Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to find a new way of fin design to minimize the irreversibilities due to heat transfer and fluid friction and maximize the available work of the working fluid. The general entropy generation formulas for fins are derived at first according to the first and second law of thermodynamics, then a theoretical analysis on cylindrical pin fins and rectangular straight fins is made by using the above formulas. The minimum entropy generation formulas for these two types of fins are obtained and a principle for fin optimization is proposed, where the minimum entropy generation is chosen to be the objective function to be studied. The effect of different parameters on fin entropy generation is discussed in detail in forced convection heat transfer.

摘要： <正>肋片作为一种非常高效的强化传热技术,不仅是作为二次传热面,扩大传热面积,并促进流体介质扰动来强化换热,同时其增加的传热面积也会造成相对增加的流动阻力.关于肋片强化传热与增大流阻的综合评判准则在文献[1]中已有论述