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The document outlines an experiment to determine the thermal conductivity of insulating powder, specifically asbestos powder, using a setup of concentric copper spheres and various measuring instruments. It details the apparatus specifications, procedure for conducting the experiment, and precautions to ensure safety and accuracy. The thermal conductivity is calculated using a specific equation under steady state conditions.

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Name: Ayushman Singh

Batch: K3

Roll No.:2312062

Date: 08/07/2024

Expt.1 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF INSULATING POWDER

PURPOSE

To determine the thermal conductivity of insulating powder. (Material - asbestos powder)

INTRODUCTION
Thermal conductivity is one of the important properties of the materials and its knowledge is
required for analyzing heat conduction problems. Physical meaning of thermal conductivity is
how quickly heat passes through a given material. Thus, the determination of this property
has one of the considerable engineering significance.
There are various methods of determination of thermal conductivity suitable for different
materials. The present apparatus is suitable for finding out thermal conductivity of materials
in powdered from.

SPECIFICATIONS

1) Diameter of Inner Sphere: 100mm- Material: Copper.

2) Diameter of outer sphere: 200mm Material: Copper 3) Mica Heater:

Nichrome wire.

4) 2 Amp. Open type Dimmer stat.

5) Insulating Powder: Material Asbestos

6) Digital Temperature Indicator Range: 0-400°C for PT-100 sensors.

7) Digital Voltmeter: Range 0-200VAC.

8) Digital Ammeter: Range 0-2Amps.

9) PT-100 temperature sensor:10 Nos.

DESCRIPTION
The apparatus is mounted, on a sturdy table. It consists of two thin walled concentric copper
spheres. The inner sphere houses the heating coil. Heating is Nichrome wire wound on mica
sheet. The insulating powder is packed between two shells. Power supply to the heater is
given through a Dimmer stat and measured by a Voltmeter and an Ammeter. PT-100
temperature sensors are to measure temperatures. Four PT-100 sensors on inner sphere and
six embedded on outer sphere. Ali ten temperatures are measured on a temperature indicator
by operating a selector switch. These readings enable to find out thermal conductivity of the
insulating powder.
PROCEDURE

1) Put Main Switch 'ON'

2) Apply input (power) by operating Dimmer stat. (Note: The power should exceed 40 watts
otherwise heater wire is likely to burn) 3) Wait for one hour for steady state conditions.

4) Note down the readings in the observation table.

5) Repeat the experiments for different heat input.

6) After experiment is over put Dimmer stat to zero position and make the Mam Switch CFF

EXPERIMENTS
The value of thermal conductivity of the powder can be calculated by following
equation under steady state condition. q = (4πKriro(Tin-Tout))/(ro-ri)

PRECAUTIONS

1) Selector switch, dimmer knob should be used gently.

2) When the experiment is over turn the dimmer knob to zero position.

3) Run the equipment once in a week for better performance.

4) DO NOT EXCEED HEAT INPUT BEYOND 40 WATT.

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