Astatistical analytical approach emphasized the plate fin heat exchanger

design using
taguchi method
Ajay Kumar Gupta

Department of Mechanical Engineering

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, India-769 008
Contact: ajaythermal@gmail.com
Abstract

Power transmission for machine tools, Vehicle, aircraft, electrical appliances as well as a wide range of industrial equipment and toys. Gears represent
the major components of all kinds of applications. Designers are faced problem with increasing demand such as the size and weight of the arts, while
an emission over the life of power transmission and noise on hard wares mechanism becomes painful frequent. Thus, the measurement of gears and
transmission components is of crucial importance for Gear production. This review investigates the touch almost exclusively master the Mythological
record, types of gear, methods of metrology gear and analyzes the state-of-the-art. This is a superficial explanation and to allow monitoring of the new
modeling and measurement principles, the essence of Gears. Especially optical measurement methods, problems micro inspection of gears and
alignment are discussed in detail. The final section of the actual accuracy of the reports gear measuring range. The points Outside the gears,
standards and measuring instruments associated with a significant reduction of uncertainty It is an urgent need for the production of high precision
gears.

Objectives
Based on previous data, it is decided to assess gear in terms of properties
before recommending for Industrial applications. Specifically the study aims
at:

Figure 2 : Main Effects Plot (data means) for S/N ratio

This review investigates the touch almost exclusively master the Mythological
record, types of gear, methods of metrology gear and analyzes the state-ofthe-art. This is a superficial explanation and to allow monitoring of the new
modeling and measurement principles, the essence of Gears. Especially
optical measurement methods, problems micro inspection of gears and
alignment are discussed in detail

Introduction

Gears mechanism developed due to the invention of rotating machine. Due to

their strength multiplication properties, initially engineers and work persons
used to carry heavy loads in construction materials. Gear used for the
mechanical advantage and pre-tensioning catapult ship anchor was Hoists.
Earlier gear was made up of wooden material and for greasing these wooden
gear animal fats is used as a greasing material. Rotation of wheel using
animals like horse, cow and others or also by using water stream but its
rotational speed is slow so they used gear to increase the speed. Later on
during the industrial revolution in Britain in the eighteenth century saw an
explosion in the use of metal gears. Design and manufacture of machines of
science developed rapidly during the nineteenth century.
Now a day, new gear most important developments are in the field of
materials. Modern metallurgy has significantly increased the lifespan of
industrial gears and automotive electronics and consumer led plastic
preparing new levels of reliability without lubricant and quiet operation.

Figure 3 : Fuzzy Rule viewer

Figure 4 : Fuzzy Surface viewer

Result
Based on the Figure 2 and Table 1 the following conclusions are given which
are that it has been observed that the combination of factors gives more
satisfactory results than the other combination of Plate fin heat exchanger in
terms of various flow properties and methodologies used. These results fig-2
suggest that the given heat exchanger have the potential to use as for the
applications. This paper proposed optimal values of the design parameters for
a fin heat exchanger under operating conditions corresponding an optimum
design of the heat exchanger maximizing the efficiency using the Taguchi
method

Test
numbe

Table:-1
L9 orthogonal array table for the Taguchi
Factors
Response
Design
method
parameters
A

Mass

Tci

Thi

Tco

Tho

flow

Cold

Hot Inlet

Cold

Hot

rate

Inlet

Temp.

outlet

outlet

temp

temp

Temp.

Figure 1: Schematic P&I diagram of the experimental test rig

1.

300

314

358

352

319

2.

300

313

348

343

317

3.

300

315

338

335

316

4.

400

314

348

344

317

5.

400

313

338

335

318

6.

400

315

358

352

318

7.

500

314

338

335

315

8.

500

313

358

353

317

9.

500

315

348

347

319

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