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Solutions of radiative heat transfer in nonhomogeneous participating media using the quadrature method

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OSTI ID:477359
;  [1];  [2]
  1. National Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  2. Florida Inst. of Tech., Melbourne, FL (United States). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Programs

This work considers radiative heat transfer in a three-dimensional, rectangular, scattering medium exposed to diffuse radiation. Applying the quadrature method with singularity subtraction to the exact integral equations in terms of the moments of intensity can generate highly accurate solutions, and so the method is adopted in this work. The example solutions provided are for radiative equilibrium in homogeneous absorbing-emitting media, and for radiative transfer in nonhomogeneous absorbing-scattering (isotropic and linearly anisotropic) media with non-reflecting surfaces. To validate the solutions, the present results are compared with the solutions obtained by the YIX method and other methods.

Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Council, Taipei (Taiwan, Province of China); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
477359
Report Number(s):
CONF-961105--; ISBN 0-7918-1519-6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English