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A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted to
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BY
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project work entitled
“NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HEAT TRANSFER
IN CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS WITH AND
WITHOUT FINS” is the result of work done by
K.KAUSHIK RAO (02E51A0311)
K.RAJI REDDY (02E51A0326)
P.SUNDEEP VARMA (02E51A0335)
This has been submitted as partial fulfillment for the
award of BACHELOR’S DEGREE in Mechanical
Engineering from the JNTU for the academic year
2005-2006
Types of Convection:
Natural Convection.
Forced Convection.
Natural Convection:-It is the type of Convection, which is
caused by the density differences, which is caused by
temperature gradient.
Forced Convection:-It is the type of Convection, which is
caused by some external agency such as pumps, blowers etc.
Incompressible Flow: -When Density (ρ) is function of
Temperature (T) and it is independent of Pressure (P), then
flow is said to be Incompressible flow.
Compressible Flow: -When Density (ρ) is the function of
both Temperature (T) and Pressure (P), and then flow is said
to be compressible flow.
INTRODUCTION TO FINS: -
Continuity equation
(∂u/∂x) + (∂v/∂y) =0.
Momentum equation
U (∂Τ/∂x) + V (∂Τ/∂y) = (κ/ρCp) + [Τxx + Τyy].
PROCEDURE FOLLOWED IN CFD: -
APPLICATIONS OF CFD: -
A. Industrial
1. Aerospace:
Aerodynamics
Gas Turbines
Rocket
2. Automotive
Aerodynamics
Engines
Turbocharger
Intake/Exhaust
Heating/Cooling Systems
3. Mechanical
Pumps, compressors
Heat exchangers
Furnaces
Nuclear reactors
4. Chemical
Mixers (multiphase)
Chemical reactors
Separators
Boilers, condensers
5. Others
Glass, steel and textile manufacturing: ship building, food
processing, etc.
Weather prediction
River and tidal flows
Wind- and water-borne pollution
Fire and smoke spread
Wind loading
C. Physiological
NUMERICAL APPROACH: -
WITHOUT FIN
WITHFIN 0.25
WITHFIN 0.50
WITHFIN 0.75
WITHFIN 0.25
WITHFIN 0.50
WITHFIN 0.75
WITHFIN 0.50
WITHOUT FIN
WITH FIN 0.25
WITHFIN 0.50
WITHFIN 0.75
CONTOURS OF STREAM FUNCTION DISTRIBUTION
WITHOUT FIN
CONCLUSION: -
We have computed results associated with the problem of
internal fin flow between concentric cylinders. Cylinders with
0.75 fin length presents a heat transfer rate of 10% higher than
cylinders with out fin. The divergent fin generates a more
complex flow than the other ones and is related to the fin
geometry. The Nusselt number is proportional to Ra and the fin
length. Moreover, the increase the in fin Nusselt number with
Rayleigh number is increased as the fin size increases.
SCOPE: -
Till now analysis is conducted for
Laminar flows.
Non-reactive flows.
Turbulence flows.
Reactive flows.
BIBILOGRAPHY: -
RC Sachdeva: Heat and Mass transfer.