A holistic optimization of convecting-radiating fin systems

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1110-1116

  Sasikumar, M ^a   Balaji, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Convection; Optimization; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

FIN HEIGHT;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

CONVECTION; FIN; HEAT EXCHANGER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036966974     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1497358     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Harahap, F., and McManus, H. N., 1967, "Natural Convection Heat Transfer From Horizontal Rectangular Fin Arrays," ASME J. Heat Transfer, 89, pp. 32-38.
2. Jones, C. D., and Smith, L. F., 1970, "Optimum Arrangement of Rectangular Fins on Horizontal Surfaces for Free Convection Heat Transfer," ASME J. Heat Transfer, 92, pp. 6-10.
3. Donovan, R. C., and Rohrer, W. M., 1971, "Radiative and Convective Conducting Fins on a Plane Wall. Including Mutual Irradiation," ASME J. Heat Transfer, 93, pp. 41-46.
4. Rammohan Rao, V., and Venkateshan, S. P., 1996, "Experimental Study of Free Convection and Radiation in Horizontal Fin Arrays," Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 39(4), pp. 779-789.
5. Bejan, A., 1980, "Second Law Analysis in Heat Transfer," Energy, 5, pp. 721-732.
6. Nag, P. K., and Mukherjee, P., 1987, "Thermodynamic Optimization of Convective Heat Transfer Through a Duct with Constant Wall Temperature," Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 30(2), pp. 401-405.
7. Balaji, C., Sri Jayaram, K., and Venkateshan, S. P., 1996, "Thermodynamic Optimization of Tubular Space Radiators," J. Thermophys. Heat Transfer, 10(4), pp. 705-707.
8. Kern, D. Q., and Kraus, A. D., 1972, Extended Surface Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill, New York.
9. Mackay, D. B., 1963, Design of Space Powerplants, Prentice-Hall Inc., NJ.
10. Churchill, S. W., and Chu, H. H. S., 1975, "Correlating Equations for Laminar and Turbulent Free Convection from a Vertical Plate," Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 18, pp. 1323-1328.
11. Siegel, R., and Howell, J. R., 1972, Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill, New York.
12. Bejan, A., 1982, Entropy Generation Through Heat and Fluid Flow, Wiley- Interscience Publication, New York.
13. Sunilkumar, S., 1993, "A Numerical Study of Optimized Space Radiators," PhD thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
14. Balaji, C., and Venkateshan, S. P., 1995, "Combined Conduction, Convection and Radiation in a Slot," Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 16, pp. 139-144.