Enhancement of Natural Convection Heat Transfer from Perforated Fin

Abstract

A comprehensive theoretical and experimental study was carried out on the thermal performance of a pin fin heat sink. An experimental model was shows that have the capability of predicting influence of effective surface area of pin fin on thermal heat transfer coefficient. Pin fin array are used in many applications to enhance heat transfer and also shows enhancement of heat transfer coefficient for different material of fin. Several different type of experiment test were run out with corresponding variation including the material of pin fin and different perforation on pin fin. Perforation with circular cross section are along the height of pin fin and there number varies from 1 to 3. The result indicates that the material having higher thermal conductivity with higher number of perforation gives more heat transfer coefficient. The effect of perforation on heat transfer was investigated.