Speed Up Cycle Time

摘要

FIX THE JACKET Increase the surface area for cooling by piping up cooling water to the reactor jacket. When you need to go from heating to cooling mode on the reactor, you will want to drain the condensate out of the jacket. So, install a drain valve and vent valve on the jacket. After the condensate is drained, shut the drain and vent valves and open the new cooling water supply and return valves to the reactor jacket. The additional surface area you get by using cooling water in the jacket is about 300 ft2, which should decrease your cooling time by 1 1/2 hours. After you finish cooling the reactor, you will want to drain the jacket so as not to contaminate the condensate return with cooling water. This doesn't significantly decrease your cooling time, but it helps.