Project proposal of
IEGR 305.001
Temperature Changes & Heat Transfer Effects For Boiling Water Process
Date: October 18, 2018
Abstract
This project is to find the optimal value of boiling water in changing the temperature and heat
transfer through boiling water by using Microwave machine. The project is also discussing
the three different cups to see which one is transferring heat faster and which one is keeping
the water warm with a matter of time.
Introduction
When defining systems, there are a number of types of boundaries which include an open
system, a closed system and an insulated system. An open system is one which is porous to
energy and material where both mass and energy can flow in or out. For example, a cup of
coffee, the human body and a jet engine. A closed system however, is a boundary which only
allows energy transfer but not mass. For example, a water bottle, an egg or a braking system.
An insulated system doesn’t allow both mass and energy transfers. For example, a closed
refrigerator and a sealed coffee flask (Bejan, 2016).
Heating water in different cups materials like plastic, foam, and ceramic. Heat transfer is a
process by which internal energy from one substance transfers to another substance.
Thermodynamics is the study of heat transfer and the changes that result from it. An
understanding of heat transfer is crucial to analysing a thermodynamic process, such as those
that take place in heat engines and heat pumps.
The basic effect of heat transfer is that the particles of one substance collide with the
particles of another substance. The more energetic substance will typically lose internal
energy to cool down while the less energetic substance will gain internal energy to be heated.
The most blatant effect of this in our daily life is a phase transition, where a substance
changes from one state of matter to another. Owing to the fact that the transferred heat is
equal to the change in the internal energy, the heat is proportional to the mass of the
substance and the temperature change. The transferred heat also depends on the substance.
For the same substance, the transferred heat also depends on the phase (gas, liquid, or solid).
Material and methods
There are three types of heat transfer mode involve to changing temperature among three
cups by using Microwave. Conduction is the first type which when heat flows through a
heated solid through a heat current moving through the material. The observation of
conduction is when heating a stove burner element or a bar of metal. The second type is
Convection that is when heated particles transfer heat to another substance, such as cooking
something in boiling water. Radiation is when heat is transferred through electromagnetic
waves, such as from the sun. Radiation can transfer heat through empty space, while the other
two methods require some form of matter-on-matter contact for the transfer. Hence, the main
objective is to determine which cup will boiled first by Microwave using three material cups
of 100 ml in foam cup, glass cup, and ceramic cup.
The objective of the project:
1. Which cup will transfer the heat faster to boil water?
2. What kind of a reaction occurs among three cups to be boiled?
Boiling water will be considered from approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit to 212 degrees
Fahrenheit. When boiling the following will be assumed:
1. Three different cups materials (foam, ceramic, plastic).
2. The reaching point is 212 Fahrenheit by using Thermometers.
3.
Involvement with room temperature of interaction which is 70 degree
Fahrenheit.
First, the water is added into three different materials cups at 100 ml for each. Then, put the
cup into the microwave. The microwave will be set in three different times (2 minutes, 3
minutes, and 4 minutes). The temperature of the three cups will be measured after each set
time. The temperature data will be record for each cup and set of time. The table will be as
following:
Experiment result data:
Cup type
2-mints
3-mints
4-mints
Surface
temperature
device
Thermometer
device for
liquid
Surface
temperature
device
Thermometer
device for
liquid
Surface
temperature
device
Thermometer
device for
liquid
185 ℉
203.5 ℉
198.5 ℉
210 ℉
195 ℉
211 ℉
plastic
168.5 ℉
185 ℉
191.5 ℉
203 ℉
foam
188 ℉
199 ℉
188 ℉
201 ℉
Ceramic
Stop because the plastic
start to melt
182.5 ℉
200 ℉
Observation
After getting table filled out of date temperature in Fahrenheit for the three different types of
cups, the water on the ceramic cup has record the highest temperature, which propos ceramic
cup can preserve the warm water longer than different the other cups and the ceramic cup is
the most useful value. The surface temperature of ceramic cup evaluating to different cups is
average. The hot water on the plastic cup has the record the lowest temperature evaluating
to other after two minutes heating by microwave. Also, the plastic cup is starting to melt in
the microwave in the 3 mint set. So the Plastic cup is more affected by way of the air, which
leads to cool down the worm water than others. The temperature commentary of heating
water on foam, cloth cup is same between two and three minutes test, while in the
four minute test, the water temperature has been decreased.
Analysis of the Results and Discussion
In a case well studied a liquid froze on heating. Reasons for this are mechanically quantum
and subtle but can be understood well. In the case of thermodynamics, water evaporates
through the process of boiling. The Internal energy of the water is the energy of all of the
molecules zipping around in a system. As we heat up the water, the energy of the water
molecules increases and they start moving faster. Just learned how pressure, volume, and
temperature relate to the speed of these atoms. The kinetic energy of the molecules in the pot
is called the internal energy, U, of the system. The water will consider in an open system like
a confined ideal gas. A great example is our trusty old Helium balloon. For a confined ideal
gas the first law of thermodynamics says that Δ𝝐 = Q -W.
Thermodynamics’ first law is concerned with the Δ𝝐 = Q -W ⤇ Δ𝒌𝝐 + 𝚫𝒑𝝐 + 𝚫𝒖 = Q -W
direction of natural processes. Also, the first law of thermodynamics is a version of the law of
conservation of energy, adapted for thermodynamic systems. The law of conservation of
energy states that the total energy of an isolated system is constant; energy can be
transformed from one form to another, but can be neither created nor destroyed. For example,
heat always flows from hot bodies and not from cold bodies unless work is performed
externally on the system (Ewing, 2015).
Conclusion
In line with this project preliminary progress, the project determined the direction of
convection heat when water is boiled inside the cups. Since the heat always increases, the
water temperature will be increased. The team has noticed that the convection is energy
transfer in solid surfaces as it is a reversible reaction. The the ceramic cup is maintain the
heat longer, while others cups keeps the energy of heat much less. Convection heat is more
likely to increase when the water is boiled. It will also help in learning about convection as a
physical quantity that is genuine and must be calculated not based on impressions that are
vague but founded on a full microscopic picture to ensure validity and reliability of results.
References
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Ewing, J. A. (2015). Thermodynamics for engineers. Cambridge University Press.
Gaskell, D. R., & Laughlin, D. E. (2017). Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials.
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Sabatini, A., Vacca, A., & Iotti, S. (2012). Balanced biochemical reactions: a new approach
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https://www.thoughtco.com/how-does-heat-transfer-2699422
Appendix
100 ml measurement
Surface temperature device
Thermometer device for liquid
Ceramic cup
Plastic cup
Foam cup
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