Discrete-ordinates solution of radiative transfer equation in nonaxisymmetric cylindrical enclosures

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2514/3.351· OSTI ID:5257570

Jamaluddin, A S; Smith, P J ^[1]

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1. Babcock and Wilcox Research Center, Alliance, OH (United States) Utah, University, Salt Lake City (United States)

The S4 discrete-ordinates approximation is used to solve the radiative transfer equation in nonasymmetric (i.e., three-dimensional) cylindrical enclosures containing absorbing-emitting and scattering media, with and without the temperature profile known a priori. Because neither detailed experimental data nor predictions from a zone or Monte-Carlo model for three-dimensional cylindrical enclosures are available, cylindrical equivalents of three-dimensional rectangular enclosures, for which zone model predictions of radiative transfer are available, are used in model evaluation. Limited evaluation of the model shows that the discrete-ordinates method provides acceptable predictions of radiative transfer in nonaxisymmetric cylindrical enclosures. 12 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5257570
• Journal Information: Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer; (United States), Vol. 6; ISSN 0887-8722
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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