Experiment 5:

Heat Exchanger
Report Section/Content

Points

Title Page - Include Section, Meeting time, and TA

Abstract
Table of Contents
Introduction

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Objectives - Goal of expt, how is the expt set up, parameters varied, analysis methods used,
equipment used?
Background - Types of HX used in engineering, description of lab HX, details of analysis methods,
application and utility of heat exchangers, how is this analysis useful in
application?

Experimental Methods
Overview of Method
Governing Equations
Apparatus Sketch & Explanation
Table of Equipment
Detailed Experimental Procedure

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Results and Discussion

Part 1 - Flow Meter Calibrations
Narrative - describe what you'll be doing in this section
Calibration plots for turbine and oval gear meters w/confidence intervals
Part 2 - Heat Exchanger Analysis
Narrative - describe what you'll be doing in this section
Perform an uncertainty analysis to obtain the uncertainty in the heat flow rates (q_hot and q_cold)
Discuss the agreement between the heat flows and what heat flow value you will use for the final
calculations
Plot e vs NTU with comparison to theory
Plot q vs m_dot_c
Plot UA vs m_dot_c
Plot e vs m_dot_c

Conclusion / Summary
References
Appendices
Raw Data and others that would detract from report body
Regression Summaries (when needed)
Lab Notebook Copies
Overall Report Structure, Style, and Formatting
Logical Organization and Flow
Report Formatting - Page #, White Space, Use of Headings
Note: To receive full credit for each of the above listed criteria, they must be
shown clearly and completely. Points will be removed for poor work quality,
omitting units, ignoring significant figures, wordiness, spelling errors,
or any other forms of ineffective communication.

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100

Total Points
rev 11/23/10 MS