NMB31203 Heat and Mass Transfer January 2020

Open-ended Lab Sheet during MCO

Download Energy 2D software from this link:
http://energy.concord.org/energy2d/download.html

Experiment 1: Effect of thermal conductivity of fins on heat dissipation

Hypothesis: Fins made from higher thermal conductivity materials increase the rate of
heat dissipation
Access the example at: Example → Industrial applications → Heat fins

Figure 1: Screenshot of the Heat Fins example. You may modify the configuration, as
necessary.
NMB31203 Heat and Mass Transfer January 2020

Experiment 2: Natural convection between two horizontal plates with different

temperature
Hypothesis: The positions of hot and cold plates and magnitude of temperature difference
affect heat transfer between these plates.
Access the example at: Example → Convection → Natural convection with different
temperatures

Figure 2: Screenshot of the natural convection example. You may modify the configuration,
as necessary.
NMB31203 Heat and Mass Transfer January 2020

Experiment 3: Effect of reflectivity of reflector on heat transfer between source and

receptor
Hypothesis: A higher reflectivity lead to a better heat transfer between source and
receptor.
Access the example at: Example → Radiation → Reflective radiation heat transfer

Figure 3: Screenshot of the Reflective radiation heat transfer example. You may modify the
configuration, as necessary.
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Format of Lab Report

1. Title of experiment
2. Problem statement
3. Apparatus
3.1 Safety and care matters
4. Format of the report
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Objective
4.3 Literature review (including theory)
4.4 Hypothesis
4.5 Methodology
4.6 Results and discussion
4.7 Conclusion
4.8 References

Submission date: Friday of Week 13