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Process Modelling & Simulation 314, Semester 1, 2013 Microwave Heating Experimental Data Equipment and Material Information

The document describes an experiment that measured the temperature of water over time when heated in a microwave oven at different power settings. It provides details on the microwave oven power, batch vessel used to hold the water, and operational notes on the temperature measurements. Temperature data is presented from 6 experiments with different masses of water and microwave power settings of high, medium and low. The data is also plotted on a graph with process fluid temperature over time.

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Process Modelling & Simulation 314, Semester 1, 2013 Microwave Heating Experimental Data Equipment and Material Information

The document describes an experiment that measured the temperature of water over time when heated in a microwave oven at different power settings. It provides details on the microwave oven power, batch vessel used to hold the water, and operational notes on the temperature measurements. Temperature data is presented from 6 experiments with different masses of water and microwave power settings of high, medium and low. The data is also plotted on a graph with process fluid temperature over time.

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Process Modelling & Simulation 314, Semester 1, 2013 Microwave heating experimental data Equipment and material information

Microwave oven power: Fraction of power on HIGH: Fraction of power on MEDIUM: Fraction of power on LOW: Batch vessel diameter: Batch vessel height: Batch vessel mass: Batch vessel material: Batch vessel heat capacity: Process fluid:

900 100 55 10

W % % %

(Nominal output at 100% power setting; power absorbed by th (From equipment specification sheet, but unverified) (From equipment specification sheet, but unverified)

95 mm 110 mm 80 g polypropylene 1800 J/(kg C) water

(Including lid, but without water) (Approximate value over 15-95C)

Operational notes Process fluid temperature was measured by an infra-red (IR) thermometer from the outside of the batch vessel. The IR thermometer was calibrated against a standard thermometer at about 55C by adjusting the emissivity. The measurement error was approximately 3C. The batch vessel was placed in the same position in the apparatus for each test. The oven wall temperature was measured from time to time during the experiment; linear interpolation was used to fill in missing values. The lid rested lightly on top of the batch vessel, so that if any vapour was produced it was mostly contained inside the batch vessel, and the vessel contents did not become pressurised.

Notation t Tc Tinf

Time (min) Process fluid temperature (C) Temperature of oven walls (C)

Data and plot Experiment: Mass of water: Power setting: HIGH t (min) 0 0.5 Tc (C) 13 33 Tinf (C) 17 19 1 235 g 2 240 g MEDIUM t (min) Tc (C) Tinf (C) 0 16.5 24 0.5 29 24

1 1.5 2 2.5

52 68 84 97

20 22 24 25

1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

37 42 52 60 66 76 81 90 95

25 25 25 25 26 26 27 27 28

100 90 80 Process fluid temperature (C) 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2 4 6 8 10 Time (min)

ut at 100% power setting; power absorbed by the water is likely to be less than this)

ent specification sheet, but unverified) ent specification sheet, but unverified)

e outside of the batch vessel. by adjusting the emissivity.

nt; linear interpolation was

d it was mostly contained

3 240 g LOW t (min) 0 1 Tc (C) 17 20 Tinf (C) 25 25 HIGH t (min)

4 430 g

Tc (C) Tinf (C) 0 18.5 25 1 38.5 26

2 3 4 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 17.5 20

22.5 26 29.5 33 43 52 59 66 71 76

24 24 24 24.5 24.5 25 26 26.5 26 27.5

2 3 3.5 4

60.5 80 87 96

28 30 31 32

Expt 1 Expt 2 Expt 3

Expt 4
Expt 5 Expt 6

10 Time (min)

12

14

16

18

20

5 440 g MEDIUM t (min) 0 1.5 Tc (C) 20 34 Tinf (C) 28 19 LOW t (min)

6 435 g

Tc (C) 0 2.5

Tinf (C) 18 27.5 23.5 29

3 4 5 6 7 8

49 58.5 70 81 87 96

30 30 31 32 33 35

5 7.5 10 13.2 15 17.5 20

29 34 38.5 44 48 52 57

29 28.5 28 27.5 27.5 28 28

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