Bj. Palmer et al., MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION OF RADIATIVE HEAT-TRANSFER IN ARRAYS OF FIXED DISCRETE SURFACES USING CELL-TO-CELL PHOTON TRANSPORT, International journal of heat and mass transfer, 39(13), 1996, pp. 2811-2819
An accurate simulation of radiative heat transfer in arrays of fixed d
iscrete surfaces is challenging because of the complicated geometries
that can shade and block many surfaces. This paper presents an innovat
ive Monte Carlo scheme using cell-to-cell photon transport developed t
o simulate monochromatic radiation impinging on an array of fixed disc
rete elements. Results of the study show that cell-to-cell photon tran
sport is an efficient method of simulating radiation heat transfer in
complicated geometries. Sample calculations demonstrate the dependence
of radiation heat transfer in the array on the geometry of the array
elements. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.