Radiative transport and wall temperature slip in an absorbing planar medium

doi:10.1016/0017-9310(65)90083-9

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volume 8, Issue 7, July 1965, Pages 979-994

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Abstract

Radiative heat transfer through a nonisothermal absorbing and emitting grey gas between heated walls is studied. Specific attention is directed toward the evaluation of temperature near the walls and of the precise evaluation of energy flux by means of methods and tabulated functions studied by Chandrasekhar and Ambartsumian. The precision achieved permits an assessment of the accuracy of existing approximate methods and of the errors incurred in numerical solutions of the governing equations.

Résumé

On a étudié le transport de chaleur par rayonnement à travers un gaz gris non isotherme absorbant et émetteur entre des parois chauffées. On a spécialement fait attention à l'évaluation de la température près des parois et du flux d'énergie par les méthodes et les fonctions tabulées étudiées par Chandrasekhar et Ambartsumian. La précision obtenue permet de se rendre compte de la précision des méthodes approchées existantes et des erreurs qui se produisent dans les solutions numériques des équations fondamentales.

Zusammenfassung

Zwischen beheizten Wänden wird der Wärmeübergang durch Strahlung durch ein nichtisothermes, absorbierendes und emittierendes graues Gas untersucht. Besondere Beachtung dabei findet die Berechnung der wandnahen Temperatur und die genaue Bestimmung der Energiestromdichte nach von Chandrasekhar und Ambartsumian untersuchten Methoden und tabellierten Funktionen. Die so erreichte Genauigkeit erlaubt eine Beurteilung der Genauigkeit von bestehenden Näherungsverfahren und der Fehler, die in numerische Lösungen der massgebenden Gleichungen eingehen.

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Radiative transport and wall temperature slip in an absorbing planar medium

Abstract

Résumé

Zusammenfassung

Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer

Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer

Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer

Recent advances in radiant heat transfer

Appl. Mech. Rev.

Radiative Transfer

Basic Methods in Transfer Problems

A Treatise on Radiative Transfer

Heat transfer in thermal radiation absorbing and scattering medium

Monte Carlo solution of thermal transfer through radiant media between gray walls

J. Heat Transfer