Some applications of salt-water oscillator in Chemical Engineering teaching and process equipment design

In this work, we have proposed several theoretical and experimental activit ies using the salt-water oscillator as study object. This activity will be performed by students of Chemical Engineering with the purpose to develop t echnological applications for this device, had as a simple hydrodynamic cur iosity that was discovered by S. Martin in 1970. In the present time, the s aline oscillator comes exhaustingly being studied, due to its non-linear dy namic features, under physical and mathematical point of view. Given the ab sence of practical uses for this device, some applications are proposed tha t could be formulated to students through exercises and experiences of Chem ical Engineering laboratory. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights rese rved.