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    This document summarizes an experiment on forced convection heat transfer from a flat plate to air. The experiment demonstrates that increasing the air velocity over the flat plate leads to higher heat transfer rates, represented by a larger temperature difference between the plate and ambient air. The apparatus uses a duct with a fan to control air velocity over three heated surfaces, including a flat plate. Temperature and velocity measurements are recorded at different fan speeds to analyze the effect of forced convection via a graph of velocity versus temperature difference.

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    This document summarizes an experiment on forced convection heat transfer from a flat plate to air. The experiment demonstrates that increasing the air velocity over the flat plate leads to higher heat transfer rates, represented by a larger temperature difference between the plate and ambient air. The apparatus uses a duct with a fan to control air velocity over three heated surfaces, including a flat plate. Temperature and velocity measurements are recorded at different fan speeds to analyze the effect of forced convection via a graph of velocity versus temperature difference.

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    Duhok Technical Institute Petrochemical Department

    Heat Transfer Lab. 2nd Year [email protected]

    Experiment No. 4
    Forced convection heat transfer
    From a flat plate to air

    1- Objective:

    To demonstrate the effect of forced convection on heat transfer from


    the flat plate surface at varying air velocities.

    2- Introduction:
    Convection is mechanism of heat transfer through a fluid in the
    presence of bulk fluid motion, or heat transfer between a fluid and a solid
    surface takes place by the movement of fluid particles relative to the
    surface. convection is classified as natural (or free) and forced convection
    depending on how the fluid motion is initiated. The intensity of the
    mixing motion is generally high in forced convection and consequently
    the heat transfer coefficient are higher than free convection.

    If the movement of fluid particles is caused by means of external


    agency such as pump or blower that forces fluid over the surface, then the
    process of heat transfer is called forced convection.

    There are certain situations in which the fluid motion is produced


    due to change in density resulting from temperature gradients, then the
    process of heat transfer in this case called free convection . The movement
    of fluid in free convection is due to the fact that the fluid particles in the
    immediate vicinity of the hot object become warmer than the surrounding
    fluid resulting in a local change of density (become less). The warmer
    fluid rises and replaced by the colder fluid creating convection currents.
    The force which induces these convection currents is called a buoyancy
    force which is due to the presence of a density gradient with in the fluid .

    (1)
    Duhok Technical Institute Petrochemical Department
    Heat Transfer Lab. 2nd Year [email protected]

    Figure (1) force and free convection heat transfer

    3- The apparatus :

    The apparatus, consists from a vertical rectangular duct with


    internal fan, the ambient air enters the duct at the bottom and heated air
    leaves the duct at the top , the air velocity in the duct is indicated on a
    portable anemometer and the anemometer sensor is inserted through the
    wall of the duct , a three heated surfaces ( a flat plate , pinned, or finned)
    each surface incorporates an electrical heating element with thermostatic
    protection against overheating , the temperature at the base of each
    surface is monitored by a thermistor sensor. The heated surfaces may be
    viewed through an acrylic window in the wall of the duct.

    The display and control unit incorporates power regulator with


    digital reader (wattmeter) to control and indicate on the power supplied to
    the heated surfaces, and also contains on the variable DC voltage power
    supply to control on the fan speed. and digital reader to indicate
    temperature of the heated surfaces.

    Figure (2) free and forced convection apparatus


    (2)
    Duhok Technical Institute Petrochemical Department
    Heat Transfer Lab. 2nd Year [email protected]

    4- Procedure:
    1- Clamp the flat plate surface into the duct by using the two toggle clamps.
    2- Connect the heater power supply lead to the socket at the front side of the
    display and control unit.
    3- Connect the fan supply lead to the socket at the front side of the display
    and control unit.
    4- Connect the temperature probe lead to the socket at the front side of the
    display and control unit. Then connect the temperature probe to the socket
    at the base of flat plate surface.
    5- Place the portable anemometer into the bracket on the duct wall, then
    insert the anemometer sensor into wall of the duct and ensure that the
    sensor hole is aligned with the direction of the airflow.
    6- Switch on the main power supply.
    7- Set the heater power supplied to the flat plate surface by rotating the
    power control knob clockwise.
    8- Set the fan speed by rotating speed control knob clockwise.
    9- After the device reached steady state condition, record the plate
    temperature (Th) , air ambient temperature (TA) , heater power ,and air
    velocity.
    Ambient air temperature Ta=23.5 C Input power = 7.3 W
    Run No. Air Velocity Plate Temperature (TH-TA) °C
    (m/s) (TH) °C
    1 0.7 49.8
    2 1 48
    3 1.5 46
    4 2 43.8

    5- Discussion:
    1- Plot a graph of air velocity against temperature difference (TH-TA)
    and discuss the results.
    2- Why the heat transfer process increases with the increase air
    velocity.
    3- Mention five examples for the free and forced convection heat
    transfer.

    (3)

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