Radiative Heat Transfer Analysis of Fibrous Insulation Materials Using the Zonal-GEF Method

The zonal method, together with the concept of generic exchange factor, is shown to be an efficient and accurate approach to analyze radiative heat transfer in high porosity insulation materials which have a large scattering coefficient. Numerical predictions generated by the method correlate well w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of thermophysics and heat transfer 2007-01, Vol.21 (1), p.105-113
Hauptverfasser: Yuen, Walter W, Cunnington, George
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The zonal method, together with the concept of generic exchange factor, is shown to be an efficient and accurate approach to analyze radiative heat transfer in high porosity insulation materials which have a large scattering coefficient. Numerical predictions generated by the method correlate well with experiniental data generated for LI900, a material used in the insulation tile for the space shuttle. Comparisons are presented for measurement in emitted surface intensity, effective thermal conductivity, and thermal response under radiant heating. The heat transfer characteristics for the material are also determined. For LI900 which is effectively a pure scattering material at the short wavelength region (A. < 5 mum), radiation from high temperature sources can be transmitted through the material even when the optical thickness is large. Radiative heat transfer in this class of material is nonlocalized in the optically thick limit. A nonlocahzed radiation model such as the zonal - generic exchange factor method is needed to determine the thermal behavior of the material for design purposes.
ISSN:0887-8722
1533-6808
DOI:10.2514/1.22412