Comparison of pumps Investigate operating behaviour of centrifugal pumps, piston pump and side channel pump, system control via PLC Features - investigation of the operating behaviour of centrifugal, piston and side-channel pumps - all pumps driven separately by three-phase AC motors - plant control via PLC - integrated router for operation and control via an end device and for screen mirroring on up to 10 end devices: PC, tablet, smartphone Learning objectives/experiments - investigation and comparison of the operating behaviour of various pump types: -- centrifugal pumps -- piston pump (positive displacement pump) -- side-channel pump - recording a pump characteristic curve - recording a system characteristic curve - determining efficiency - investigation and comparison of parallel and series configuration of centrifugal pumps - comparison of pump types - screen mirroring: mirroring of the user interface on up to 10 end devices -- menu navigation independent of the user interface shown on the touch screen -- different user levels available on the end device: for observing the experiments or for operation and control Specification [1] experiments relating to key issues in pump engineering [2] comparison of various pump types: centrifugal pump, piston pump, side-channel pump [3] operation of centrifugal pumps in parallel or series configuration [4] free position for additional pump [5] three-phase AC motors for centrifugal pumps and additional motor with variable speed by frequency converter [6] plant control with PLC, operation via touch screen [7] integrated router for operation and control via an end device and for screen mirroring: possible to mirror the user interface on up to 10 end devices [8] data acquisition via PLC on internal USB memory, access to stored measured values via WLAN/LAN with integrated router/LAN connection to customer's own network or direct LAN connection without customer network Technical data PLC: Weintek cMT3092X Centrifugal pump 2x - max. flow rate: 330L/min - max. head: 23m Three-phase AC motor 2x, for centrifugal pump - power output: 1,5kW - nominal speed: 2900min-1 Side-channel pump, self-priming, one-stage - max. flow rate: 83L/min - max. head: 50m Three-phase AC motor for side-channel pump - power output: 1,1kW - nominal speed: 1500min-1 Piston pump - max. flow rate: 17L/min - max. head: 60m Three-phase AC motor for piston pump - power output: 0,55kW - nominal speed: 1400min-1 Three-phase AC motor, additional motor, reversible - power output: 0,75kW - nominal speed: 2800min-1 Measuring ranges - flow rate: 0...700L/min - pressure (inlet): -1...1,5bar - pressure (outlet): 0...10bar - torque: 0...15Nm - speed: 0...3000min -1 - pump electrical power consumption: 0...3kW 400V, 50Hz, 3 phases; 400V, 60Hz, 3 phases 230V, 60Hz, 3 phases LxWxH: 2860x1200x1960mm; Weight: approx. 430kg