P.A.
Hilton Ltd
Air Conditioning Laboratory Unit
A660
Figure 1: A660 Base Unit shown with optional extra A661B fitted
High accuracy wet and dry bulb sensors before and after each
process to determine air condition.
All processes fully instrumented to allow energy and mass
balances across each process of heating cooling and humidity
change.
Reaches stability rapidly after a change of operating conditions.
May be upgraded at any time to reduce capital outlay.
Upgrade options available include:
1. Digital Temperature,
2. Re-circulation,
3. Computer linking (with software),
4. PID control and Environmental Chamber.
Two year Warranty.
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Figure 2: A660 with All Upgrade Options
Introduction
The range of temperature, humidity and air movement which the majority of individuals regard as
comfortable is extremely narrow. It is therefore increasingly common for close controlled air conditioning to
be applied to new and refurbished buildings and transport facilities.
This increasing use of air conditioning, if not carefully designed, installed and maintained could be a major
contributor to the causes of global warming.
Therefore student engineers training for careers involved in the design, operation or servicing of air
conditioning plant must be completely familiar with the processes occurring between air inlet and its
discharge to the conditioned space.
The Hilton Air Conditioning Laboratory Unit A660 is an expandable teaching and experimental unit that
enables students to investigate the basic air conditioning processes of heating, cooling, humidification, de-
humidification and air movement that are of fundamental importance to undergraduate engineers.
The addition of optional upgrades, which may be added at any stage in the units extensive life, allow
students to investigate air re-circulation and mixing, computer monitoring, dynamic humidity and
temperature control and the environmental control of a test chamber.
The unit is applicable for the teaching of students in:
Refrigeration and air conditioning
Building services
Mechanical Engineering
Marine engineering
Plant and process engineering
Food processing
Chemical engineering
Mining engineering
Control engineering
Experimental Capabilities
Air conditioning laboratory Unit A660
Demonstration of the processes and components used in heating, cooling, humidification, de-
humidification of an airstream.
Measurement of air psychrometric condition before and after humidification, heating, de-humidification /
cooling using pairs of precision wet and dry bulb sensors.
Determination of a heat and mass balance across each process resulting in heating, cooling and humidity
change using the instrumentation fitted.
Construction of a complete refrigeration cycle diagram for the air-cooling plant plus an energy balance
between the refrigeration circuit and the change in air enthalpy and its mass flow across the evaporator.
Investigation of the volumetirc efficiency of the refrigeration compressor under varying load.
Determination of the specific heat capacity of air, by measurement of the change in psychrometric
condition across a heating or cooling process.
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Description
A complete, upgradeable, instrumented air conditioning Dimensions
laboratory unit mounted on a steel frame and castor Height 126cm Depth 53cm
wheels. Upgrades may be added at any stage in the Width 237cm Weight: 165kg
unit’s long life to spread the investment costs. Width 363cm with addition of A661B Recirculating duct
The base unit comprises a variable speed radial acting Weight 224 kg with addition of A661B Recirculating duct
axial flow fan discharging into a 250mm square duct
with steam humidifier, electrical pre-heaters, direct Services Required
expansion cooling coil/de-humidifier, electrical re- Electrical:
heaters and orifice plate for airflow measurement. Air-
A: 380/415V, 3 Phase, 50Hz 5 wire system comprising
cooling is provided by vapour compression refrigeration
3 phase, neutral and earth. Line current up to 20A per
system with pressure, temperature and refrigerant flow
phase.
measurement. This allows the construction of a full
cycle diagram and the balancing of refrigerant system B: 208/220V, 3 Phase, 50 or 60Hz. 4 wire system
energy balance against the airside energy transfer. comprising 3 phases and earth. Line current up to 32
Air condition is recorded before and after each process Amps per phase.
using precision wet and dry bulb thermometers.
Instrumentation allows the electrical power to each
Clean water:
resistive load to be measured and balanced against the
Up to 10 litres per hour at a minimum 2m head. May be
air enthalpy change and mass flow.
mains or tank source.
Specification
An upgradeable fully instrumented air Ordering Information
conditioning laboratory unit incorporating Order as: A660 Air Conditioning Laboratory Unit
steam humidification, direct expansion Electrical Specification
refrigeration cooling and de-humidification, Either:
reheating, variable speed radial acting axial A: 380/415V, 3 Phase, 50Hz 3 phase, neutral and earth.
flow fan and airflow measurement. Or
All parts in corrosion proof plastic, stainless B: 208/220V, 3 Phase, 50 or 60Hz. 3 phase and earth.
steel, galvanised steel, brass or copper.
Psychrometric condition measured before and Language
after each process by high precision wet and dry Either: English, Spanish or French
bulb sensors with 0 to 100% RH measurement
capability.
Airflow is adjustable to at least 0.14m3/s with Shipping Specifications
switchable heating up to 4kW and switchable A660 Base unit only without optional upgrades:
steam injection up to 5kW electrical equivalent. Net Weight (approx.) 165 kg
Cooling is by a fully instrumented vapour Gross Weight (approx.) 226 kg
compression cycle with nominally 2kW Packing Case Volume (approx.) 1.57 m3
capacity. Packing Case Dimensions (approx.): 165 x 65 x 146 cm
Optional upgrade paths include: Accessories and Spares
Unit supplied with:
Digital Temperature Upgrade A661A One experimental operating and maintenance manual in
Recirculating Duct Upgrade A661B English, Spanish, French.
PID Control Upgrade A660C Accessories and spares for 2 years normal operation.
