Effect of heat Transfer Through Arbitrary Shaped fins using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Vatsal Singh1, Sanskar Joshi2, Sahil Shaikh3, Siddheshwar Wakude4, Dilip Panchal5
1K.Balashowry*, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.
2T.Saikrishna, Department of Mechanical Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.
3K.Sri Hari Charan Reddy, Department of Mechanical Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.
4Mandhula Kalyan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Manuscript received on September 10, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on September 20, 2020. | Manuscript published on October 30, 2020. | PP: 182-187 | Volume-10 Issue-1, October 2020. | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijeat.A17901010120 | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.A1790.1010120
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Abstract: An automobile engine produces a lot of heat and is subjected to thermal stresses. These high temperatures and thermal stresses generated might cause distortions in the engine components and also reduces the volumetric efficiency of the engine. It is important to remove this heat generated to ensure the ideal functionality of the engine. In order to dissipate this heat out of the engine through convection, extended surfaces(fins) are used as a medium, projected to the engine walls. In the present analysis, arbitrary shaped fins of same surface area are designed and heat transfer analysis is performed. Using the ANSYS Fluent software the analysis is done. The main intent of our study is to increase the heat transfer rate using the arbitrary shaped fins. The results obtained are compared with the regular shaped solid fins. Results show there’s a significant increase in heat transfer through the arbitrary shaped fins. The fin with elliptical hole has greater heat transfer rate than other models of fins used in the analysis.
Keywords: CFD, Convection, Fins, Notches.