Monte Carlo simulation of radiative heat transfer in coarse fibrous media
Radiative transfer through a medium made up of a multitude of randomly oriented opaque cylindrical fibers is examined using Monte Carlo simulation of multiple surface radiative exchange for energy bundles interacting with each fiber in their path. The method is termed Monte Carlo Discontinuous Medium (MCDM). As compared to radiative continuum methods, the present approach does not require specification of extinction coefficient, scattering albedo, or scattering phase function. Instead, only volume fraction, fiber diameter, and fiber material complex index of refraction are required as parameters. Although the MCDM method is only strictly valid for the geometric limit, comparison with previous experiments on the edge of this limit (5 {lt} x {lt} 11) is qualitatively good. For the low (solid) volume fractions considered here, comparison is excellent between MCDM results and radiative continuum results, the later being solved by both Monte Carlo simulation and by exact integral solution of the Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE). MCDM results show a sensitivity to directional bias of the fibers in the medium, suggesting that bias parameters are necessary to solve radiative transfer in media with non-random fiber orientations. MCDM results for fibrous media are very similar to those for spherical suspensions at the same volume fraction and scatterer diameter, suggesting that the precise shape of a scattering particle may be relatively less important for radiation heat transfer through randomly oriented solid matrix materials.
- Research Organization:
- Auburn Univ., AL (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20002418
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-990805-; TRN: IM200002%%418
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 33rd National Heat Transfer Conference NHTC'99, Albuquerque, NM (US), 08/15/1999--08/17/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 33rd national heat transfer conference NHTC'99, by Jensen, M.K.; Di Marzo, M. [eds.], [1150] pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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