Exper

imentno:
-1

Ther
mal
Conducti
vi
ty
Of
Composit
eWall
AI
M:-Todet
ermi
net
her
mal
conduct
ivi
tyofgi
vencomposi
tewal
l
.

APPARATUS:-Theapparat
usofadi f
fer
enttestspeci
menvi
z.Mil
dSteel
,
Asbestos&
WoodenSlabetc.Whi
char eboundedaroundaheaterwi
thC-
clampswhosethermal
conduct
ivi
tyi
stobedetermined.

OBSERVATI
ONTABLE:
-

Vol
tage(
V) V

Cur
rent(
Amp) I

Heati
nput(
W) Q=V*
I

Ther
mocoupl
e Heat
er T1
pl
ate
Posi
ti
ont
emp. T2
(
°C)

MSpl
ate T3

T4

Asbest
os T5
pl
ate
T6

Wooden T7
pl
ate
T8

Meanheat
ert
emp.
(°
C) T12=T1+T2/
2

MeanMSpl
atet
emp.
(°
C) T34=T3+T4/
2

Meanasbest
ospl
ate T56=T5+T6/
2
t
emp.(
°C)

Meanwoodenpl
ate T78=T7+T8/
2
t
emp.(
°C)
PROCEDURE:
-
1.I
nser
tmal
esocketofcont
rol
panel
andt
estset
-upi
npr
operposi
ti
on.
2.St
artt
hemai
nswi
tchofcont
rol
panel
.
3.I
ncreasesl
owl
ythei
nputt
oheat
erbyt
hedi
mmer
statst
art
ingf
rom 0v
olt
s
posi
ti
on.
4.Adj
usti
nputequal
to150wat
tsmaxi
mum byv
olt
met
er&Ammet
er.
5.Seet
hatt
hisi
nputr
emai
nsconst
antt
hroughoutt
heexper
iment
.
6.Wai
tti
ll
asati
sfact
oryst
eadystat
econdi
ti
onisreached.Thi
scanbechecked
byr
eadi
ngtemprat
uresoft
hermocoupl
es1to2,
3to4,
5to6,
7to8.
7.Not
edownt
her
eadi
ngsi
ntheobser
vat
iont
abl
ewi
tht
imeasgi
venbel
ow.

PRECAUTI
ONS:
-
1.Keepthedimmerst
att
o0v
olt
ageposi
ti
onbef
oreswi
tchi
ngont
hemai
n
swit
choftheset
up.
2.I
ncr
easet
heheat
erv
olt
agegr
adual
l
ydur
ingi
nti
alset
-upexper
iment
ati
on.
3.Nev
eruset
heheat
eratf
ull
capaci
tyf
orl
ongerper
iodoft
ime.
CALCULATI
ON:
-
Heatt
ransf
erar
eaper
pendi
cul
art
oheatf
low,
A=(
3.14/
4)D2
*

Heati
nputbyHeat
er
Q=V*
I

Ther
mal
conduct
ivi
ty K1
of

MSpl
ate(
w/m2*
°C)

Ther
mal
conduct
ivi
ty K2
of

Asbest
ospl
ate

(
W/M2*
°C)

Ther
mal
conduct
ivi
ty K3
of

Woodenplat
e
(
W/m2* °
C)

Overal
lThermal K4
conducti
vi
ty
(w/m2*°C)