Type: HT=06 Simo, 72149 Guorantes The Principal, 1) customen Governnent Engineering TIATNS ase 00 2) CUSTOMER'S ORDER No. 6 DATE ~ GeCU/crIEN/2N30/7145/07 Dte= BL. 3) ORDER ACCEPTANCE No, 6 OATE ~ C~99 Dts= 22.01.1998, BTHBAT_TRANSPER_IN NATURAL CONVECTION INTRODUCTION t= In contrast to the forced convection, Natural Convention Phenomencn is due to the tenperature difference between the surface and the fluid and is not created by any external agency, Natural Convection flow patterns for some commonly observed situations are shown in Fig. 1+ ‘The present experimental set up is designed and fabricated to study the natural convection phenomenon from 8 vertical cylinder in terns of the variation of local heat transfer coefficient along the length and aiso the average heat transfer coofficient and its comparison with the valve obteined by using an appropriate correlation, APPARATUS ¢ ‘The apparatus consists of 2 brass tube fitted in a rectangular duct in a verticul fashion, The duct 4s open at the top and bottom and forms an enclosure and ‘serves the purpose of undisturbed surrounding. One side of the duct is made up of nerspex for visualisation, An Flectric heating element ie Kept in the vertical tube which intern heats the tube surface. The heat is lost from the tube to the surrounding air by natural convection. ‘The temperature of the verticel tube is measured by seven thermocouples. The heat input to the heater is measured byanAnmeter and a Voltneter and is varied by a dinnerstat. contd. ++2/ncalarn? = °e rest traneter cate (kos}/¥) Age Mee of the teat ace peat trenefer coefficient, of a system ercing heat by naturil convection depends on chape, dimensions and orsentation of the flu Bene temperature 4isference betwoen heat efanee ing auctace and the fluid. The Oependence 1 the above mentioned paramecers 13 gene .y expressed in terns of non-dimensional F002, toliews + es 2 Srit a al gis rate Shot]. pt cs-4- L t--- 4s called the tusselt Nusber, AT/y2) 4s called to Grashof Humber and rrandtl number. ‘on the shaze end orientation expansion for the fluid. ue to gravity, 0413 (Gr.Pr)) Length of the ‘ALL the proper‘najunte the tamporature by uring conpensotion screw Defore starting the lexpocinent (AE needed) aap dinnerstat to mero volt position and sncreese. be etowiye the proper cance of Runeter and voltmeter. oper ‘enance over owlteh of Temperature Znftcator gentiy feom one position to other, ue, from 1 to 8 poottion18 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 1~ ister tah peauide ate shown An Pigs 4 end 2 at Eferent heater inputs. phe neat transfer coeféicient 1s having # maximum voTve cna beguonund) an’ anpucesd becouse” of the Just SERENE oe the buliding of the boundary Layer and st decrease? SP expected in the upward direction due to thickenine of layer and which a laminar one. This trend 45 maintained up to half of the lengths (approx.) and peyord ehat there ransfer le Lictle variation in the value of local heat © coefficient because © cme last point shows 8 Jf the transition ena turbulent boundary layers. jome what increase in the velue of which is attributed to end 2048 causing a temperature Grop- the comparison of average heat transfer coefficient is rediched values are some what less than also made with PI loss by radiation. experimental values due to the heat, REFERENCES 4 vext book of Heat Transfer PY pe. $.P. Sukhatme.BBYEEBSo 888$613 it ® over ® rest ruse @ wearer © Heater anction G THERMOCOvPLE SOCKET © acarcic seer @ ease rrane Th to 18 THERMOCOUPLE POSITIONS SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF NATURAL CONVECTION.@ ammeter: @® vour METER. @ Teme wwoieator. @® panoe serecton. @ ruse. © ommer stat. ® Maw swiren. SONTROL PANEL FOf ® wo0er swiren, @® owanner sevector HEATER SUPPLY. @ thermocouple Socket IR. NATURAL CONVECTION APPARATUS .