Spring Lab Series ME 3264 Eng. 2 108D -Tom Mealy 2-2-17 Labs start this Monday. All students must attend their registered section. Week 1 of labs all will do the Heat Engine. NO Labview needed. Teams numbers assigned. Weeks 2-9. Based on your team number assignment you will do the lab based on the Lab Schedule. The HW for that lab is due when you walk in to lab. The Lab Report is due the FOLLOWING WEEK. Including those who may have a “bye” from doing a lab they still must show up at the start of lab and hand in a report. Week 10 all will do the Turbine Lab. Any Labview files needed are all set on the \\MENAS \ME 3264 server and folder. Open the Labview file and go the Block diagram, double click the WRITE TO MEASUREMENTS FILE Create a folder on your private drive, desktop. USB, etc. and a new file name to write data to.
Redirect where Labview writes the data DO NOT change any other settings
All 8 stations Heat Engine Entrance First Week of Lab All 8 stations Heat Engine Entrance Station 5 Station 1 #1 Heat Engine #1 Heat Engine Station 2 Station 6 #1 Heat Engine #1 Heat Engine Station 3 Station 7 #1 Heat Engine #1 Heat Engine #1 Heat Engine Station 4 Station 4 Station 8 #1 Heat Engine You will be teamed up for the semester Emergency Exit Only
Weeks 2-9 Rotations FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE For Your Team Entrance Station 5 Station 1 #7 Soda Can #4 PEM Fuel Cell No Labview Station 2 Station 6 #6 Heat Pipe Station 3 Station 7 #1 Heat Engine #2 Beam Vibration #5 Fluid Flow Station 4 Station 4 Station 8 #3 Heat Exchanger Custom Program Emergency Exit Only
The turbine is outside of Eng. 2. Entrance Last Week All will do the Turbine Station 5 Station 1 Station 2 Station 6 Station 3 Station 7 Station 4 Station 8 The turbine is outside of Eng. 2. 2 Groups per section will go out and get data Emergency Exit Only
Lab 1 HEAT ENGINE
Pressure Volume Q in Q out 1 1. Start- No Mass 2. Add a Mass 3. Add Heat Q in 4. Remove Mass 2 3 Pressure 5. Remove Heat Q out 4 5 Volume
Electronic Turbine Meter/LABVIEW Rotameter Sight Gage & Stopwatch Venturi 4 ways to measure flow #5 Fluid Flow Which way is “right”? or “the best”??
Delta T of the fluids Flow rates Warm air Cool Water Cold air Warm Water
2 PEM Fuel Cells Electrolyzer