THERMAL ENGINEERING LAB II

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
HEAT TRANSFER:
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Thermal conductivity measurement by guarded plate method

Thermal conductivity of pipe insulation using lagged pipe apparatus
Natural convection heat transfer from a vertical cylinder
Forced convection inside tube
Heat transfer from pin-fin (natural & forced convection modes)
Determination of Stefan-Boltzmann constant
Determination of emissivity of a grey surface
Effectiveness of Parallel/counter flow heat exchanger

REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING:

9. Determination of COP of a refrigeration system
10. Experiments on air-conditioning system
11. Performance test on single/two stage reciprocating air compressor.

LIST OF EQUIPMENT
(for a batch of 30 students)
1. Guarded plate apparatus
2. Lagged pipe apparatus
3. Natural convection-vertical cylinder apparatus
4. Forced convection inside tube apparatus
5. Pin-fin apparatus
6. Stefan-Boltzmann apparatus
7. Emissivity measurement apparatus
8. Parallel/counter flow heat exchanger apparatus
9. Single/two stage reciprocating air compressor.
10. Refrigeration test rig
11. Air-conditioning test rig

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Vapour compression Refrigeration Tutor

Stefan Boltzman Apparatus

Air Conditioning system

Emissivity Measurement Apparatus

Thermal Conductivity of solids Two slab guarded hot plate Heat transfer Through Lagged Pipe Apparatus

Parallel Flow / Counter flow Heat Exchanger

Heat Transfer In Natural Convection Apparatus

Heat Transfer From Pin Fin Apparatus

Heat Transfer In Forced Convection Apparatus

3 Stage Reciprocating Compressor