Modeling radiative heat transfer in combustion applications involving complex geometries and detailed spectral properties of radiative gaseous species remains a difficult challenge, especially when full coupling with detailed chemistry and fluid dynamics is required. The Monte Carlo method (MCM) usually considered as a reference “exact” method for the computation of radiative transfer is however very demanding in CPU-time. An alternative is the discrete ordinates method (DOM), based on a finite volume approach, that is more suitable for a direct coupling with computational fluid dynamics but may lack accuracy. The aim of the present paper is to propose and demonstrate the efficiency of a methodology for radiative transfer calculation, combining the advantages of both MCM and DOM. In this approach, the fast DOM is used to compute the radiative solution, and its accuracy is controlled by comparison with the exact MCM solution at a selected controlling points. A first application of the proposed methodology to an industrial burner prototype shows its validity and potential for the direct coupling of radiation calculations with unsteady reacting flow computations.
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Discrete Ordinates and Monte Carlo Methods for Radiative Transfer Simulation Applied to Computational Fluid Dynamics Combustion Modeling
David Joseph,
David Joseph
Centre de Recherche d’Albi en génie des Procédés des Solides Divisés
, de l’Energie et de l’Environnement, 81000 Albi, France; HPC-SA
, 3 Chemin du Pigeonnier de la Cépière, 31100 Toulouse, France
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Patrice Perez,
Patrice Perez
Centre de Recherche d’Albi en génie des Procédés des Solides Divisés
, de l’Energie et de l’Environnement, 81000 Albi, France; HPC-SA
, 3 Chemin du Pigeonnier de la Cépière, 31100 Toulouse, France
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Mouna El Hafi,
e-mail: elhafi@enstimac.fr
Mouna El Hafi
Centre de Recherche d’Albi en génie des Procédés des Solides Divisés
, de l’Energie et de l’Environnement, 81013 Albi, France
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Bénédicte Cuenot
Bénédicte Cuenot
CERFACS
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David Joseph
Centre de Recherche d’Albi en génie des Procédés des Solides Divisés
, de l’Energie et de l’Environnement, 81000 Albi, France; HPC-SA
, 3 Chemin du Pigeonnier de la Cépière, 31100 Toulouse, France
Patrice Perez
Centre de Recherche d’Albi en génie des Procédés des Solides Divisés
, de l’Energie et de l’Environnement, 81000 Albi, France; HPC-SA
, 3 Chemin du Pigeonnier de la Cépière, 31100 Toulouse, France
Mouna El Hafi
Centre de Recherche d’Albi en génie des Procédés des Solides Divisés
, de l’Energie et de l’Environnement, 81013 Albi, Francee-mail: elhafi@enstimac.fr
Bénédicte Cuenot
CERFACS
, 42 Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, FranceJ. Heat Transfer. May 2009, 131(5): 052701 (9 pages)
Published Online: March 19, 2009
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Received:
February 29, 2008
Revised:
October 9, 2008
Published:
March 19, 2009
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Joseph, D., Perez, P., El Hafi, M., and Cuenot, B. (March 19, 2009). "Discrete Ordinates and Monte Carlo Methods for Radiative Transfer Simulation Applied to Computational Fluid Dynamics Combustion Modeling." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. May 2009; 131(5): 052701. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3013832
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