TOPIC SELECTION

HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS OF ELLIPTICALLY PERFORATED BRANCHED

FINS

NAME : PRANJAL SINGH

BRANCH : MECHANICAL
YEAR : THIRD
ROLL NO : 2338
REG. NO : 18772
GUIDE : Prof Raviraj Gurav

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 CONTENT
1. Introduction
2. Literature Survey

3. State of art of interest related to topic

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 1.INTRODUCTION

1. Fins are extensions on exterior surfaces of objects that increase the rate of heat transfer to or from the object by
increasing convection. This is achieved by increasing the surface area of the body, which in turn increases the heat transfer rate by a
sufficient degree.

2. Consider a body with fins on its outer surface, with air flowing around it. The heat transfer rate depends on
 Shape and geometry of the external surface
 Surface area of the body
 Velocity of the wind (or any fluid in other cases)
 Temperature of surrounding

3. Fin performance is described in three different ways

 Effectiveness of a single fin
 Efficiency of a single fin
 Overall efficiency of an array of fins

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Authors
Vidyadhar Karlapalem, Sukanta
Kumar Dash, 120 (2021)
105071
Vidyadhar Karlapalem,
Subhasisa Rath, Sukanta Kumar
Dash, 142 (2019) 89-105
Jonas Skaalum, Dominic
Groulx, 152 (2020) 106331
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2.LITERATURE REVIEW
Topic
Design of perforated branching fins in
laminar natural convection.
Orientation effects on laminar natural
convection heat transfer from branching-
fins.
Heat transfer comparison between
branching and non-branching fins in a
latent heat energy storage system.
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Methods
The heat exchange among the stack of
perforated fins is modeled using
ANSYS Fluent.
The governing equations along with the
boundary conditions are solved using
the finite volume technique (CFD), and
for simulation, they have used ANSYS
Fluent to solve the equations.
Experimental study comparing
bifurcating fins to straight fin on phase
change material (PCM) - based latent
heat energy storage system (LHESS).
Conclusion
The size of perforations is varied
between 1.1 mm and 6.6 mm. Optimum
values of perforation size, distribution
and branching angle are determined by
investigating the heat dissipation from a
‘single’ fin in vBhF and hBvF
orientations.
The temperature range considered is
from 20 to 50 K above the ambient. The
heights of the fins vary from 5 to 25
mm, lengths vary from 25 to 50 mm.
Optimum branching angle that gives the
best thermal performance is determined
numerically, in each orientation.
The particular design of branching fins
is not recommended for situations
where rapid transfer of energy is
desired, such as residential water
heating.

Authors
Thamir K. Ibrahima, Ahmed
T. Al-Sammarraie, Wadhah
H. Al-Tahab, Mohammad
Reza Salimpour, Manar Al-
Jethelah, Ahmed N. Abdalla,
Hai Tao, 160 (2019) 113974
David Calamas, John Baker,
62 (2013) 350-361
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2.LITERATURE REVIEW
Topic
Experimental and numerical investigation
of heat transfer augmentation in heat sinks
using perforation technique.
Tree-like branching fins: Performance and
natural convective heat transfer behavior.
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Methods
Experimental evaluation of heat
transfer rate of different types of
perforation on fins.
The computational fluid dynamic
simulations were performed using
commercially available computational
fluid dynamics software, employing
the finite volume method.
Conclusion
A better heat transfer has been
observed from the perforated fins by
means of increasing their circular
perforations size and the number of
these perforations.
The tree-like fins were found to be
more effective than rectangular fins of
equal mass, base area, and volume. Fin
effectiveness was found to increase for
the tree-like fins with bifurcation angle
due to increased surface area. Fin
efficiency was found to be highest for
materials with relatively higher thermal
conductivities.
 2.LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors Topic Methods Conclusion

Kuen Tae Park, Hyun Jung Experimental study of natural convection Experimental comparison between The optimal thermal resistances of
Kim, Dong-Kwon Kim, 54 from vertical cylinders with branched fins. thermal resistances of cylinders with cylinders with branched fins and
(2014) 29-37 branched fins and conventional plate conventional plate fins and found that
fins. cylinders with branched fins provide
thermal resistances up to 36% lower
than those of cylinders with plate fins.
Therefore, branched fins have potential
for use in cooling equipment in various
thermal systems.

Xu Peng, Agus Pulung Transport phenomena and properties in Literature survey conducted to study The transport processes including
Sasmito, Yu Boming, Arun treelike networks. the properties of tree like networks. laminar and turbulent flows, heat
Sadashiv Majumdar, (2016), conduction, and heat convection in the
68(4), 040802 treelike networks have received
  considerable attention of
multidisciplinary researchers. Both the
morphology and transport properties of
treelike networks have been shown to
possess important characteristics, such
as self-similarity, uniformity, high
efficiency, and robustness.

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 3. STATE OF ART RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF INTEREST

• The fluid flow and heat transfer in treelike networks have received an increasing attention over the past
decade as the highly efficient transport processes observed in natural treelike structures can provide
useful hints for optimal solutions to many engineering and industrial problems.

• With the developments of analytical theory, numerical simulation, and experimental technique, research
interests shift from steady single-phase flow in macroscopic branching structures to transient
multiphase flow and heat transfer in micro- and nano-treelike networks. Applications of branching
structures and networks have been proposed in diverse fields, e.g., flow distributors, microfluidic
devices, fuel cells and batteries, microelectronic cooling, porous media and reservoir engineering,
fibrous and nanomaterials, power distribution, etc.

• Recent applications of treelike networks in engineering and industrial fields have also inspired the
optimal research in the view of thermodynamics. Bejan and others presented the thermodynamic
optimization of T and Y shaped branching structures by minimizing the overall flow resistance
encountered over a finite size territory.

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