Owesesne Heat Transfer Engineering ISSN: 0145-7632 (Pring 1521-0537 (Online) Journal homepage: htp:/wwu.tandfonline comioV/uhte20 Thermal Analysis for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Perforated Pin Fins of Various Shapes with Staggered Arrays Ambarish Maji, Dipankar Bhanja, Promod Kumar Patowari & Balaram Kundu To cite this article: Ambarish Maji, Dipankar Bhanja, Promod Kumar Patowari & Balaram Kundu (2018): Thermal Analysis for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Perforated Pin Fins of Various Shapes with Staggered Arrays, Heat Transfer Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/01457632,2018,1429047 To link to this article: https://dol,org/10.1080/01457632,2018,1429047 BR) cepted autor version posted online: 16 iso shed online: 68 Feb 2008 (] submnityour article to this journal A [ail Artcte views: 19 FBR ew rises artes i ® view crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https: tandfonline.com/action/journalinformation?jaurnalCode=uhte20201, OLONO.0,1-25 pide o8a/ousren 201, Ka9047 Taylor & Francis Bomaimesin Thermal Analysis for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Perforated Pin Fins of Various Shapes with Staggered Arrays ‘Ambarish Maji, Dipankar Bhanja*, Promod Kumar Patowati*, and Balaram Kundu? *Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India; “Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Benga, India Aastaact “The present work investigates the enhancement of heat transfer rate through staggered pin fins of diferent shapes with different perforation geometries, namely circular, diamond shaped and elliptical type. Three dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation has been carried out to analyze the effects of fin geometry and dimension of perforation as well asthe shape of fin to enhance heat ‘transfer rate against pressure los. Results show that the heat transfer rates of perforated fins up to Certain perforation number and size are always greater than the solid ones and with the change of fin shape and perforation geometry heat transfer rate also improves significantly. On the other hand pressure drop through heatsink decreases not only with increasing perforation number but also with ‘the size of perforation. Moreover, variation of pressure drop of perforated fins is influenced with fin geometry, Introduction In the era of rapid development, latest technologies require high performance heat transfer equipment Extended surfaces (fins) are widely used in heat exchang- ing devices to increase heat transfer between a primary surface and the surrounding fluid. Various attempts have been made to design optimized fins to improve the trans fer of heat, Fins are generally optimized by either reduc- ing the fin weight at a specific heat removal capacity or increasing heat removal rate at a specific fin weight. Extended surfaces are optimized using surface or geo: metrical modifications to the flow channel by incorpo- rating inserts or additional devices. These methods are commonly used in various industrial applications for heat transfer enhancement between primary surface (heat sink) and ambient fluid. Making perforations in finsis one of the most useful methods to enhance the heat trans- fer rate. The effect of the perforations on these aspects is motivated by comparing the perforated fin to its solid counterpart. The perforation of fins enhances the heat dissipation rates and at the same time decreases the expenditure of fin materials. Introducing perforations to the fin body, the surface area and heat dissipation rates are increased for a given range of perforation dimen. sion. For certain values of perforation dimension, the perforated fins can enhance heat transfer, Perforated fins have better contact surface with the fluid when compared to their solid counterparts in comparison with the solid fins, Moreover, perforated fins have higher friction and low pressure drag than solid fins. Several research works have been attempted to improve heat transfer rate by using perforated fin. In most cases pin fins were used as an effective element for heat transfer enhancement, Al-Damook et al. [1] investigated thermal air flow from perforated pin heat sinks both experimen: tally and computationally. The results show that perfor- mance of multiple perforated fins are better due to heat transfer increment and decrease in pressure drop. Max- imum heat transfer is established when perforations are aligned with dominant flow. AlEssa [2] worked on one dimensional finite element heat transfer solution of tri- angular perforated fin. Performance of fin is enhanced due to modification in perforation geometry. Awasarmol and Pise [3] investigated natural convective heat transfer increment through perforated rectangular fn at different inclination experimentally. Results reveal that maximum heat transfer coefficient was achieved with perforated fins at 45° angle with 12 mm perforation diameter in which heat transfer coefficient is increased by 32% and material is saved by 30%. Chin et al. [4] carried out a research on CONTACT Professor Baar Kundu @ bkanduamech net in @) Oepartment of Mechanical FgineerngJadovpurUnivesty, Kokata700 03, West Bengal Inga {olor versions of ane or mare ofthe figures inthis paper can be found online at wow tandfonine conte