HEAT TRANSFER IN A FIN OF INSULATED TIP

NAME—ANIRUDDHA BAG

DEPARTMENT – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SAMESTER – 5TH

ROLL NO- 28100722018

PAPER NAME- HEAT TRANSFER., PAPER CODE -PC-ME-501

INTRODUCTION :

Fins are generally used to enhance the heat transfer from a given surface.

Addition of fins can increase the heat transfer from the surface by several folds.

In many engineering situation, means are often sought to improve heat dissipation from a surface to
its surrounding.

Whenever the available surface is found inadequate transfer the required quantity of heat with
available temperature drop and convective heat transfer coefficient, extended surfaces or fins are used.

By increasing the surface area in contact with air or providing fins.

By increasing the heat transfer coefficient the surface .

By increasing the temperature difference between hot and cold bodies.

WORKING PRINCIPLE :

• In many engineering application, large quantities of heat have to be dissipated from small areas.

• The fins increases the effective area of the surface

•thereby increasing the heat transfer by convection.

• In other words, the shape of fins must be optimized such that the heat transfer density is maximized when the space and
the materials used for the finned surfaces are constraints.

METHODS TO INCREASE HEAT TRANSFER RATE:

By increasing the surface area in contact with air or providing fins.

By increasing the heat transfer coefficient for the surface.

By increasing the temp of the hot surface or by increasing the temperature difference between hot and cold bodies.
 TYPES BY DESIGNE:

The fins are designed and manufactured in many shapes and forms. They manufactured
in different geometries, depending upon the practical applications. The ribs attached
along the length of a tubes are called longitudinal fins. The concentric annular disc
around a tube are termed as circular or annular fins.Pin fins or spines are rods protrading
from a surface.

TYPES OF FINS:

• Straight fin of uniform cross section.

• Straight fin of nonuniform cross section.

• Annular fin. *Pin fin.

STRAIGHT FINS:

A straight fin is any extended surface that is attach to plane wall it may be uniform cross
sectional area or its cross sectional area varies with the distance x from the wall.
Annular Fins:

An annular fin is one that is circumferentially attached to the cylinder and its cross section varies with radius from the
wall of the cylinder.

Trapezoidal Fins:

Heat transfer by convection between a surface and the fluid surrounding can be increased by attaching to the surface thin
metallic strips.

ADVANTAGES:-

•By using the fins, heat transfer rate can be increased without any preventive maintenance.
• It is the cheapest way for increasing the heat transferring rate from the hot bodies.

DISADVANTAGES

*We know that the length of fins is directly proportional to the heat transferring rate. But the larger
length is may be cause of bending in the fins and also increases the weight of engine. Therefore the
overall efficiency will goes to decrease.
*We know that the length of fins is directly proportional to the heat transferring rate. But the larger
length is may be cause of bending in the fins.

APPLICATIONS:

• Common applications of finned surfaces are with cooling of electronics component.

*Condensers and economizers of thermal powr plants .
• Radiators for .
*Dry type cooling towers.
*Air cooled cylinders of compressors, IC engines.
*Evaporators and condensers of refrigeration and air conditioning system.
*Electric motor and transformers
FINS PERFORMANCE:

Fin performance can be described in three different ways.

1:- The first is fin effectiveness. It is the ratio of the fin heat transfer rate to the heat transfer rate of the
object if it had no fin. The formula for this is.

2: Fin performance can also be characterized by fin efficiency. This is the ratio of the fin heat transfer rate
to the heat transfer rate of the fin if the entire fin were at the base temperature.

Fin efficiency will always be less than one.

3:- The third way fin performance can be described is with overall surface efficiency.

CONCLUSION :

From this study, it was found that the rectangular fin has the highest heat transfer performance compared
to wavy and plain fin where wavy fin is higher than plain fin. Rectangular fin produces the highest heat
transfer performances due to the interruption done by the staggered surfaces to the flow and
temperature boundary layers along the flow orientation. The hydraulic performance has the similar trend
where rectangular has the highest pressure drop compared to wavy and plain fin. This is due the
interruption that wavy and rectangular fin geometry does to the flow of air. The pressure drop of plain fin
is low compared to complex design of wavy and rectangular fin. Wavy and rectangular fin despite having
higher heat transfer performance, they have a greater drawback in higher pressure drop. On the other
hand, rectangular fin is suited for any application which prioritises thermal performance over hydraulic
performance or efficiency.

REFERENCE :

1. A heat transfer Text Book, By John H.Lienhard.

2. Introduction to Heat transfer , By Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine, Frank P. Incropera,
David P. DeWitt.
3. Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer ,By Yunus A. Çengel.
4. Fundamentals of Heat and ,By T. L. Bergman.