A Study on Performance Evaluation and Thermal Analysis of an Automobile Radiator
Atharva Gurjar, Mohammed Moinuddin Shaikh, Siddhesh Ambilduke, S. Senthur Prabu
Abstract
A car is one of the best feats of mechanical engineering and design. A car is run by a power source that provides necessary and required energy to translate or move and the power source is an engine. During this process, there is generation as well as the exchange of heat that happens continuously to keep the car running. Over time the engine heats up, i.e. most of this chemical energy is lost to the environment as heat, which reduces the efficiency of the engine significantly. In a car, the radiator functions to monitor and regulate the engine temperature to prevent it from overheating thus improving the efficiency of the engine. A study has been made on the performance evaluation of the radiator and with the help of Ansys workbench the thermal analysis is carried out to find extreme conditions in the radiator.