This MQP addresses the lack of laboratory process control at WPI by expanding the Gas Flow Apparatus experiment in the Unit Operations course. A LabVIEW PID controller and a vortex tube were installed in the experiment. The PID controller successfully controls the heater on the gas flow. The vortex tube separates compressed air into hot and cold streams. An energy balance was derived for the vortex tube. Classroom procedures were developed to use these devices for the Unit Operations course.

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Creator

• Adams, Thaddeus
• Baranowski, Benjamin Joel
• Ma, Rodrigo Ignacio

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042512-180157

Advisor

• Clark, William M.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-25

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright