INSTRUCTION MANUAL

FOR

PRODUCTS
DIFFERENT FOOD
THERMAL CONDUCTivITY OF

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THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF DIFFERENT FOODPRODUCTS

Aim:-To find out the thermal conductivity ofFOOD. O

Description:
coil. The Difterent
apparatus consists of EOOD. The inner sphere houses the heating
The
coil is by using a
food is packed between the two shells. The powder supply to the heating
are
dimmerstat and is measured Voltmeter and Ammeter. Choromel Alumel thermocouples
by
use to measure the temperatures. Thermocouples (1) to (4) are embedded on inner sphere and ()
in turn enable to find out the Thermal
to (10) are as shown in the fig. Temperature readings
Conductivity of the food the value of Thermal Conductivity can be determined.
formed by the
Consider the transfer of heat through the wall of a hollow sphere
by conduction
1)
insulating powdered layer packed between two thin copper spheres (Ref. Fig.
Let, ri Radius ofinner sphere in meters.
ro Radius of outer sphere in meters.
Ti = Average Temperature of the inner sphere in °C

To Average Temperature ofthe outer sphere in "C

TI+12

Where, Ti= -----.

T3+T4

and To=

Note that TI to T10 denote the temperature of thermocouples (1) to (10).

values of q, Ti and To the unknown thermal conductivity K cal be

Form the experimental
determined as..
 g (ro-ri)
K
4 ri x o (Ti +To)

Specifications
. Radius of the inner
sphere, ri =
50mm
2. Radius
of the outer sphere, ro 100mm
=

3.
Voltmeter (0- 100-200 V).
4.
Ammeter (0-2 Amps.)
5.
Temperature Indicator 0-300 C calibrated for chromel alumel.
6.
Dimmerstat 0-2A, 0-230 V.
7. Heater coil -

Strip Heating Element sandwiched between mica

8.
sheets-200 watts.
Chromel Alumel
Ti.
Thermocouples- No. (1) and (2) embedded on inner sphere to measure

9. Chromel Alumel
To. Thermocouples- No. (3) and (4) embedded on outer sphere to measure
10. Insulating Powder Plaster of Paris
the two spheres. commercially available powder and packed between

Experimental Procedure
1. Start main switch
of control panel.
2. Increase slowly the
input to heater by the dimmerstat starting from volt
3. Adjust input equal to 40 Watts zero
position.
Max. by Voltmeter and Ammeter.
Wattage Q=VI
4. See that this input remains constant
throughout the
5. Wait till fairly steady state condition is experiment.
reached. This be checked by
can
temperatures of thermocouples (1) to (10) and note changes in their reading
6. Note down the readings in the readings with time.
observations table as given below:

Calculation:
 W-VxI Watts.
Ti -Inner sphere mean temp. "C
To-Outer sphere mean temp. "C
ri - Radius of inner food sphere - 50 mm. or 0.05m

ro Radius of outer food sphere = 100 mm. or 0.Im

Using Fquation
9Vxlw/m-k (In Sl units)

9(ro- ri)
K
47rix ro (Ti - To)

Conclusion:
Thermal conductivity of powder is found out to be-
NNER BALL DA 0 1meter
NNER BALL RADIUS 001 meter
OUTER BALL DA 02meter
OUTER BALL DIA 002 meter

INNER EMP OUTER TEMP

Sl. Watt
Ti To
T72 (TH72T (T3+T4)
2 2
EXAMPLE1 0 142 42 4
0266
EXAMPLE 2