Calibration data for peristaltic pump

This experiment is planned for completeness of distillation experiments in the Distillation Column by Armfield manufacturer.

Here, the goal is to get a curve that allows us to know the flow rate provided by a peristaltic pump for a given speed setting.

CONTENTS

Objective

Record measurements of the flow rate provided by a peristaltic pump by changing the speed setting in its controller.

In this experiment the following material and equipment are required,

Perform this experiment per team. The following activities need to be performed simultaneously,

Run	Volume ($m^3$)	Pump speed
1	0.001	10
2	0.001	20
3	0.001	30
4	0.001	40

Follow the next steps to measure the flow rate,

disconnect the outlet tubing of the peristaltic pump (7) so that the beaker can be filled,
fill the feed tank with water,
turn on the computer,
energize the panel of control at the front switch,

Fig. 01 Control panel for the distillation column.

open the equipment software and set the instrument/control screen, also knwon as mimic diagram,

Fig. 02 Detail showing where the speed of the peristaltic pump (7) can be modified via the software.

enter the speed of the peristaltic pump (7) in increasing steps of 10 in the software and press enter so that the pump changes its speed,
place the tubing in the beaker and measure the time require to fill 1 liter,
register the date in your spreadsheet and repeat,
the calibration experiment ends once the time recorded becomes constant at any pump speed increment.

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