Heat Transfer Lab


Faculty in Charge : Prof. Santhosh Kumar S, Assistant Professor, 9447175859
Instructor in Charge : Mr. Sreekumar T P, Instructor Gr II, 9495830070
Staff in Charge : Mr. Ramesh K, Tradesman, 9746061227

Equipment/Facilities

  •   Composite wall apparatus
  •   Thermal conductivity of Liquids apparatus
  •   Forced convection apparatus
  •   Free convection apparatus
  •   Emissivity apparatus
  •   Pin fin apparatus
  •   Parallel flow and counter flow heat exchanges
  •   Shell and tube heat exchangers
  •   Dropwise and film wise apparatus
  •   Stefan Bolzman apparatus
  •   Refrigeration test ring
  •   Heat pipe apparatus
  •   Critical heat flux apparatus

List of Experiments

  • 1.  Determination of LMTD and effectiveness of parallel flow, Counter
  • flow heat exchangers
  • 2. Performance studies on a shell and tube heat exchanger
  • 3. Determination of heat transfer coefficients in free convection
  • 4. Determination of heat transfer coefficients in forced convection
  • 5. Determination of thermal conductivity of solids (composite wall/metal rod)
  • 6. Determination of thermal conductivity of liquids
  • 7. Determination of emissivity of a specimen
  • 8. Experimental study of dropwise and filmwise condensation
  • 9. Study and performance test on refrigeration (Refrigeration Test rig)
  • 10. Performance study on heat pipe
  • 11. Calibration of Thermocouples
  • 12. Calibration of Pressure gauge
  • 13. Determination of Stefan Boltzman constant