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Fins Examples

This document discusses heat transfer through pin fins, including: 1. Calculating the heat transfer rate for an infinitely long pin fin and a fin of finite length with heat loss at the end. 2. Defining fin effectiveness and how it relates to the actual and maximum possible heat transfer. 3. Introducing the concept of corrected length to account for heat loss at the tip for fins of finite length. 4. Providing examples of calculating thickness, efficiency, and heat transfer rate for rectangular fins and cylindrical fins of varying lengths with surrounding heat loss.

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Fins Examples

This document discusses heat transfer through pin fins, including: 1. Calculating the heat transfer rate for an infinitely long pin fin and a fin of finite length with heat loss at the end. 2. Defining fin effectiveness and how it relates to the actual and maximum possible heat transfer. 3. Introducing the concept of corrected length to account for heat loss at the tip for fins of finite length. 4. Providing examples of calculating thickness, efficiency, and heat transfer rate for rectangular fins and cylindrical fins of varying lengths with surrounding heat loss.

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Heat Transfer Third Year

Solution:
Let neglecting the heat lost from the
end
q  hPkA  0 tanh mL
P  2(W  t )  2(1  0.003) 
2.006m
A  W .t  1 0.003  0.003m 2
0 0 
  T hP T  10
300  50  250 0 C
2.006
m   5.774
kA 200  0.003

q  10  2.006  200  0.003  250  tanh(5.774 
0.075)
q  357 W/m depth

Example: An experimental device that produce excess heat is supplied with pin fins to
increase the rate of cooling consider a copper pin fin, 0.25cm in diameter that produces from
a wall at 95°C into ambient air at 25°C. h=10W/m2.K, k=396 W/mK. Calculate the heat loss
assuming that:
1- The fin is infinitely long.
2- The fin is 2.5cm long and heat is convected from the end.
3- How long would the fin have to be for the infinitely long solution to be
corrected within 5%.

Solution:
0
1) 95 C

q hPkA  0
2
.D
P   .D, A 
4
q  10    0.0025  396   / 4  (0.0025) 2  (95  25) 
0.865W
2)

=0.14W
Heat Transfer Third Year

3) For only 5% error

≥0.95

Which gives L≥28.3cm

Fin Effectiveness
The effectiveness of the fin in transferring heat is given by the fin efficiency (  f ).

actual heat transferred q fin


f  
heat that would be transferred if entire fin area were at base temperature max

q max qh.A . , A  P.L , A  surface area of the fin


f 0 f f

For case 2 :
q fin  hPkA  0 tanh mL 

hPkA  0 tanh mL tanh mL


f  
hPL 0 mL

Fin Performance (Є)


 A h
  q with fin  f f 0
q without fin hAb 0
A f  surface area of the fin  P.L
Ab  base area of the fin  A

Corrected Length (Lc)


Lc is used in all equations that apply for the case of the fin with an insulated tip (case
2).

t
Lc  L 
2 (For general)
Am  L.t
Heat Transfer Third Year

Example: The outer surface of an oil heater at a uniform temperature of 150°C is to be


filled
ambient air temperature
with straight is 20°C
rectangular fins havingand the heatthermal
a uniform transferconductivity
coefficient ofis25570 W/m2.K.
W/m.K.
Determine
The the thickness and fin efficiency if the length of each fin is 10mm and each to
remove 900W per meter length of primary surface.

Solution.

2
T0  150C, k  25W/m.K, h  570W/m .K , L  10mm, T  20C

q  hPkA 0 tanh mLc


P  2(w  t )  2(t  1), A  wt, w 
1
hP 570 2(t  t1
m  1)  6.75
kA 25  t
t  t 1  
q  570  2(t  1)  25 t (150  20)tanh 0.0675
 t 

 t 1 
900  21964.5 t 2  t tanh 0.0675 
 t 

by trial and error  t 
2.07mm
 f  tanh mLc  60.7%
mLc

Example 2: A very long 1cm diameter copper rod (k =377 W/m.K) is exposed to an
environment at 22°C. The base temperature is maintained at 150°C and the heat
transfer coefficient between the rod and surrounding air is 11 W/m 2.K. Determine the heat
transfer rate from the rod to the surrounding air.

Solution.

q hPkAθ0
2
q h(D)  k  D / 4 (T0  T )
q  12.95W

Example 3: Repeat example 2 for finite length of 2, 4, 8, …..128cm, a surrounding heat


loss
at the end (case 3).
Heat Transfer Third Year

Solution.

For case 3

hP h(D) 4h
m    3.416
kA D 2 kD
k( )
4

At L=2cm, mL=0.06832, sinhmL=0.06837, coshmL=1.00233  q =0.993W

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