Tables:

Power = 15 W

Air Velocity, V = 0 (free convection)

Heat Transfer T2 T1 Difference

Surface
Surface Duct Inlet (Ambient) Ts-Tin(˚C)

Ts(˚C) Tin(˚C)

Flat Plate 73.8 21.2 52.6

Pinned Plate 46.2 21.1 25.1

Finned Plate 51.2 21.9 29.3

Power = 15 W

Air Velocity, V = 2 m/s (forced

convection)
Heat Transfer T2 T1 Difference
Surface
Surface Duct Inlet (Ambient) Ts-Tin(˚C)

Ts(˚C) Tin(˚C)

Flat Plate 66.8 21.9 44.9

Pinned Plate 34.8 21.4 13.4

Finned Plate 41.9 21.6 20.3

Questions and Answers:

1.

Surface Type - Ts-Tin(˚C)

V = 2 m/s (forced convection) V = 0 (free convection)

20,3
Finned Plate
29,3

13,4
Pinned Plate
25,1

44,9
Flat Plane
52,6

2. Which surface has created the highest temperature difference in free convection?

As seen in the graph the highest temperature difference seen in the flat plane with 52,6 ˚C

3. Which surface improves the least temperature difference with forced convection, and which
improves the most. Can you explain this? What does it say about the amount of heat transferred
to the surrounding air?
As seen in the graph it could be said that the pinned plate improves the least difference in the
temperature by 13,4 ˚C. When we consider the most temperature difference in forced convection
we could say that flat plane improves the most by 44,9 ˚C.
Such that, the pinned plate may transmit a little quantity of heat close to the obtained one, but the
flat plate might take a large amount of heat and only transfer a tiny portion of it.

4. Write the related general equations from a course book or a fundamental reference that defines
the amount of heat transferred from a flat and pinned surface to the air. State all the parameters
in the equations clearly with their units in SI system
,
Flat surface equation =Q conv = hA(Ts-T∞)
h = convection heat transfer coefficient SI unit: W/ ( )
Ts = Hot surface temperature SI unit: K
T∞ = Fluid temperature SI unit: K
A = area of contact or exposure SI unit: C/kg

Forced convection Table

Heat Transfer Surface: Pinned

Power: 50 W

Air Velocity T2 T1 Difference

(m/s) Surface Duct Inlet Ts-Tin(˚C)

(Ambient)
Ts(˚C)
Tin(˚C)
1.0 65.0 20.5 44.5

1.5 62.6 20.5 42.1

2.0 58.7 20.4 38.3

2.5 56.4 20.3 36.1

3.0 54.6 20.3 34.3

Questions and Answers:
1- For each heat transfer surface (finned and pinned), create a chart of Ts-Tin against velocity.

Ts-Tin vs V
50
45
40
35
TS-TIN(˚C)

30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1 1,5 2 2,5 3
V(M/S)

Seri 1

Graph 2. Ts-Tin vs Velocity.

2- What does the chart say about the temperature and velocity?
It is obvious from the chart that velocity and the temperature has inverse proportion.

3- Which surface has the coolest temperature for any given air velocity? Comment on the
amount of heat transferred from the surface.

As seen in the graph for the V=3m/s the coolest temperature seen as 34,3 ˚C. So it could be
concluded that when the velocity of the air increases, the amount of the heat transferred to the
surface increases too.

4- Calculate the Reynolds numbers based on the air velocity values and the hydraulic diameter.
(Dh=4A/P, A:Cross sectional area, P: Wetted perimeter, Duct dimensions are 128 mm x 75 mm).
Evaluate properties at the film temperature (Average of Ts and Tin)

P=b+2h = 128 + 150 = 278mm = 0.278m A = 0.128 x 0.075 = 0.0096 m2

Dh = (4x0.0096)/0.278 = 0.138m

Re = ρ x u x dh / μ
ρ = 1.127 kg/m3 μ = 1.918x10-5 kg/(m/s)
For T = 39 ˚C
 Air
T Average
Velocity Reynolds
(m/s) Number

1 8108,759124
1,50 12163,13869
2 39˚C 16217,51825
2,50 20271,89781
3 24326,27737