Aydar, EmirEkmekçi, İsmailŞen, Yaşar2020-11-212020-11-21201497833190468159783319046808https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04681-5_58https://hdl.handle.net/11467/4193There are many panel radiator manufacturers in Turkey. Their panel radiator designs are very similar, and radiators that have been manufactured by various producers have very similar thermal efficiency values and specific heating per unit weight of the radiator. In this study, CFD analysis of existing panel radiators was made with a commercial CFD software of STAR-CCM+ with top-bottom-opposite-end connection method in three-dimensional space. Panel-convector-convector- panel, Type-22-600×500 steel panel radiator, was used in this numerical study. In the content of this analysis, new configurations at fin design were performed to increase the rate of heat transfer of the panel radiator. Four fin designs were drawn and examined. Since triangular profile fin design contains less material and has higher heat flux, it is more efficient than the other profiles, and therefore it is more suitable for applications requiring minimum weight. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessComputational fluids dynamics (CFD)Fin designPanel radiatorThermal efficiencyBook Chapter617632N/A2-s2.0-8494959109810.1007/978-3-319-04681-5_58