NUMERICAL SOLUTION FOR THE RADIATIVE HEAT DISTRIBUTION IN A CYLINDRICAL ENCLOSURE Cosmin Dan, Gilbert De Mey, Erik Dick University of Ghent, Belgium
MIXDES Overview Introduction The net radiation method The configuration factors computation Results Conclusions
MIXDES Introduction Motivation
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MIXDES Introduction Assumptions: –Cylindrical enclosure made of aluminium –Very well polished surfaces –Known temperature distribution –Known emissivity of the inner walls –The surfaces are diffuse gray –The cylinder is divided in small finite areas (ring shape)
MIXDES The cavity is divided in small areas in which: –The surfaces are isothermal –The surfaces are diffuse emitters and reflectors –The surfaces are gray The net radiation method
MIXDES Two energy balance equations The net radiation method -Gaussian elimination -configuration factors computation
MIXDES The net radiation method
MIXDES The configuration factors
MIXDES The configuration factors
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MIXDES Conclusions A software was developed in order to calculate the heat flow distribution along cylinder wall was realised The results obtained using the numerical solution were validated against an analytical case from the literature ( R. Siegel, J. R. Howell, “Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer”, 1992, pp , pp , pp. 477 ) In the future work the obtained results are to be used together with experimental data
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