08 — Chemical Engineering & Chemistry
Heat Transfer in Forced Convection
A blower-fed duct with a heated test section for measuring the forced convection heat transfer coefficient at varying air velocities. Used to verify forced convection correlations relating Nusselt, Reynolds and Prandtl numbers.
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