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1 D Steady State
Conduction
BITS Pilani Pratik N Sheth
Pilani Campus Department of Chemical Engineering

Contents

• Fins
• Conduction convection system
• Fins
• Fin efficiency
• Fin effectiveness

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Conduction – Convection
System

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Conduction – Convection
System

x = 0; T = T0

d 2θ
− m 2θ = 0
dx 2

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Conduction – Convection
System

d 2θ
− m 2θ = 0
dx 2

Dr Pratik N Sheth, Dept of Chemical Engg, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Conduction – Convection
System

d 2θ
2
− m 2θ = 0
dx

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Conduction – Convection
System

d 2θ
2
− m 2θ = 0
dx

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Problem

• Dimensions and conditions

• T0 = 600 ˚C
• Tα = 40 ˚C
• h = 10 W/m2 ˚C
• k = 200 W/m ˚C
• 60 cm length, 5 cm depth and 1 cm thickness
• A = 0.0005 m2
• L = 0.6 m
• P = 0.12 m
• m2 = (hP/kA) = √(12) =3.46

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Solution
700

600

500

400

T
T
300

200

100

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7

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Problem

• Dimensions and conditions

• T0 = 600 ˚C
• Tα = 40 ˚C
• h = 10 W/m2 ˚C
• k = 200 W/m ˚C
• 10 cm length, 5 cm depth and 1 cm thickness
• A = 0.0005 m2
• L = 0.1 m
• P = 0.12 m
• m2 = (hP/kA) = √(12) =3.46

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Solution
650

600

550

500

T
T
450

400

350

300
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12

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Heat Lost Calculation

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Fins

• In practical applications, fins may have varying cross-

sectional areas and may be attached to circular
surfaces.
• In either case the area must be considered as a variable
in the derivation, and solution of the basic differential
equation and the mathematical techniques become more
tedious.
• We present only the results for these more complex
situations. The reader is referred to References 1 and 8
for details on the mathematical methods used to obtain
the solutions.

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Various fins

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Practical Application

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Performance of Fin

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Performance of Fin

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nf vs mL

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Circumferential Fin

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Fin effectiveness

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Fin wall Combinations

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Fin wall Combinations

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Thanks

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