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Experiment No. (3) Experiment Name: Forced Convection Heat Transfer. Objective: To Determine The Heat Transfer Coefficient of Forced Convection of Air

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Erbil Polytechnic University

Technical Engineering College


Mechanical and Energy Engineering Department
Heat Transfer Laboratory / 3rd Class

Experiment No. (3)


Experiment Name: forced convection heat transfer.
Objective: To determine the heat transfer coefficient of forced convection of air
inside the tube.
Introduction:
In many practical situations and equipment’s, we invariably deal with flow
of fluids in tubes e.g. boiler, super heaters and condensers of a power plants,
automobile radiators, water and air heaters or coolers etc. The knowledge and
evolution of forced convection heat transfer coefficient for fluid flow in tubes is
essentially a prerequisite for an optional design of all thermal system.
Convection is the transfer of heat within a fluid by mixing of one portion of
fluid with the other. Convection is possible only in a fluid medium and is directly
linked with the transport of medium itself.
In forced convection, fluid motion is principally produced by some
superimposed velocity fluid like a fan, blower or a pump; the energy transport is
said due to forced convection.
Apparatus:
Shown in the attached figure, part of the devices included in this experiments
that you are going to deal with are: control panel, blower, test section, heater and
orrifice.
Theory and Calculation:
do: orifice diameter= 30mm
L: length of the test section =600mm
C d: Coefficient of discharge=0.68

ρ a: air density=1.03 kg/m3

ρ w: water density=1000 kg/m3

g: Acceleration due to gravity=9.81m/s2

C p: specific heat of air=1.005 kj/kg

Do: outer diameter of the pipe= 33mm


Di: inner diameter of the pipe = 26mm
h: heat transfer coefficient in W/m2.K
Ao: area of cross section of orifice in m2
As: test section surface area in m2
H: manometer reading in meter
ma: mass flowrate of air kg/s
Qa: heat carried away by air
Ta: average temperature of air in ℃
Ts: average surface temperature in℃
Ṽ : volme flowrate in m3/s

Qa
h=
A s (T s−T a )
A s=π∗Di∗L
T 2+T 3 +T 4 +T 5
T s=
4
T 1 +T 6
T a=
2
Q a=m a∗C p∗(T 6 −T 1 )
m a=Ṽ ∗ρ a

ρw
Ṽ =Cd∗A o∗ 2∗g∗H∗(
√ ρa
)
( π4 )∗d
Ao = o
2

Procedure:
1. Give supply to control unit.
2. Switch on the control unit by pressing the red switch given on backside of
control unit.
3. With the help of up key see all the six temperatures on control unit display.
4. Now give supply to heater by rotating the knob H2.
5. Also start the blower by rotating knob H1. Set the desired blower speed.
6. After getting the proper steady state, all the observation are recorded.

Readings:

No. Heat input Temperature ℃ Manometer reading


watts of water (mm)

Q T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 H

Calculations:
 Calculate the average heat transfer coefficient.
 Plot a curve of temperature distribution.

Discussion:

Discuss the results you get it and write your conclusion about it.

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