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Radial Conduction Heat Transfer

This document summarizes an experiment on radial heat conduction through a thick cylinder. The experiment aims to determine the temperature distribution and rate of heat transfer. A brass plate with embedded thermocouples is heated at the center and cooled around the edges. Temperature readings are taken at varying radial distances as heat flows outward. The results will be used to understand heat transfer mechanisms and calculate conduction rates using Fourier's Law.

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Radial Conduction Heat Transfer

This document summarizes an experiment on radial heat conduction through a thick cylinder. The experiment aims to determine the temperature distribution and rate of heat transfer. A brass plate with embedded thermocouples is heated at the center and cooled around the edges. Temperature readings are taken at varying radial distances as heat flows outward. The results will be used to understand heat transfer mechanisms and calculate conduction rates using Fourier's Law.

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Heat Transfer Laboratory

Duhok Polytechnic University


Technical College of Engineering
Chemical Engineering Department
3rd Stage
2022-2023

Lecturer's Name: Experiment No. (3)

Mr. Aras Abdel Khaleq Group (A)

Title of Experiment:

Radial Conduction

Student Name:

Hayder Hassan Hussain

Date Expt. Performed:

02/10/2022

Date Report Submitted:

09/10/2022
Heat transfer is a common phenomenon encountered in many areas in daily life. It is an
important subject in natural sciences and even more so in engineering and the field of
environmental physics. Knowledge about heat transfer is essential for the various possible
ways to cut down on energy use. For example, to economize on home-heating one has to
optimize insulation, i.e. minimize heat transfer. Improving cooling processes on the other
hand implies maximizing heat transfer to the coolant. Engineering problems that involve
heat transfer are generally concerned with optimization of heat transfer processes. For
instance, in the development of novel materials that cannot sustain extreme temperatures
heat transport towards the material is to be minimized, whereas the transport away from this
material is to be maximized. Research on heat transfer focusses on electronic equipment,
energy systems, fire and combustion systems, gas turbines, as well as manufacturing and
materials processing. There is even a Journal of Heat Transfer whose emphasis is on energy
transfer in applied thermodynamic processes in all fields of (mechanical) engineering and
related industries. Therefore, it is important to understand the basic concepts of heat transfer
and the way it is mathematically described. You should be already familiar with the different
mechanisms that result in heat transfer from the lecture. The most important heat transfer
mechanisms are:
• Conduction; on a microscopic or atomic scale kinetic energy is transferred
through collisions between the atoms so that on a macroscopic scale thermal
energy is transferred.
• Convection; if the carrier of thermal energy is mobile, the thermal energy may
be transferred through mass transfer.
• Radiation; thermal energy may be transformed into electromagnetic energy, emitted,
absorbed and with that it is transformed into thermal energy again

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▪ For the purpose of determining the temperature distribution for steady-state
heat energy transfer through thick cylinder.
▪ It allows us to obtain experimentally the coefficient of thermal conductivity
of some unknown materials and in this way to understand the factors and
parameters that affect the rate of heat transfer.
▪ To comprehend how to calculate the rate of heat flow through a thick cylinder
using the Fourier Rate Equation.

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Conduction: is the molecular transfer of heat in solid, liquid, and gaseous media under
the influence of a temperature difference.
Cylindrical and spherical systems often experience temperature gradients in the radial
direction only and may therefore treat as one dimensional. A common example is the
hollow cylinder, whose inner and outer surfaces are exposed to fluids at different
temperatures, as shown in Figure 1

Figure 1

For radial conduction, the electrical heating element is bonded to the center part of a
circular brass plate (heat source). The cooling water flows through the edge of the plate
that acts as a heat sink for heat discharge. The other surfaces of the plate are well
insulated to simulate radial heat conduction from the plate center to its edge when the
heating element is switched on. The brass plate has a radius, r plate = 50 mm and
thickness, t = 4 mm. Thermocouples are embedded in the circular plate, at r = 0, 10, 20,
30, 40, and 50 mm. A simple mimic diagram for heat conduction along a well-insulated
cylindrical rod is shown as below Figure 2.

Figure 2

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1) Display and control unit.
2) Measuring Object.
3) Experimental Set-Up for Radial Heat Conduction.
4) Experimental set-up for linear heat conduction.
5) Power supply to the heater.
6) Cooling water connection.

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1- Connect one water tube to the water supply and the other to the drain in order to create
radial heat flow. Then, turn on the water supply and check to see if water is flowing
from the water pipe's free end to the drain.
2- Connect the radial heat conduction module's data and power cables from the
experimental unit to the display and control unit.
3- Switch the operating mode to manual.
4- Switch the heating on and off from the display and control device.
5- Set the heater's power control knob to 5.7 Watts and wait until a steady state condition
has been reached before taking measurements of the temperature at each of the heater's
six sensor locations and the input power reading on the wattmeter (Q).

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We looked at the temperature distribution and the rate of heat transfer caused by radial steady
conduction through a cylinder's wall. This brings it to a close.
The temperature inside is higher than the temperature outside, From the hottest temperature
to the lowest temperature, heat is transferred.

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