Lumped Capacitance Calculator

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Lumped Capacitance Calculator

• By Brandon Messer Daniel Staves

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What is Lumped Capacitance?

• Lumped Capacitance is a method for estimating
  Transient Conduction by assuming that the
  temperature of a solid is spatially uniform.

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Theres an app for that
After entering the system Information, Thermal
Diffusivity is automatically calculated.
The Biot number is calculated based on geometric
information.
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A few common materials are stored by the program.
Selecting a material will automatically fill out
the conduction coefficient (k), the density and
the specific heat.
It is also possible to plot the cooling
temperature, when the starting temperature is
higher than the surrounding temperature.
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The Calculations tab displays the time required
to reach a specified temperature, and the total
energy transferred to or from the object.