An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer of Free Convection on Triangular Fins in Order to Optimize the Arrangement of Fins

Hamid Reza Goshayeshi; Reza Vafa Toroghi

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An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer of Free Convection on Triangular Fins in Order to Optimize the Arrangement of Fins

Hamid Reza Goshayeshi, Reza Vafa Toroghi

Published in International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 2, Issue 5)

Received: 5 September 2014 Accepted: 16 September 2014 Published: 30 September 2014

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In this study, the effect of free convection heat transfer on a vertical surface on which the triangular fins are vertically placed has been investigated numerically and experimentally. In order to numerically solve the system of governing equations, the finite volume method has been used, and the analysis has been conducted by FLUENT software. Free convection heat transfer in four groups of built fins has been tested using the available testing tool. Results show that increasing the fins increases the coefficient of heat transfer of free convection. In addition, increasing the distance decreases the heat transfer at first until the optimum distance is achieved, and then increasing the distance increases the amount of heat transfer.

Published in	International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsts.20140205.18
Page(s)	152-160
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Free Convection, Triangular Fins, Vertical Surface, Heat Sink

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Hamid Reza Goshayeshi, Reza Vafa Toroghi. An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer of Free Convection on Triangular Fins in Order to Optimize the Arrangement of Fins. Int J Sci Technol Soc. 2014;2(5):152-160. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20140205.18

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Hamid Reza Goshayeshi

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
Reza Vafa Toroghi

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

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Hamid Reza Goshayeshi; Reza Vafa Toroghi. An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer of Free Convection on Triangular Fins in Order to Optimize the Arrangement of Fins. Int. J. Sci. Technol. Soc. 2014, 2(5), 152-160. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20140205.18

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Hamid Reza Goshayeshi, Reza Vafa Toroghi. An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer of Free Convection on Triangular Fins in Order to Optimize the Arrangement of Fins. Int J Sci Technol Soc. 2014;2(5):152-160. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20140205.18

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