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FT 0025 0 Area Surface F LB BTU 11 - 0 FT LB 490 ° : Lab 7 Prelab

The document describes a copper-constantan thermocouple bead with specific properties that is placed in a fluid at 170°F from an initial room temperature of 72°F. A graph shows the experimental temperature response of the thermocouple over time as it heats up. Students are tasked with using the provided information to determine the overall convective heat transfer coefficient between the thermocouple bead and surrounding fluid.

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FT 0025 0 Area Surface F LB BTU 11 - 0 FT LB 490 ° : Lab 7 Prelab

The document describes a copper-constantan thermocouple bead with specific properties that is placed in a fluid at 170°F from an initial room temperature of 72°F. A graph shows the experimental temperature response of the thermocouple over time as it heats up. Students are tasked with using the provided information to determine the overall convective heat transfer coefficient between the thermocouple bead and surrounding fluid.

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Name _____________________________________ Section ____________CM ____________ Lab 7 Prelab The bead of a copper-constantan thermocouple has the following properties:

= 490

lb ft 3

C P = 0 . 11

BTU lb F

Volume = 0 .0025 ft . Surface Area

The thermocouple bead is initially at room temperature of 72F when it is placed in fluid of temperature 170F. The response of the thermocouple is measured and shown in Fig. 1. (For clarity, the individual points of the experimental data are not shown.)
190 170 Temperature (F) 150 130 110 90 70 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 Time (hr) 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4

Figure 1: Experimental step response of a thermocouple

Defining the thermocouple bead as the system, determine the overall convective heat transfer coefficient h between the bead and the surrounding fluid.

DUE DATE Bring your solution to this problem to class on Monday, April 28th. Bring your computers to class on Monday, too.

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