging port for NaOH or

alternatively ethyl acetate, charging valve for water,

drain nozzle with valve, connection nozzle for

dosing pump.

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c) Dosing pump P1/P2: Delivery 0 to 75 L/hr, manual

setting, pump head material PVC, pulsation

damper, overflow valve, adjustable.

d) Flowmeter: 0 to 150 L/hr.

e) Preheater W1/W2: Boroscilicate glass coil type

heat exchanger, heat transfer area 0.3 m2, heated

via rotary thermostat, the heat transfer fluid is heated

from room temperature to approx. 30 °C.

f) Reactor R1: DURAN jacketed vessel, capacity up

to overflow nozzle: 3 L, max. heating fluid pressure

1 bar (pos), low dead space bottom outlet valve

with overtightening protection device, DN150

vessel cover with product nozzle, nozzle for

stirrer, thermometer nozzle, nozzle for acid

impulse.

g) Stirrer drive for R1: Laboratory stirrer, stirrer shaft

power 105 W, Motor power take-up: 130 W, speed

range: 50 to 1000 min-1, digital speed indicator,

max. torque 60 Ncm, voltage 230 V/50 Hz, Stirrer

seal, KPG bearing sleeve or PTFE-glass stirrer

seal, Stirrer: glass propeller type stirrer, PTFE or

stainless steel Accessories for stirrer drive: flexible

coupling crossbar fixing sleeve.

h) Reactors R2/R3/R4: Borosilicate glass jacketed

vessel, capacity up to overflow nozzle: 1 L, max.

heating fluid pressure 1 bar low dead space

bottom outlet valve with overtightening protection

device, DN 100 vessel cover with product

nozzle, nozzle for stirrer, thermometer nozzle,

nozzle for acid impulse

i) Laboratory stirrer drive for R2/R3/R4: Stirrer shaft

power: 53 W, Motor power (take-up) 75 W, Torque:

max. 30 Nm, otherwise as stirrer drive for R1.

a. Flow pipe - SR: PA spiral hose,

outside diameter: 14 mm, inside

diameter: 11 mm, spiral diameter: 150

mm, hose length: 30

j) Accessories:

i. Thermostat.

ii. Rotary thermostat: heating capacity: 3 kW,

Drive temperature range: 40 to 300 °C, with

external cooling (-30 to 300 °C), max. pump

pressure: 0.5 bar, product flow: 24 L/hr,

volume: 11 to 18 L, with hose material for

connection to user.

iii. Borosilicate glass 3.3 and PVC

valves and cocks (2 and 3 way).

iv. Piping Borosilicate glass 3.3/

PVC.

v. Hoses PFA/PE.

vi. All necessary services and connections.

vii. Stainless steel structure with all

necessary supports, brackets and

connections.

viii.Measurement and control/electrical:

Flowmeter for water, dilute NaOH and ethyl

acetate solution.

Digital thermometer (Thermoelement),

direct-indicating.

Flow conductivity measuring instrument

(digital).

ix. Power supply for flow measuring instrument

(mS).

x. Motor cut-out switch or alternatively switch

for stirrer drive.

xi. (DS1 /DS2) and dosing pumps (P1 /P2).

k) Operating Parameters:

Fluids used:

i. Water

ii. Dilute caustic soda (0.1 mol/L)

iii. Aqueous ethyl acetate solution (0.1 mol/L)

Operating temperature : approx. 30 °C

Operating pressure : no pressure

Services Required :Electricity(230VAC50Hz)

Water (Laboratory mains supply)

l) Options

External temperature control for W1/W2 and the

reactors. The use of 2 thermostats is to be

recommended here.Stainless steel drip

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traySwitch cabinet with controls for pumps,stirrer

drive, temperature gauges, conductivity indicators

OPTIONAL ITEMS

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DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATIONS

i) 2 Units of Digital Indicators

ii) 2 units of electronic flowmeter

iii) 4 units of pt100 RTD sensors c/w transmitters

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SOLDAS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM

i) A PC with latest Pentium Processor

ii) An electronic signal conditioning system

iii) Stand alone data acquisition modules

iv) Windows based software

♦ Data Logging

♦ Signal Analysis

♦ Real-Time Display

♦ Tabulated Results

♦ Graph of Experimental Results

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SOLCAL COMPUTER AIDED LEARNING

SOFTWARE

i) Interactive multimedia features

ii) Graphical simulation

iii) Experiment results samples

iv) Full experiment manuals

TYPICAL EXPERIMENT RESULT

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Our range of teaching equipment can be complemented with our

SOLDAS and SOLCAL software.

SOFTWARE & E - LEARNING

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

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