4. Effect of perforation on thermal
boundary layer
Perforation enhance the convection current ,resulting in break off thermal
boundary layer thickness between two adjacent surfaces
Enhance the turbulence in stagnant air particle between two adjacent
surface of annular fin
6. Details of Experimental setup
Annular fin
Dimmerstat
Ammeter
Temperature indicator
Thermocouple (K-type)
7. Test Procedure
Initially a constant power source of 3.2 W is supplied.
The annular fin cylinder was set at an angular position of 90 degree i.e, air rises parallel to base
cylinder.
An initial period of 2-3 hrs is required before reaching steady state condition.
After reaching steady state , temperature of fin surface is measured by thermocouple and ambient
temperature is also measured.
After taking first reading , increase value of power input and then same steps is repeated as
described above.
12. THINGS TO BE CONCLUDED…
Here we can conclude various relations between thermal as well as
geometrical properties of the heat sink.
We can compare the heat transfer rate of solid heat sink with perforated
heat sink
The maximum value of heat transnfer coefficient is found to be for 8 mm
perforation.
13. Applications
Cooling of electronic component
Condenser and economizer of thermal power plant
Dry type cooling tower
Air cooled compressors
Cooling of electric motors and transformers
16. Validation of Correlation
Nu=0.00656(Rab)0.8889(D/d)0.2844
Error in Nusselt number is found to be in the range of ± 10 %
17. Future Scope
We can use various analysis software's such as CFD to validate the experimental result
by using FVM technique.
SIMPLE technique.
TDMA MATRIX.