Experiment 8: Step Response Of Interacting First Order System

Diameter of the tube, d = 3 cm

Length of the immeresed tube, L = 6cm
Bath Temperature, Tf = 65 0C
Area for heat transfer, A = πdL + πd2/2 = 0.007068583
Volume of the thermowell liquid, V = 60ml

Table 1
Temperature Temperature of Temperature of
Time
of Water Aniline Nitrobenzene
Sec 0C 0C 0C

0 30 30 30
30 38 40 39
60 43.5 44 48
90 47.5 47 62.5
120 50 50 55
150 52 52 57
180 54.5 54.5 59
210 56 56.5 59.5
240 57 57 60.5
270 58 57 61
300 58.5 58 61.5
330 59 58.5 62
360 59.5 59 62
390 60 59.5 62
420 60 60 62
450 60.5 60 62
480 60.5 60 62
510 61.0 60 62
540 61 60 62
570 61 60 62
Table2
Water Aniline Nitrobenzene
Tavg (K) 47.5 47.5 47.5
k (W/ m K) 0.6367 0.172 0.16
ρ (Kg / m3) 989.1455 1021.8 1175
Cp (J / Kg
4179.875 2180 1400
K)
μ (cp) * 10-3 5.83 1.55 2.02
A (m2) 0.007068583 0.007068583 0.007068583
V (m3) 6.00E-05 6.00E-05 6.00E-05
β (K-1) 0.003118665 0.003118665 0.003118665
Pr 38273.39603 19645.34884 17675
Nu 4575.437155 5481.638032 5358.168171
h (W / m2
0K) 971.0602788 314.2805805 285.7689691
τ (sec) 36.14066536 60.16219941 48.8618261

Temperature, T Vs Time Constant, τ for Water

70

60
Temperature, T, 0C

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Time Constant, τ, Sec
 Temperature, T Vs Time Constant, τ for Aniline
70

60
Temperature, T, 0C
50

40

30

20

10

0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Time Constant, τ, Sec

Temperature, T Vs Time Constant, τ for Nitrobenzene

70

60
Temperature, T, 0C

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
Time Constant, τ, Sec