Natural Convection Heat Transfer from Annular Step Fins and Annular Triangular Fins Fitted over a Vertical Cylinder
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Natural convection heat transfer from a vertical cylinder with annular step and triangular fins has been studied numerically at various Rayleigh numbers within the laminar range. The computations were carried at a constant fin spacing to tube diameter ratio of 1. In the current study, numerical simulations of Navier-Stokes equation in support with the energy equation are conducted for a vertical cylinder with annular step fins as well as triangular annular fins using the algebraic multi-grid solver of FLUENT 15. With an increase in Rayleigh number, we have discovered a trend that the surface Nusselt number goes on increasing with comparison from a simple rectangular fin. Apart from this, the material needed for the step and triangular fins has been reduced with enhancements in heat transfers.
Keywords: Annular step fin, annular triangular fin, Nusselt number, Rayleigh number, heat transfer
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Shubham Verma, Harishchandra Thakur, Rimjhim Raj Singh. Natural Convection Heat Transfer from Annular Step Fins and Annular Triangular Fins fitted over a Vertical Cylinder. Journal of Alternate Energy Sources and Technologies. 2018; 9(1): 20–27p.
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