Chemical Engineering Lab
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