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Performance Analysis of a Geometrically Asymmetric Trapezoidal Fin for an Enhanced Heat Exchanger

향상된 열교환기를 위한 기하학적 비대칭 사다리꼴 핀의 성능 해석

  • Song, Nyeon-Joo (Graduate School Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, Gangwon University) ;
  • Kang, Hyung-Suk (Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Gangwon University)
  • 송년주 (강원대학교 대학원 기계.메카트로닉스학과) ;
  • 강형석 (강원대학교 기계의용공학과)
  • Received : 2010.05.10
  • Accepted : 2011.01.26
  • Published : 2011.07.01
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Abstract

Performance of the asymmetric trapezoidal fin with various upper lateral surface slopes is investigated by using the two-dimensional analytic method. For a fin base boundary condition, convection from the inner fluid to the inner wall, conduction from the inner wall to the fin base and conduction through the fin base are considered. Heat loss and fin efficiency are represented as a function of the fin base thickness, base height, inner fluid convection characteristic number, fin tip length and fin shape factor. One of the results shows that heat loss increases while fin efficiency decreases as the fin shape factor increases.

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