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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Heat & Mass Transfer Lab (MEEN-3236)

Lab Report 01

Submitted to:
Engr. Muhammad Basit Shafiq

Submitted by:
Muhammad Arslan
Reg. #:
ME171054
Semester:
6th
Experiment 01
Objective
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Determination of thermal conductivity of different metal samples

Apparatus
The apparatus shown in Fig. 1, consists on an input heat section, several central sections of
metallic material with different thermal conductivities and a refrigeration section. The input heat
section is provided of a cylindrical metal bar for the realization of a series of experiments of heat
transfer. While the other one consists of two different disks (diameter = 25 mm) that allows
studying the influence of the heat transfer in different metals. These sections are provided with a
number of temperature sensors included with the unit. To maintain the temperature gradient
constant, a water cooling circuit, whose flow rate can be measured with a sensor, has been
included on one side of the model.

Fig. 1 Metal to Metal Heat Transfer Module

1. Heating Element 2. Test metal Specimens

3. Cooling System 4. Temperature sensors

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Experimental Procedure
1) Place two of the test sections in the intermediate area
2) Ensure that all the temperature sensors and heating element have been connected
3) Make a water flow circulate through cooling system with SC-2 at 2 l/min
4) Set the voltage of heating resistor to 10W with the power controller
5) Wait until the temperature reading on the sensor becomes stable
6) Repeat the previous steps for different heating powers i-e 15,20,30,50W
7) Exchange the position of test sections and repeat the experiment
8) Use Fourier’s Law, calculate the thermal conductivity by keeping the distance
between temperature sensors is 10mm

Observations and Calculations

Specimen 01: Copper
Specimen 02: Aluminum

Temperature Q (W)
Sensors

T1 35.4

T2 38.5

T3 34.5

T4 30.1

∆T/∆x -78

k 515

T5 35.7

T6 31.1

T7 30
T8 30.7
T9 26.3
T10 25.4
∆T/∆x -151
k 265

Graph
Specimen Calculations
Discussion

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