Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Address

1st Floor, Northern Laboratories Extension, UG Lab Complex

Overview

Heat transfer laboratory is an undergraduate teaching laboratory housing a handful of experimental apparatus pertaining to fundamental heat transfer problems and their applications. This laboratory supports the curriculum for third-year undergraduate students undertaking the course “ME334: Experiments in Mechanical Engineering - II”.

Equipment
  • HT10XC Computer Compatible Heat Transfer Unit
  • HT17 Unsteady State Heat Transfer Unit
  • Pin Fin Apparatus
  • Critical Heat Flux Measurement Apparatus
  • Emissivity Measurement Apparatus
  • HT15 Extended Surface Apparatus
  • Heat Transfer in Natural Convection
  • Fluke FMW-9143A Dry Well Thermocouple Calibration Facility
  • Thermocouple Spot Welding Machine
Experiments
  1. Unsteady heat conduction
  2. Heat transfer from a pin fin under forced convection heat transfer mode
  3. Pool boiling phenomenon up to critical heat flux point
  4. Measurement of emissivity
  5. Heat transfer from an extended surface under natural convection and radiation
  6. Natural convection heat transfer for a vertical tube
  7. Calibration of thermocouples

Relevant Information: Lab Manuals, Overview of Experiments

Faculty: Dr. Umesh Madanan

Contact Person:
Mr. Farhan Babu
Heat Transfer Laboratory, UG Lab Complex
0512-259-6649
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Critical Heat Flux Apparatus
Thermocouple Calibration System
Unsteady Conduction Equipment
Emissivity Measurement Apparatus
Pin Fin Appratus
Natural Convection Heat Transfer Appratus
Extended Surface System