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    The document describes an experiment to demonstrate the relationship between input power and surface temperature in free convection using an apparatus consisting of a vertical duct with a fan and various heated surfaces. The procedure involves supplying power to a flat plate surface, measuring the surface and ambient air temperatures once steady state is reached, and recording the results. The objective is to study how natural convection induced by buoyancy forces affects heat transfer between a surface and air at different temperatures.

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    Technical college of engineering

    Petrochemical Eng. Dept.

    Unit Operation-Practical
    Experiment #3
    3rd year
    2020-2021

    Mr.Kawar abid Mr. Birhat Kamal


    Objective

    To demonstrate the relationship between input power and surface temperature


    in free convection.

    Background and Theory


    The term of convection refers to heat transfer that will occur between a surface
    and a moving or stationary fluid when they are at different temperature.
    this happen by the movement of fluid particles relative to the surface.

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    Background and Theory

    Convection mass transfer classified according to the nature of the flow:


     Forced convection is used when the flow is caused by and external mean,
    such as fan, a pump that forces fluid over the surface
     Natural (Free) convection is induced by buoyancy forces that the fluid
    motion is produced due to change in density resulting from temperature
    gradients

    The movement of fluid in free convection is due to the fact that the fluid
    particles in the hot object become warmer than the surrounding fluid resulting
    in a local change of density. The warmer fluid rises and replaced by the colder
    fluid.
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    Description of experiment apparatus:

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     The apparatus, consists from a vertical rectangular duct with internal fan.
     The ambient air enters the duct at the bottom and heated air leaves the duct
    at the top.
     The air velocity in the duct is indicated on a portable anemometer and the
    anemometer sensor is inserted through the wall of the duct.
     A three heated surfaces ( a flat plate , pinned, or finned) each surface
    incorporates an electrical heating element with thermostatic protection
    against overheating.
     The temperature at the base of each surface is monitored by a thermistor
    sensor.
     The heated surfaces may be viewed through an acrylic window in the wall of
    the duct.
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    The display and control unit incorporates power regulator with digital reader
    (wattmeter) to control and indicate on the power supplied to the heated surfaces,
    and also contains on the variable DC voltage power supply to control on the fan
    speed. and digital reader to indicate temperature of the heated surfaces.

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    procedure

    1. Clamp the flat plate surface into the duct by using the two toggle clamps.
    2. Connect the heater power supply lead to the socket at the front side of the
    display and control unit.
    3. Connect the temperature probe lead to the socket at the front side of the
    display and control unit. Then connect the temperature probe to the socket
    at the base of flat plate surface.
    4. Switch on the main power supply.
    5. Set the heater power supplied to the flat plate surface by rotating the power
    control knob clockwise.
    6. After the device reached steady state condition, record the plate temperature
    (Th) , air ambient temperature (TA).

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    Results

    Free convection experiment


    Ambient air temperature Ta
    No. Input power W Plate Temperature (Th) C (Th – Ta)
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