The following instructional videos provide information on how to use CU Boulder's chemical engineering lab equipment. If you are unable to access the YouTube videos, please email wendy.young@colorado.edu.
Virtual CHEN Laboratory
Continuously Stirred Batch Reactor (CSTR)
Introduction
LabVIEW
Making Feed Solutions
Rotameter Calibration
CSTR pH Meter Calibration
Operation: Batch Mode
Operation: Continuous Mode
Shut-Down
Cleaning Lab Glassware & Plasticware
Distillation (new column)
Distillation (original column)
Introduction
Start-Up
LabVIEW
Operation
Shut-Down
Operating the GC
Creating GC Calibration Standards
Peak Simple
Cleaning Lab Glassware & Plasticware
Draining Tank
Introduction
Pressure Transducer Calibration
LabVIEW
Measuring Pipe Diameter with Calipers
Operation
Gas Adsorption
Introduction
Start-Up
LabVIEW
Oxygen Analyzer Calibration
Flowrate Calibration
Operation
Shut-Down
Heat Exchanger
Introduction
LabVIEW
Start-Up
Catch and Weigh
Operation
Shut-Down
Hilsch Vortex Tube
Introduction
Start-Up and Calibration
LabVIEW
Operation and Shut-Down
Reading the Barometer
Pressure Drop
Introduction
LabVIEW
Start-Up
Rotameter Calibration
Pressure Transducer Calibration
Friction Factors
Meters & Valves
Shut-Down
Refrigeration
Introduction
Start-Up & Operation
LabVIEW
Shut-Down
Reverse Osmosis
Introduction
Making the Feed Solution
Conductivity Meter
Hach Conductivity Probe
Start-Up
LabVIEW
Operation
Shut-Down
Cleaning Lab Glassware & Plasticware
Steam Jacketed Tank
Introduction
LabVIEW
Operation: Stir Speed Optimization
Operation: Sugar Runs
Shut-Down
Using the Refractometer
Cleaning Lab Glassware & Plasticware
Tubular Flow Reactor (TFR)
Introduction
LabVIEW
Making Feed Solutions
Rotameter Calibration
TFR pH Meter Calibration
Operating with Dye
Operating with a Reaction
Shut-Down
Cleaning Lab Glassware & Plasticware