Heat Transfer Lab Report: Convection, Radiation, and Heat Exchangers

This lab report details an experiment on heat transfer, focusing on convection, radiation, and heat exchangers. The experiment involved determining emission coefficients and calculating heat transfer coefficients for convection and radiation. Students investigated heat transfer through radiation and parallel flow methods, developed temperature vs. time plots, and compared parallel and counter flow operations. The report includes experimental procedures, data analysis, and discussion of results, including the performance of different heat exchangers (plate, tubular, and shell & tube). The study highlights the impact of various factors on heat transfer efficiency, such as surface area, material conductivity, and flow configuration, with the goal of teaching students to conduct experiments, collect data, analyze results, and draw conclusions.