MANIPAL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Hons)

LAB REPORT

EKB 2091 - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB- II

EXPERIMENT TITLE EMISSIVITY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS

NAME OF CANDIDATE MUHAMMAD YUNUS BIN SHAMSUDIN

WITH REG NO. 1000228
SESSION DATE
DATE OF SUBMISSION

NAMES OF GROUP MEMBERS

No REG No.
NAME
.
1
2
3

MARKING SIGNATURES

MARKS
DETAILS TOTAL
AWARDED
Participation
20 (Name of Faculty Supervising)
and Attitude
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lab Report 40

HEAT TRANSFER LAB INCHARGE

60 (Dr.Soundarajan Krishnan)
S. NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO.

School of Science and Engineering

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Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Materials and Methods

3 Results and Discussions

4 Conclusions and Recommendations

5 References

Appendix

ABSTRACT

Study of radiation heat transfer by black plate and test plate

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INTRODUCTION

All substances in absolute temperature emit thermal radiation. Thermal radiation is

an electromagnetic wave and requires no material medium for propagation. All
bodies can emit radiation and also have the ability to absorb all of part of the
radiation from around toward it. An idealized black surface color is one that
absorbs all incident radiation reflectivity and transmissivity zero. The radiant
energy per unit time per unit area body surface is called as transmission power and
generally denoted by E. The surface emissivity is the ratio of the emission power
from the surface to the emissive power of a black surface at the same temperature.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Figure 1:Emissivity Measurement Apparatus

 Electricity Supply: Single Phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp combined
socket with earth connection.
 Bench Area Required: 1m x 1m

PROCEDURE:

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 Ensure the mains on/off.

 Ensure the control panel is at off position and dimmer is at zero position.
 Switch on the mains on/off switch.
 Set the test and black plate heater input voltage in range of 40-100 V.
 Record the readings of voltmeter, ampere meter and temperature sensors for
1.5 hours.
 When experiment is over set the dimmer stat to zero position.
 Switch OFF the mains ON/OFF switch.
 Switch OFF electric supply to the set up.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS:

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Observation Table for Emissivity Measurement Apparatus.

Sr.No VB(Volt IB(Amp) VS(Volt) IS(Amp T1(°C) T2(°C) T3(°C)

) )
1 70 0.31 70 0.31 43.8 44.3 29.8
2 70 0.31 70 0.31 51.8 53.1 30.6
3 70 0.31 70 0.31 57.7 60.1 31.3
4 70 0.31 70 0.31 62.3 66.0 32.1
5 70 0.31 70 0.31 65.8 70.6 33.0
6 70 0.31 70 0.31 68.3 74.2 33.5
7 70 0.31 70 0.31 70.5 77.3 33.7
8 70 0.31 70 0.31 72.1 79.7 34.2
9 70 0.31 70 0.31 73.6 81.7 34.3
10 70 0.31 70 0.31 74.5 83.3 34.5
11 70 0.32 70 0.32 75.3 84.7 34.7
12 70 0.32 70 0.32 76.1 85.9 35.0
13 70 0.32 70 0.32 76.6 87.1 35.2
14 70 0.32 70 0.32 77.1 87.8 35.5

Temperatue vs Time
100
90
80
70
Temperature(°C)

60
50 temperature 1
40 temperature 2
30 temperature 3
20
10
0
0 10 2 0 30 4 0 50 6 0 70 8 0 90 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
1 1 1 1

Time(min)

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Es vs Time
70000
60000
50000
40000
Es
Es

30000
20000
10000
0
0 10 20 30 40
Time(min)

DISCUSSIONS

After my group members done with records the voltmeter, ampere meter and
temperature sensors. My group discuss about the graph we done after our
experiment. So, test plate have the highest temperature than black plate. The outer
temperature,T3 is being in steady state after 1.5 hours. Besides that, the more the
time rise, the higher the Es. The experimental setup consists of two plates, the test
plate is composed of a mica heater. Black plate is identical to the test plate, but its

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surface blackens. Like everyone physical properties, size and temperature are
equal. Both plates are compatible with individual carriers in an enclosure with a
transparent side to ensure consistent atmospheric conditions. Temperature sensors
are provided for measuring the temperature of each plate and the surroundings.

CONCLUSIONS

This experiment aim is to record the reading of voltmeter, ampere meter and
temperature sensors. Each 10 minutes we need to records the reading, after 1.5
hours the reading is being in steady state.

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CALCULATION TABLE:

Sr.No QB(W) QS(W) ES

1 21.7 21.7 2649.4
2 21.7 21.7 8977.6
3 21.7 21.7 16866.4
4 21.7 21.7 24537.4
5 22.72 22.72 57262.7

REFERENCES

 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23387148.
 http://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/4871482.pdf.
 http://www.tnpinstruments.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/emissivity
_how_to_check.pdf.

APPENDIX

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Sample calculation:

QB = 71×0.32
= 22.72 W
QS = 71×0.32
= 22.72 W
TB = 77.1°C
TS = 87.8°C
TD = 35.5°C
ES = (22.72)(77.1-35.5)^4/(22.72)(87.8-35.5)

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= 57262.7

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