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Experimental study on natural convection heat transfer from horizontal cylinders with longitudinal plate fins

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of various fin numbers, fin heights, and base temperatures on natural convection from horizontal cylinders with longitudinal plate fins experimentally. Experimental results were used to establish a correlation for estimating the Nusselt number under the following conditions: Rayleigh number, 300000–1000000; fin-height-to-cylinder-diameter ratio, 1/6–1/2; and fin number, 9–72. In addition, a contour map was developed to describe the thermal resistance as a function of the fin number and fin thickness.

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    Hyun Jung Kim, Byoung Hoon An, Jinil Park & Dong-Kwon Kim

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Recommended by Associate Editor Man-Yeong Ha

Dong-Kwon Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ajou University, South Korea. His current research interests include power generation, energy storage, and energy transfer by using micro/nano structures.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12206-017-0457-x.

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Kim, H.J., An, B.H., Park, J. et al. Experimental study on natural convection heat transfer from horizontal cylinders with longitudinal plate fins. J Mech Sci Technol 27, 593–599 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-012-1236-3

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