Experiments in heat transfer and thermodynamics

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Part I - Experiments in heat transfer......Page 21
I.1 - Conduction......Page 23
Experiment 1 - Critical radius of insulation......Page 25
Experiment 2 - The regelation of ice – the effect of heat conduction......Page 29
Experiment 3 - Unsteady heat conduction in a sphere......Page 36
Experiment 4 - Heat conduction in materials with nonhomogeneous structure......Page 39
Experiment 5 - Measurement of thermal conductivity of solids during chemical reactions......Page 43
Experiment 6 - Temperature measurements in a transparent material: Application of the holographic interferometry......Page 53
I.2 - Convection......Page 61
Experiment 7 - A forced convection heat-transfer experiment......Page 63
Experiment 8 - Reynolds analogy for mass transfer......Page 69
Experiment 9 - Natural-convection melting of a slab of ice......Page 74
Experiment 10 - Forced-convection heat loss from 3D solids......Page 81
Experiment 11 - Forced and free convective heat transfer of a laminar flow in a horizontal heated pipe......Page 86
Experiment 12 - Measurement of convective heat-transfer coefficients on external surfaces......Page 96
Experiment 13 - Measurement of local heat-transfer coefficient on the ice surface around isothermally cooled cylinders arranged in a line......Page 102
Experiment 14 - Experiments of unsteady forced convection in ducts with timewise variation of inlet temperature......Page 108
Experiment 15 - Measurement of heat and mass transfer from a body in air–water mist flow......Page 119
Experiment 16 - Measurement of transient/steady heat-transfer coefficient with simultaneous photography of flow processes from beneath the heater surface......Page 132
I.3 - Boiling......Page 145
Experiment 17 - Capillary-tube boiling......Page 147
Experiment 18 - Two characteristic regions of nucleate pool boiling and corresponding change of hydrodynamic state......Page 155
Experiment 19 - The boiling slide......Page 162
Experiment 20 - Evaporation and boiling in sessile drops on a heated surface......Page 167
I.4 - Mixing, dispersion, and diffusion......Page 175
Experiment 21 - Determination of the binary diffusion coefficient in a liquid mixture......Page 177
Experiment 22 - Diffusion distillation: A separation method for azeotropic mixtures......Page 185
I.5 - Radiation......Page 191
Experiment 23 - Determination of the emissivity of a heated copper surface......Page 193
I.6 - Heat pipes and exchangers......Page 199
Experiment 24 - Performance characteristics of an annular heat pipe......Page 201
Experiment 25 - Heat transfer during drop formation and release......Page 212
Part II - Experiments in thermodynamics......Page 221
Experiment 26 - Effect of surface condition on attainable superheat of water......Page 225
Experiment 27 - Experiments for compressibility and vapor pressure......Page 228
Experiment 28 - Determination of time constants......Page 237
Experiment 29 - Very fast versus very slow processes: Which are more efficient (closer to reversibility)?......Page 243
Experiment 30 - Determination of volumetric fraction of each phase in multiphase flow......Page 250
Experiment 31 - Measurement of the latent heat of vaporization of a liquid......Page 260
Experiment 32 - Dilution techniques for the performance evaluation of continuous-flow combustion systems......Page 265
Appendix 1 - Experiments and demonstrations in thermodynamics......Page 277
Appendix 2 - Experiments and demonstrations in heat transfer......Page 283
Appendix 3 - Heat-transfer and thermodynamic films......Page 289
Index......Page 297