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The use of LabVIEW and data acquisition unit to monitor and control a bench‐top air‐to‐water heat pump
Author(s) -
AbuMulaweh H. I.,
Mueller D. W.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/cae.20122
Subject(s) - data acquisition , heat pump , heat transfer , control (management) , control unit , capstone , mechanical engineering , computer science , control system , test bench , engineering , control engineering , heat exchanger , operating system , electrical engineering , physics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , thermodynamics
A bench‐top air‐to‐water heat pump was designed, developed, and constructed by a multidisciplinary capstone senior design team. This experimental apparatus is currently being used to demonstrate to undergraduate students some thermodynamics and heat transfer concepts and principles. A PC‐based control system which consists of LabVIEW and data acquisition (DAQ) unit is employed to monitor and control this experimental laboratory apparatus. This paper provides details about the integration of the electrical/electronic component and the control system. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 16: 83–91, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20122