FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

HEAT TRANSFER LABORATORY (MDB 3033)
SEMESTER MAY 2019
CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER LAB
Group No.
No. NAME ID
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2.
3.
4.
5.

Lab Session
Day Date Time

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RESULTS:
Test Specimen 1: ……………………..
POWER T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7
30 W
(0 C)

(K)

Test Specimen 2: …………………….

POWER T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7
30 W
(0C)

(K)

Test Specimen 3: ……………………..

POWER T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7
30 W
(0C)

(K)

𝐾𝐴𝑑𝑇 𝑄𝑑𝑥 𝐊𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟 − 𝐊𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒

𝑄= 𝐊𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒 = 𝐴𝑑𝑇 % 𝐸𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 =
𝑑𝑥 𝐊𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟

Q = Heat Supplied
dx = distance between the two thermocouples (40 mm)
dT = Temperature difference between the thermocouples (T3 – T5)
A = Area of the cylinder block ( πr2)
Diameter of the cylinder = 30 mm

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EXPERIMENT DELIVERABLES:

SPECIMENS KTheoretical KExperimental % Error

Plot a graph of specimen temperature (T) for the 3 specimens against distance (x).

Distance (X)
(sample graph for comparing the specimens)
Comment and discuss on the trend and type of graph obtained with all the specimens.

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Determine the following
i. Theoretical and experimental value of thermal conductivity for each test specimens
ii. Percentage Error
iii. Comment and discuss your findings