INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ME 314 : HEAT TRANSFER LAB

EXPERIMENT NO. 3 DATE : 28/01/2013 NATURAL CONVECTION

By Group B1 Mangesh Gangarde (10003022) Bhavya Madasu (10003024) Shubhangi Bansude (10003025) Kaushal Chavda (10003032)

Aim: To determine heat transfer coefficient by natural convection to the ambient stagnant air from vertical cylinder. Observation:
d = 0.038 m L = 0.5 m Observation Table: Sr. No. 1 2 3 Voltage across Heater (V) 99 91 80 Current through Heater (I) 0.71 0.65 0.56 Temperature indicated by thermocouples (C) at the test section T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 118 114 117 120 123 121 119 110 107 109 112 115 113 111 100 97 99 102 104 103 102 Tavg (C) 119 111 101 Tambie nt (C) 28 29 30

Calculations: Formulae used:

1. = 1. =
3 2

2. = 0.56 ( Pr)0.25 = 3. =

4.

Acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s2 Properties of air at ambient temperature 29 C Volumetric coefficient of expansion, = 3.31 E-3 (1/K), kinematic viscosity, = 16.04 E-6 (m/s2) Specific Heat, Cp = 1.005 (kJ/kg-K) Viscosity, = 18.27 * 106 (Pa-s). Thermal conductivity of air, k = 0.0264 (W/m-K)

Calculation tables: Experimental heat transfer coefficient: Sr. No. 1 2 3 T (C) 91 82 71 Q (W) 70.29 59.15 44.8 h exp (W/m2C) 12.96 12.08 10.57 dQ/Q 0.02 0.03 0.03 dT/ T 0.11 0.12 0.14 dh/h 0.16 0.18 0.20 dh (W/m2C) 2.10 2.13 2.10

Theoretical heat transfer coefficient: Sr. No. 1 2 3 T 91 82 71 GrL 2863811481 2584634890 2237915576 Pr 0.70 0.70 0.70 Nu 118.30 115.31 111.23 Rad 448102.2 404419.3 350167.9 h th 8.06 7.84 7.53

Sample calculation: Q = V*I = 99*0.71 = 70.29 W

Cp, , & K are noted at Tambient

GrL calculated using formula 1. Pr calculated using formula 2. NuL calculated using formula 3. htheor calculated using formula 3. Error analysis: 1 0.01 = + = + = 0.02 99 0.71 = + + = 0.02 + 0.11 + 0.03 = 0.16

Result:
Sr. No. 1 2 3 Tavg (C) Tambient (C) 118.8571 28 111 29 101 30 h exp 12.96 2.11 12.08 2.11 10.57 2.11

Average heat transfer coefficient is 11.872.11 (W/m2-K) Inferences and Comments: 1. Experimental h and theoretical h are different , this may be due to certain errors and assumptions. e.g 1) steady state was reached. 2) Effect of radiation was neglected. 3) There may be some error in thermocouple readings. 2. Error involved in calculation of experimental h was 16 to 20%. 3. Relative errors were calculated based on least count of the instruments. 4. In h theoretical affects of losses could not be counted, hence its value is expected to be less than h experimental as calculated.