A comprehensive review of methods used to improve the thermal performance of heat sinks in natural convection

IE Ghandouri, AE Maakoul, S Saadeddine… - Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Springer
Improving the thermal performance of cooling systems is crucial for energy and raw material
savings, increasing the thermal ratings, and extending the work life of various equipment …

Natural convection from rectangular interrupted fins

M Ahmadi, G Mostafavi, M Bahrami - International Journal of Thermal …, 2014 - Elsevier
Steady-state external natural convection heat transfer from vertically-mounted rectangular
interrupted fins is investigated numerically and experimentally. FLUENT software is used to …

Thermal management of parabolic pin fin subjected to a uniform oncoming airflow: optimum fin dimensions

M Turkyilmazoglu - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2021 - Springer
A concave-parabolic pin fin (spine) is considered within the present research. The thermal
property of the spine is exhibited to be affected by a uniform oncoming airflow in an aim at …

The effects of perforation sizes on laminar heat transfer characteristics of an array of perforated fins

MR Shaeri, TC Jen - Energy Conversion and Management, 2012 - Elsevier
Shaeri and Yaghoubi [25] reported the highest heat transfer rate in a laminar flow for a
perforated fin with the most perforations (porosity), regardless of investigation on the effects …

Enhancement of heat transfer from a continuously moving porous fin exposed in convective–radiative environment

D Bhanja, B Kundu, A Aziz - Energy Conversion and Management, 2014 - Elsevier
In the present article, an exercise has been devoted to establish an analytical model for the
determination of temperature distribution, fin efficiency and optimum design parameters of a …

Optimization of configurations to enhance heat transfer from a longitudinal fin exposed to natural convection and radiation

P Mert Cuce, E Cuce - International Journal of Low-Carbon …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In the present work, a computational fluid dynamics analysis has been carried out for
analysing heat transfer from a longitudinal fin with step change. For the aforementioned …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-objective optimization of pin fin to determine the optimal fin geometry using genetic algorithm

F Hajabdollahi, HH Rafsanjani, Z Hajabdollahi… - Applied Mathematical …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, one dimensional heat transfer in a pin fin is modeled and optimized. We used
Bezier curves to determine the best geometry of the fin. The model equations are solved to …

Heat transfer analysis and optimization of engine fins of varying geometry

P Sagar, P Teotia, AD Sahlot, HC Thakur - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2017 - Elsevier
An air cooled motorcycle engine release the heat to the atmosphere through the mode of
forced convection, fins are provided on the outer surface of the cylinder block of the engine …

Optimum design of a longitudinal fin array with convection and radiation heat transfer using a genetic algorithm

H Azarkish, SMH Sarvari, A Behzadmehr - International journal of thermal …, 2010 - Elsevier
In the present work, the optimization of a longitudinal fin array is investigated. Heat is
transferred by conduction along the fins and dissipated from the fin surface via natural …

Heat transfer analysis and optimization of engine fins of varying surface roughness

P Sagar, P Teotia, AD Sahlot, HC Thakur - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2017 - Elsevier
Heat transfer enhancement in fins can be increased by using porous fins. Optimizing the
heat transfer rate reflects the saving in the power supplied and increase the efficiency of the …