Marcet Boiler Essay

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The apparatus used was a unit of Marcet Boiler and water. The unit of Marcet Boiler consists of a stainless steel pressure vessel fitted with high pressure immersion electricalheater, control panel, a safety relief valve, water inlet port & valve, Bourdon tube pressure gauge, temperature and pressure measuring devices.Before starting the experiment a quick inspection was performed to ensure the unit is in proper operating condition. The unit of Marcet Boiler was later connected to the nearest power supply. Valve at the feed port and the level sight tube were opened. After that, the boiler was filled with distilled water through the feed port and the water level was madesure to be at about half of the boiler’s height. Then, the valves at the level sight tube wereclosed and the power supply is turned on.The temperature controller was set at 185.0 °C which is slightly above the expected boiling point of the water at 10.0 bar(abs). The valve at feed port was opened and theheater was turned on. The valve at the level sight tube are made sure to be closed beforeturning on the heater as the sight tube is not designed to withstand high pressure andtemperature. The rise of steam temperature was observed as the water boils. The steamfrom the valve was allowed to come out for 30 seconds before the valve was closed. Thisstep is important to remove air from the boiler as the accuracy of the experimental resultswill be significantly affected if air is present. The steam temperature, gauge pressure at1.00 bar (abs) and time taken for the steam to reach 1.00 bar (abs) were recorded. Thisstep was repeated by increase the interval of pressure with 0.5 bar (abs) until the steam pressure reaches 10.0 bar (abs). After that, the heater was allowed to cool down to roomtemperature. All the results were recorded and tabulated under the table below. Graph of temperature against absolute

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