Calorific Power of a Heating Element and Its Application to Measure Thermal Conductivities | Chapter 07 | Theory and Applications of Physical Science Vol. 1
This paper aims to determine the
calorific power of a heating source and to establish an experimental procedure
to measure heat transmission coefficients in low heat conductive materials. In
our case, the source is a laterally isolated aluminum cylinder, which
incorporates an internal electrical resistance for controlling the heat,
adjusted to a preset temperature. We describe a simple model, based on the
resolution of the differential equation for the heat balance, incorporating two
gain and loss coefficients and its application to the steady response achieved,
when a disk shaped plastic sample is placed between the heating element and a
glass vessel with water, treating the set as a composite wall. In this way the
calorific power values and the thermal conductivities of the plastic disk
sample are obtained for temperatures ranging from 30 to 70°C.
Author(s) Details
José A. Ibáñez-Mengual
Departamento de Física,
Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071 Murcia, Spain.
Ramón P. Valerdi-Pérez
Departamento de Física,
Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071 Murcia, Spain.
José A. García-Gamuz
Departamento de Física,
Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071 Murcia, Spain.
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