Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Experimental Research Method of Chemical Engineering Principle 5
1.1　Dimensional analysis 5
1.2　Mathematical model method 7
1.3　The direct experiment method 9
1.4　Cold-model experiment method 10

Chapter 2 Experiment of Chemical Engineering Principle 11
Experiment 1　Reynolds experiment 11
Experiment 2　Bernoulli equation experiment 14
Experiment 3　Comprehensive experiment of fluid mechanics 18
Experiment 3.1　Determination of the pipeline fluid resistance 19
Experiment 3.2　Calibration of orifice meter and Venturi meter 27
Experiment 3.3　Determination of the centrifugal pump performance curve 32
Experiment 4　Determination of the characteristic curves of a centrifugal pump 33
Experiment 5　Comprehensive experiment of convective heat transfer 45
Experiment 6　Comprehensive experiment on the measurement of heat transfer coefficient K of heat exchanger 56
Experiment 7　Plate column distillation experiment 59
Experiment 8　Packed column distillation experiment 72
Experiment 9　Determination of fluid mechanics of plate column 75
Experiment 10　Absorption-desorption experiment 81
Experiment 11　Drying experiment 89
Experiment 12　Fluidized bed drying experiment 96
Experiment 13　Extraction experiment 103
Experiment 14　Pervaporation membrane experiment 107
Experiment 15　Ultrafiltration membrane separation experiment 111

Chapter 3　Methods of Processing Experimental Data 113
3.1　Significant digits and operation rules 113
3.2　Error analysis of experimental data 114
3.3 Experimental data processing 116
3.4　Representation of experimental data with mathematical equation 123

Chapter 4　Common Measuring Instrument in Laboratory 132
4.1　Pressure measurement 132
4.2　Metering of fluids 139
4.3　Temperature measurement 153

Appendix 166
Appendix 1　SXK-2 type high precision flow integrator 166
Appendix 2　ZW5433 three-phase digital meter 168
Appendix 3　Instructions for hydrostatic balance 170
Appendix 3.1　Specific gravity table of ethanol solution 172
Appendix 3.2　Density table of water 175
Appendix 4　Abbe refractometer 175
Appendix 4.1　Relationship between refractive index of ethanol-propanol and solution concentration 178
Appendix 4.2　Relationship between composition and refractive index of n-heptane-methyl cyclohexane system 178
Appendix 5　Gas-liquid equilibrium data 179
Appendix 5.1　Gas-liquid equilibrium data of ethanol-aqueous solution at atmospheric pressure（P = 760mmHg） 179
Appendix 5.2　Gas-liquid equilibrium data of ethanol-propanol at atmospheric pressure（molar fraction） 179
Appendix 5.3　Gas-liquid equilibrium data of n-heptane methyl cyclohexane at atmospheric pressure 180
Appendix 6　Characteristic parameters of the four packings 180
Appendix 7　Oxygen dissolving instrument 180
Appendix 8　752-model spectrophotometer 182
Appendix 9　Principles of automatic acquisition of computer data and automatic control 184
Appendix 10　Installation and operation instructions of“Chemical Engineering Principle
Experiment CAI” 185
Appendix 11　Data recording and collation table of unit operation experiment 195
Appendix 11.1　Data recording and collation table of Reynolds experiment 195
Appendix 11.2　Data recording and collation table of Bernoulli equation experiment 195
Appendix 11.3　Data recording and collation table of the pipeline fluid resistance determination 196
Appendix 11.4　Data recording and collation table of calibration experiment of orifice and Venturi flowmeter 197
Appendix 11.5　Data recording and collation table of determination of centrifugal pump characteristic curve 198
Appendix 11.6　Data recording and collation table of comprehensive heat transfer experiment 199
Appendix 11.7　Data recording and collation table of comprehensive experiment of heat transfer coefficient K measurement 200
Appendix 11.8　Data recording and collation table of plate column distillation experiment 201
Appendix 11.9　Data recording and collation table of packed column distillation experiment 201
Appendix 11.10　Data recording and collation table of determination of hydromechanical properties of plate column 202
Appendix 11.11　Data recording and collation table of absorption-desorption experiment 202
Appendix 11.12　Data recording and collation table of drying experiment 204
Appendix 11.13　Data recording and collation table of the fluidized bed drying experiment 205
Appendix 11.14　Data recording and collation table of extraction experiment 206
Appendix 11.15　Data recording and collation table of pervaporation membrane experiment 207
Appendix 11.16　Data recording and collation table of ultrafiltration membrane separation experiment 208

References 209