TY - GEN
T1 - Enhancing heat transfer of rectangular fins
T2 - 2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2018
AU - Alnaimat, Fadi
AU - Ziauddin, Mohammed
AU - Mathew, Bobby
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Authors would like to acknowledge the support provided by United Arab Emirates University research grant no. 31N256.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/6/8
Y1 - 2018/6/8
N2 - Fin shape optimization is essential to enhance heat transfer by maximizing the heatflux and reducing material. This study examined rectangular fin shape optimized through material reduction and increasing effective surface area to enhance more heat flux. Simulation approach was adopted using ANSYS Workbench carrying out a Steady-State Thermal Analysis. The base temperature of the surface in contact to fins was assumed to be 100 °C. Basically, three cases of rectangular fins were studied: without modification, with circular cavities of 0.3 cm, and with circular cavities of 0.5 cm. The results show that, by introducing circular cavities, the heat flux distribution enhanced as well as there was reduction in the minimum temperature at the far edge of the fin.
AB - Fin shape optimization is essential to enhance heat transfer by maximizing the heatflux and reducing material. This study examined rectangular fin shape optimized through material reduction and increasing effective surface area to enhance more heat flux. Simulation approach was adopted using ANSYS Workbench carrying out a Steady-State Thermal Analysis. The base temperature of the surface in contact to fins was assumed to be 100 °C. Basically, three cases of rectangular fins were studied: without modification, with circular cavities of 0.3 cm, and with circular cavities of 0.5 cm. The results show that, by introducing circular cavities, the heat flux distribution enhanced as well as there was reduction in the minimum temperature at the far edge of the fin.
KW - Constructal Theory
KW - Rectangular Fins
KW - Steady-State Thermal Analysis
KW - Total Heat Flux
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U2 - 10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376872
DO - 10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376872
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049948221
T3 - 2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2018
SP - 1
EP - 4
BT - 2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 6 February 2018 through 5 April 2018
ER -