Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 53, Issue 3, 20230611(2024)

Fast calculation of radiative heat transfer coefficient between diffuse and non-diffuse surfaces

Fubing Li, Qi You, Junmin Leng, and Linhao Yang
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  • School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 102206, China
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    Monte-Carlo method for calculating radiative heat transfer coefficient
    (a) The representation of reflected light by diffuse surface in Monte-Carlo method; (b) Fast method
    Fast calculation method for calculating the radiative heat transfer coefficient of non-diffuse surface element i
    (a) Illustration of 3D geometry model and its surface ID; (b) Illustration of random positions and direction vectors for emitted rays
    Fast calculation of radiative heat transfer coefficient for model with diffuse and specular surfaces
    (a) Comparison of computational time between Monte-Carlo method and Fast method when the inner surface reflectivity of the cube is ρ=0.4; (b) ρ=0.8
    L-shape unenclosed cavity model
    (a) Comparison of computational time between Monte-Carlo method and Fast method when the inner surface reflectivity of the L-shape cavity is ρ=0.4; (b) ρ=0.8
    Illustration of the average number of ray-tracing times
    • Table 1. Radiative heat transfer coefficient for the inner surfaces of the cube (Monte-Carlo method)

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      Table 1. Radiative heat transfer coefficient for the inner surfaces of the cube (Monte-Carlo method)

      Facet1(AA'B'B)2(BB'C'C)3(CC'D'D)4(DD'A'A)5(A'B'C'D')6(ABCD)Integrality
      10.058970.179170.217410.181310.181320.181160.99934
      20.179560.059240.180510.218500.180320.181220.99934
      30.217760.181200.048880.185940.183070.182490.99934
      40.182010.216470.187500.049360.181900.182120.99934
      50.179210.179740.182200.183330.070490.204370.99934
      60.178720.179260.182740.182130.205450.071050.99934
    • Table 2. Radiative heat transfer coefficient for the inner surfaces of the cube (Fast method)

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      Table 2. Radiative heat transfer coefficient for the inner surfaces of the cube (Fast method)

      Facet1(AA'B'B)2(BB'C'C)3(CC'D'D)4(DD'A'A)5(A'B'C'D')6(ABCD)IntegralityMAE
      10.059370.180570.218590.182220.178860.179750.999341.29227‰
      20.180680.059720.181350.218840.179030.179720.999340.93054‰
      30.221360.180100.046690.186310.182140.183240.999851.48970‰
      40.182180.220240.186360.046880.180980.183230.999851.59877‰
      50.179330.181430.181790.183290.065660.208340.999851.84531‰
      60.181790.180120.183010.181450.207770.065700.999852.09184‰
    • Table 3. MAE and integrality of radiative heat transfer coefficient for L-shape cavity model (Fast method)

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      Table 3. MAE and integrality of radiative heat transfer coefficient for L-shape cavity model (Fast method)

      Facetρ=0.4ρ=0.8
      MAEIntegralityMAEIntegrality
      11.11640‰0.985940.61132‰0.85933
      21.29494‰0.946562.29617‰0.77797
      30.55498‰0.796051.91049‰0.64609
      41.19067‰0.792901.34883‰0.64261
      56.59430‰0.974104.82850‰0.80405
      60.98649‰0.989100.64184‰0.85692
      70.64990‰0.931600.56992‰0.76133
      81.33612‰0.653591.32864‰0.41103
      95.29473‰0.944015.60488‰0.77703
      101.45282‰0.792861.44651‰0.65081
      111.03800‰0.792721.53688‰0.64366
      122.62882‰0.944943.66704‰0.77457
      135.80383‰0.984134.92681‰0.84846
    • Table 4. Ratio of average-tracking-times for a single ray emitted from the non-diffuse surface calculated with Fast method compared to Monte-Carlo method

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      Table 4. Ratio of average-tracking-times for a single ray emitted from the non-diffuse surface calculated with Fast method compared to Monte-Carlo method

      ρCd
      1/62/63/64/65/6
      0.10.8130.6530.5200.4130.333
      0.20.6720.4610.3300.2500.200
      0.30.6150.3970.2770.2080.167
      0.40.5200.3070.2080.1560.125
      0.50.4460.2480.1670.1250.100
      0.60.3410.1780.1190.0890.071
      0.70.2470.1250.0830.0630.050
      0.80.1610.0810.0540.0400.032
      0.90.0760.0380.0250.0190.015
    • Table 5. Ratio of consumed time for all the surfaces using Fast method compared with Monte-Carlo method

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      Table 5. Ratio of consumed time for all the surfaces using Fast method compared with Monte-Carlo method

      ρCd
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      0.10.8440.7690.7600.8040.889
      0.20.7270.6410.6650.7500.867
      0.30.6790.5980.6380.7360.861
      0.40.6000.5380.6040.7190.854
      0.50.5390.4990.5830.7080.850
      0.60.4510.4520.5600.6960.845
      0.70.3730.4170.5420.6880.842
      0.80.3010.3870.5270.6800.839
      0.90.2300.3590.5130.6730.836
    • Table 6. Theoretical and measured values of the computation time ratio between Fast method and Monte-Carlo method when ρ=0.8

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      Table 6. Theoretical and measured values of the computation time ratio between Fast method and Monte-Carlo method when ρ=0.8

      Cd1/62/63/64/65/6
      Theoretical0.3010.3870.5270.6800.839
      Measured0.3310.3840.5240.6950.846
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    Received: Oct. 31, 2023

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    Published Online: Jun. 21, 2024

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20230611

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