IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FIN

BY CHANGING ITS GEOMETRY

Under the guidance of

Dr.R.VIJAYAN Ph.D
Head of the department
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Government College of Engineering, Salem.

Presented by
K.R.VIMAL (1853215)
ME-Thermal Engineering
Government College Of Engineering
Salem.
INTRODUCTION
 Machines release major amount of heat generated
during their working through convection process.
 The rate of convective heat transfer depends upon
the wind speed, geometry of the surface, external
surface area and the ambient temperature.
 To increase the convective heat transfer one can
increase the effective surface area by using fins.
OBJECTIVE
 The main objective of the project is to improve the
effectiveness of a fin by changing its geometry.
SCOPE
 There is scope of improvement in increasing the
effectiveness of fin by varying the following
parameters:
 Fin thickness
 Orientation of the fin
 Various geometry of fin
 Literature review
S.N AUTHOR TITLE OBSERVATION
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1. Saroj Yadava A Comparative Analysis performed on
Krishna M. Thermal Analysis elliptical,Sprocket,Channeled, kite,
Pandeya of Pin Fins for and triangular fins.
Improved Heat Observation:
Transfer in Forced •Heat transfer from pin fin increases
Convection with increase in inlet velocity.
• The kite and elliptical shape has
greater effect on Nusselt number and
heat transfer coefficient.
2. Leonardo Micheli General Analysis performed on plate fin
Reddy K S correlations among array, and pin fin array.
Tapas K geometry, Observation:
Mallick a orientation and •The orientation of the fin arrays
thermal plays a major role in the heat transfer
performance of
natural convective
micro-finned heat
sinks
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3 Dipankar Bhanjaa Thermal analysis of Analysis performed on porous
Balaram Kundub porous pin fin used pin fin
Pabitra Kumar Mandal for electronic Observation:
cooling •Actual heat transfer rate is
enhanced with the increase of
the parameters Rayleigh
number
4 Mayank Jain Heat transfer Analysis performed on
Mahendra Sankhala analysis and rectangular fin, rectangular fin
Kanhaiya Patidar optimization of fins with rectangular extension
Lokesh Aurangabadkar by variation in and triangular fin.
geometry Observation:
• Triangular fin with material
Aluminium alloy 6061 is
better since the temperature
drop and the heat transfer rate
in a triangular fin is much
more compared to others.
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5 L.Prabhu Design and Analysis performed on
M.Ganesh Kumar analysis of Straight fin with uniform cross
Prasanth M different types sections, Straight fin with non-
Parthasarathy M of fin uniform cross sections, Annular
configurations fin, Pin fin with non-uniform
using ANSYS cross section.
Observation:
•Heat transfer through fin of
rectangular configuration is higher
than that of other fin
configurations
6 Eaman Hassan A Comparison Analysis Performed On
Muhammad of the Heat Hexagonal ,Square ,Rectangular
Transfer and Circular Fins.
Performance of Observation:
a Hexagonal Pin • Performance of staggered fin is
Fin with Other high when compared with in-lined
Types of Pin Fin fins.
Heat Sinks •Performance Of Hexagonal Fin Is
Intermediate Between Square And
Circular Fin
METHODOLOGY
Review of
literature

Detailed study about various

geometry of fins
Design the geometry
of fin
Analysis the temperature distribution of designed
fin using ANSYS

Compare the temperature distribution of designed

fin with some standard fins.

Conclusion
Formulaused fornumericalcalculation

 Forrectangular fin
 T=Ta+(Tb-Ta)(cosh(m(L-X)))/(cosh(mL)
 For triangular fin
 T=Ta+(Tb-Ta) Io(2B√x)/Io(2B√L)
Calculation Results
 The temperature difference between fin
along length is minimum upto
certaindistance fortriangular when
coompare with rectangular fin from
base
 Aftercertain distance from the base the
above trend reversed.