Analysis of measurement errors of convective heat-transfer coefficient using a thin-walled heat-flux sensor

1978 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 917-921
Author(s):  
Yu. I. Yunkerov
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Flux Sensor ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Flux Sensor

Convective heat transfer measured directly with a heat flux sensor

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 1275-1281 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Danielsson
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
The Body ◽  
Heat Flux Sensor ◽  
Calibration Constant

A heat flux disk has been developed that directly measures the convective heat transfer in W/m2. When the sensor is calibrated on an aluminum cylinder, the calibration constant obtained is greatest in still air. As air movement increases, the calibration constant is reduced with increasing convective heat transfer coefficient, 0.5%.W-1.m2.K. The influence of wind on the calibration value is greatly reduced when the sensor is attached to a surface with lower thermal conductivity. The local convective heat transfer coefficient (hc) of the human body was measured. The leg acts in a manner similar to that of a cylinder, with the highest hc value at the front facing the wind and the lowest approximately 90 degrees from the wind, and in the wake a value is obtained that is close to the average hc value of the leg. When hc is measured at several angles and positions all over the body, the results indicate that the body acts approximately as a cylinder with a hc value related to the wind speed as hc = 8.6.v0.6 W.m-2.K-1, where v is velocity.

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