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Demonstration Equipment of Expansion Processes
Demonstration Equipment of Expansion Processes
The TEPGC unit is a demonstration equipment of expansion processes of a perfect gas which uses air to carry out
the experiments which demonstrate the basic principles of Thermodynamics.
In the industry, the expansion and compression processes of different gases are treated in a continuous way. The
TEPGC unit allows the student to deepen in its knowledge to later understand other more complex units.
The TEPGC unit consists of two rigid tanks of methacrylate connected between them. One of them operates under
pressure and the other one operates under vacuum. Between them, there is an air pump and a set of valves which
allow to carry out the different experiments.
The unit is suitable to understand the main Laws of Thermodynamics:
- Understanding the state variable concept.
- Carrying out the gas expansions to familiarize with the First Law of Thermodynamics.
Practical possibilities
Some of the practices to carry out with the TEPGC unit are:
- Studying a perfect gas behavior.
- Carrying out gas expansions to become familiar with the First Law of Thermodynamics.
3. Activate AB-1 by means of the software. Observe that SP1 increases its value until reaching a
preselected value. At this point we have:
4. Stop the data acquisition process by pressing “SAVING DATA”. If you need some previous
datum, it can be extracted from here.