//Variable declaration: h1 = 13.0 //Air-side heat transfer coefficient (W/m^2.K) A = 1.0 //Base wall area (m^2) L = 2.5/100 //Length of steel fins (m) L2 = 1.5/10**3 //Length of steel wall (m) k = 13.0 //Thermal conductivity of fin (W/m.K) k1 = 38.0 //Thermal conductivity of steel wall (W/m.K) h2 = 260.0 //Water side heat transfer coefficient (W/m^2.K) T4 = 19.0 //Air temperature ( C) T1 = 83.0 //Water temperature ( C) t = 1.3/10**3 //Thickness of steel fins (m) w = 1.0 //Width of wall (m) S = 1.3/100 //Fin pitch(m) //Calculation: R1 = 1/(h1*A) //Air resistance ( C/W) (part 1) R2 = L2/(k1*A) //Conduction resistance ( C/W) R3 = 1/(h2*A) //Water resistance ( C/W) Rt = (R1+R3) //Total resistance ( C/W) (part 2) Q = (T1-T4)/Rt //Total heat transfer (W) Nf = 1/S //Number of fins (part 3) Lbe = w - Nf*t //Unfinned exposed base surface Abe = w*Lbe //Exposed base surface area (m^2) Lc = L+t/2 //Corrected length (m) Ap = Lc*t //Profile area (m^2) Af = 2*w*Lc //Fin surface area (m^2) Bi = h1*(t/2)/k1 //Biot number a = sqrt(Lc**3*h1/(k*Ap)) //Abscissa of the fin efficiency //From figure 17.3: nf = 0.88 //Fin efficiency Rb = 1/(h1*Abe) //Air thermal resistance of base wall ( C/W) Rf = 1/(h1*Nf*Af*nf) //Air thermal resistance of fins ( C/W) RT1 = 1/(1/Rb+1/Rf) //Total outside resistance of the fin array ( C/W) Rt3 = RT1+R3 //Total resistance on air side fins ( C/W) Qt = (T1-T4)/Rt3 //Heat transfer rate on air side fins (W) I = (Qt/Q - 1)*100 //Percent increase in heat transfer rate to air side fins (W) A = sqrt(Lc**3*h2/(k1*Ap)) //Abscissa of the new fin efficiency (part 4) //From figure 17.3: nf2 = 38.0 //New fin efficiency Rb2 = 1/(h2*Abe) //Thermal resistance of base wall ( C/W) Rf2 = 1/(h2*Nf*Af*nf2) //Thermal resistance of fins ( C/W) Rt4 = 1/(1/Rb2+1/Rf2) //Total resistance of the finned surface ( C/W) Rt5 = R1+Rt4 //Total resistance on water side fins ( C/W) QT1 = (T1-T4)/Rt5 //Heat transfer rate on water side fins (W) I2 = (QT1/Q - 1)*100 //Percent increase in heat transfer rate to water side fins (W) //Result: if (R2