Natural Convection Heat Transfer Enhancements From a Cylinder Using Porous Carbon Foam: Experimental Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yorwearth L. Jamin ◽  
A. A. Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Carbon Foam ◽  
Vertical Pipe ◽  
Copper Pipe ◽  
Steady State Heat ◽  
Steady State Heat Transfer ◽  
Bare Copper

Abstract The main objective of this experimental study is to quantify and compare the heat transfer enhancement of carbon foam and aluminum fins in natural convection. The study measures steady state heat transfer from a heated vertical pipe, with and without porous medium. The largest increase in Nusselt number was achieved by a solid carbon foam sleeve, which was about 2.5 times greater than a bare copper pipe.

An Investigation of the Effect of interrupted fin arrangements on the Thermal Performance of a Heat Sink under a Free Convection Condition

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Abbas Jassem Jubear ◽  
Ali Hameed Abd
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Fluent Software ◽  
Steady State Heat ◽  
Steady State Heat Transfer

The heat sink with vertically rectangular interrupted fins was investigated numerically in a natural convection field, with steady-state heat transfer. A numerical study has been conducted using ANSYS Fluent software (R16.1) in order to develop a 3-D numerical model.  The dimensions of the fins are (305 mm length, 100 mm width, 17 mm height, and 9.5 mm space between fins. The number of fins used on the surface is eight. In this study, the heat input was used as follows: 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 watts. This study focused on interrupted rectangular fins with a different arrangement and angle of the fins. Results show that the addition of interruption in fins in various arrangements will improve the thermal performance of the heat sink, and through the results, a better interruption rate as an equation can be obtained.

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