Casserole pan thermal losses - QuickField simulation example
Engineering question
How to find heat losses of cookware?
Answer
Set up a 3D QuickField Steady-state Heat Transfer problem for cookware geometry and evaluate heat losses from computed field results.
Typical applications
heated cookware vessels, electric cooking heaters, thermal vessel walls
Download
- Download simulation files (files may be viewed using any QuickField Edition).
Simulation problem
Problem Type3D problem of heat transfer.
Geometry
Given
Thermal conductivity of metal λ = 40 W/K-m.
Convection coefficient α = 15 W/(K·m².
Ambient air temperature T0 = 20 °C.
Casserole inside temperature T = 100 °C.
Task
Casserole pan is heated from the bottom side up to water boiling temperature. Determine the required power.
Solution
Since the geometry model is symmetrical we can reduce the simulation to only one half of the pan.
Results
Temperature distribution in the casserole pan. Net power losses are 1200 W.