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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 05, 2005 FBO #1348
SOLICITATION NOTICE

U -- Educational sized Heat Exchanger-Hydrodynamic & Hydrostatics Bench

Notice Date

8/3/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

334515 — Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC - AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, CA, 93524-1185
 

ZIP Code

93524-1185
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-F1SBAA5158B001
 

Response Due

8/8/2005
 

Archive Date

8/23/2005
 

Description

The following item will be procured: The following equipment will be used as teaching aids and data collection machines at a university. The following are our specific needs and a brief description of the equipment: 1st NEED: An educational sized heat exchanger unit that can be remotely run via the internet. Similar capabilities of the HT30XC, is the only known remote access Heat Exchanger teaching system currently available and was designed to meet the growing demand of distance learning programs at the university level. The unit is a self-contained bench top service unit with remote access, web enabled capability that will accept four different industrial type heat exchangers including, Tubular, Plate, Shell & Tube and Jacketed vessel. Also, will accept a user provided heat exchanger for student project work. The service unit provides all the necessary services to run the experiments, including: Circulating hot water with PID control of temperature, instrumentation to measure the temperature and flow rates of the hot and cold fluids. The systems allows the equipment to be operated remotely, such as over a Local Area Network (LAN) or even over the internet. The unit has to be designed to ensure that it shuts down safely in the event of a communications failure. Once the heat exchanger has been installed and configured, all the controls to perform a series of investigations are under software control, and so the student does not need to be present with the equipment. 2nd NEED: An educational sized water flow bench that has software compatible to other pieces of equipment in an educational lab a foundational teaching unit for fluids with experiments that build student knowledge to a level at which they are ready move onto the F1-10. The literature and equipment are designed in a manner to provide seamless transition from one unit to the other. 3rd NEED: A hydrostatics bench that is compatible with the F1-10 Hydrodynamic Bench. 4th NEED: A ?turn key system? engine and dynamometer that is able to be linked up to a computer system. The whole system is designed to be linked to a computer using the software provided. The software provides real time monitoring of the various sensors, with a wide range of data logging and graphical display options. The dynamometer and throttle can both be controlled electronically from the software, which makes installation into a closed test cell very straightforward, and allows for remote computer operation. A safety ?watchdog? facility ensures the system shuts down safely in the event of computer failure or software lock-ups. The interfaces are compatible with packages such as LabView and MatLab for users who wish to provide their own control and monitoring software. A further advantage of the computer control is that stable rpm readings can be easily achieved using the closed loop control function on the dynamometer drive. A closed loop primary water-cooling system is also incorporated into the unit and includes a heat exchanger for connecting into a secondary cold water supply. Also included in the supply is the Volkswagen diagnostic software. This communicates to a PC, and gives the user direct access to view the current parameters used by the engine control unit (ECU), such as ignition timing, injector opening times, and many more. In particular the injector opening times can be used to calculate an accurate fuel consumption figure for the engine. The ECU also records any engine faults and these are accessible by this software. This CM11 is highly specialized and is unique from other lab based engines available with regard to operational capability 5th NEED: A heat transfer experiment apparatus that is able to be remotely operated through the internet. The HT10XC is the only known unit currently available that has the capability of remote access operation either over an intranet or internet for distance learning. New Phone number Deanna Wright- 661-277-7706
 

Place of Performance

Address: Edwards AFB, 5 S. Wolfe Ave, Edwards AFB, CA

Zip Code: 93524

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00861351-W 20050805/050803212124 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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