Application of Taguchi Philosophy for Optimization of Design Parameters in a Rectangular Enclosure with Triangular Fin Array

In this study, an optimum parametric design yielding maximum heat transfer has been suggested using Taguchi Philosophy. This statistical approach has been applied to the results of an experimental parametric study conducted to investigate the influence of fin height (L); fin spacing (S) and Rayleigh number (Ra) on convection heat transfer from triangular fin array within a vertically oriented rectangular enclosure. Taguchi’s L9 (3**3) orthogonal array design has been adopted for three different levels of influencing parameters. The goal of this study is to reach maximum heat transfer (i.e. Nusselt number). The dependence of optimum fin spacing on fin height has been also reported. The results proved the suitability of the application of Taguchi design approach in this kind of study, and the predictions by the method are reported in very good agreement with experimental results. This paper also compares the application of classical design approach with Taguchi’s methodology used for determination of optimum parametric design

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