Environmental Chamber Upgrade A660D List available on request.
Computer Linked Upgrade AC661A
Supplied with a detailed experimental operating and Also Available On Request
maintenance manual giving example experimental Further detailed specification.
results and sample calculations. Additional copies of instruction manual.
Recommended list of spares for 5 years
Accessories and spares for two years normal operation operation.
together with a full two-year warranty.
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Optional Extra A661A Optional Extra A661B
Digital Temperature Upgrade Recirculating Duct Upgrade
Specification
Allows the proportion of recirculated air to be varied
and its effect upon the energy requirements for air
conditioning to be investigated. Additional
psychrometric measuring points supplied allow the
enthalpy of two-mixed streams to be investigated.
Experimental Capabilities
Investigation of the effects of air recirculation
proportion on the energy requirement of the air
conditioning process.
Specification Investigation of the enthalpy of mixing of two
Allows all of the above experiments with all airstreams.
temperatures displayed on a single switched digital
temperature indicator to 0.1°C resolution. Ordering Information
Order as: Recirculating Duct Upgrade A661B
Ordering Information
Order as: Digital Temperature Upgrade A661A Shipping Specification
A661B option only:
Net Weight (approx.) 59 kg
Gross Weight (approx.) 148 kg
Packing Case Volume (approx.) 1.67 m3
Packing Case Dimensions (approx.) 203 x 107 x 77 cm
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Optional Extra A660C Optional Extra A660D
PID Control Upgrade Environmental Chamber Upgrade
Note: the A660C must be preceded by the A661B. Note: the A660D must be preceded by the A661B.
Specification Specification
Allows investigation of the individual and combined A 1m3 environmental chamber which adds
effects of Proportional, Integral and Derivative control considerable realism to the air conditioning process by
of temperature and humidity and the components that providing a significant volume that may be heated
are required for the process. Additional software cooled and humidified either under manual control or
allows the process to be computer controlled and by PID control with the addition of the A660C
monitored as in a Building Energy Management upgrade.
System.
Experimental Capabilities Experimental Capabilities
Investigation of proportional, integral and Investigation of humidity and temperature in an
derivative (PID) control of humidity and enclosed test chamber.
temperature in the Recirculated air. Investigation of the effect of temperature and
Investigation of computer control of two PID humidity on materials and substances.
controllers and the system response time.
Ordering Information Ordering Information
Order as: PID Control Upgrade A660C Order as: Environmental Chamber Upgrade A660D
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Optional Extra AC661A The Hilton Data Logging software supplied as standard
Data Acquisition Upgrade with the AC661A package allows the D103 to be
disconnected from the A660 and used together with
Note: The AC661A must be preceded by the A661A. most standard transducers as a stand-alone computer
data logger for the instrumentation and monitoring of
Hardware details existing laboratory equipment using locally sourced
The Optional Computerised Data Acquisition Upgrade industrial transducers. The software is also backwards
AC661A consists of a 21 channel Hilton Data logger compatible with our many second generation D102 data
(D103), together with pre-configured, ready to use, loggers that are already in use worldwide.
Windows TM compatible educational software.
Full data logger command protocol and communications
Factory fitted coupling points on the A660 allow details are provided in an extensive user manual that
installation of the upgrade to the unit at any time in the allows other software applications to communicate with
machine’s extensive life. the logger via the USB interface. Users can write their
own software, typically in LabView, Matlab, C, C++,
The Hilton Data logger (D103) connects, using the cable Visual Basic etc. This further expands the student
supplied, to a standard USB port on the user-supplied project capabilities of the AC661A package from
PC. If more than one logger is required connection is via teaching and demonstration into the field of research and
a second USB port or standard USB hub. postgraduate study.
The combined educational software and hardware New for 2013: p-h software also available. Contact a
package allows immediate computer monitoring and sales representative for more details
display of all relevant parameters on the A660.
Computer Hardware Requirements
Software Details The menu driven Software supplied with the Computer
The pre-configured menu driven Software supplied with Upgrade AC661A will operate on a PC which has at
the Computer Upgrade AC661A allows all least 0.5Gb Mb ram, VGA graphics, 1Gb hard drive, CD
recommended experiments involving the electronic drive and an available USB port. The software is
transducers and instruments on the A660 to be carried Windows 2000, XP and 7 compatible.
out with the aid of computerised data acquisition, data
storage and on-screen data presentation. This enhances
student interest and speeds comprehension of the
principles being demonstrated. Ordering Information
Order as: Data Acquisition Upgrade AC661A
Students are presented with either raw data for later
hand calculation or alternatively data may be transferred
to most spreadsheets for computerised calculation and
graphical presentation. P.A.HILTON Ltd.
Horsebridge Mill, King’s Somborne,
Data may be stored on disc and displayed at any time
Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6PX, England.
using the software supplied. Alternatively data may be
transferred to any compatible spreadsheet together with
Telephone: National (01794) 388382
individual time and date stamp on each reading for
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complex analysis.
Fax: National (01794) 388129
Additional Data Logging Facility Supplied As International +44 1794 388129
Standard
The D103 is the third generation of Hilton Data Logger. E-mail: [email protected]
It comprises an industrially proven 21 channel interface Website: www.p-a-hilton.co.uk
with 8 thermocouples (type T and K as standard) /
differential voltage inputs (±100mv DC), 8 single ended
DC voltage inputs (±8v), 4 logic or frequency inputs and
one mains voltage input. In addition there are on board
12v DC, ±5V DC and ±15v DC power supplies for most
commercially available transducers.
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