RESULTS

1)

Finned Plate Air Velocity [m/s] 0 1.5 2.5 Heater Temperature (Ts) [C] 59.3 49.0 45.2 33.3 23.0 19.2 8.3186 12.0438 14.4275 Ts - T [C] h [W/(mC)]

Table 1: Reading of the heater temperature for every changes of the air velocity to find the convection heat transfer coefficient for finned plate.

2)

Pinned Plate Air Velocity [m/s] 0 1.5 2.5 Heater Temperature (Ts) [C] 60.1 48.6 43.9 34.1 22.6 17.9 16.9463 25.5694 32.2831 Ts - T [C] h [W/(mC)]

Table 2: Reading of the heater temperature for every changes of the air velocity to find the convection heat transfer coefficient for pinned plate.

3)

Sample of Calculation

Ambient air temperature, (T) Power input, (Q) Base area, Abase

= 26 C = 20 W = 0.1 m x 0.11 m = 0.011 m2

i)

To find the area for finned plate: Afinned plate = 9 x Lw + Abase = 9 x (0.1)(0.068) + 0.011 = 0.0722 m2

ii)

To find the area for pinned plate: Apinned plate = 17 x = 17 x = 0.03461 m2 + Abase + 0.011

iii)

To find the convection heat transfer coefficient (h): h=

a) For finned plate: h=

h= h = 8.3186 W/(mC)

b) For pinned plate: h=

h= h = 16.9463 W/(mC)

4)

Graph:

a) Graph of Air velocity against temperature difference (Ts - T) for finned plate.

Air Velocity vs (Ts - T)

35 30

(Ts - T), C

25 20 15 10 5 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Air velocity, (m/s) Graph 1: The temperature difference (Ts - T) decrease when the air velocity increase.

b) Graph of Air velocity against temperature difference (Ts - T) for pinned plate.

Air Velocity vs (Ts - T)

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(Ts - T), C

30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Air velocity, (m/s) Graph 2: The temperature difference (Ts - T) decrease when the air velocity increase.

c) Graph of Air velocity against temperature difference (Ts - T) for comparison between finned plate and pinned plate.

Air Velocity vs (Ts - T)

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(Ts - T), C

30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 Finned Plate Pinned Plate

Air velocity, (m/s) Graph 3: The temperature difference (Ts - T) for pinned plate decrease more than the finned plate when velocity increase.