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Department of Chemical Engineering, Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Research Article
Performance Analysis of a Fin in Steady State
Author(s): Mindi Ramakrishna*, N Chitti Babu, Boddu Manisha and G Durga Venkata Nagesh
A fin serves as an extended surface to enhance heat transfer from a larger mass to which it is attached. The project reports the
designing of fin which involves the evolution of temperature profile in a fin which is approximately in the shape of Parabola.
It includes the complete description of heat flow through fin by solving obtained non-linear equations using Shooting
method. The results are analyzed and compared with conventional rectangular fin of same volume. Since, conduction and
convection modes of heat transfer are essential in fin’s study, those two are taken into consideration and derived Efficiency
and Effectiveness equations for the fin. The efficiency of the fin is found to be more than that of rectangular fin. In the
considered system, the temperature distribution profile in one-dimensional steady state, as function of length of fin i.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2157-7544-23.14.358