This trainer provides a comprehensive demonstration of energy losses in a hydraulic circuit through the use of transparent tubes and various fittings, including short bends, long bends, sudden contractions and enlargements, control valves, angled joints, venturi, orifice, and Y joints.
With the Labtronic system, students can measure the energy losses in different situations by making their own arrangements of the flow path and calculating the head loss using two pressure tapping points connected to a manometer.
Moreover, the system offers different types of flow rate measurements through a rotameter, Venturi nozzle, and orifice plate flow meter, providing students with a complete understanding of fluid dynamics and hydraulic circuits.
Experiment the loss coefficient (K) for a range of pipe fittings, including several bends, a contraction, an enlargement, control valves, angled joints, venturi, orifice, Y joint.
The head loss coefficients are determined by measuring the pressure head differences across a number of fittings that are connected in series, over a range of steady flows, and applying the energy equation between the sections before and after each fitting.
Determining resistance coefficients.