Recent progress in computational thermal radiative transfer

• Published in: Chinese science bulletin Vol. 54; no. 22; pp. 4135 - 4147
• Main Authors: Tan, HePing, Liu, LinHua, Yi, HongLiang, Zhao, JunMing, Qi, Hong, Tan, JianYu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg SP Science in China Press 01.11.2009
• Subjects: Chemistry/Food Science; Earth Sciences; Engineering; Engineering Thermophysics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Life Sciences; multidisciplinary; Physics; Review; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); 传输媒介; 半透明介质; 数值方法; 数值模拟; 能量转移; 辐射传输方程; 辐射传输计算; 辐射强度; radiative transfer equation; computational method; thermal radiation
• ISSN: 1001-6538; 1861-9541
• DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0625-1

The equation describing the transfer of radiant energy in semitransparent media is radiative transfer equation. In three-dimensional semitransparent media, radiative intensity is a function of 7 dimensions, which can only be solved through the numerical method in most circumstances. Numerical simulation has become an important way in the study and application of the theory of thermal radiative transfer in semitransparent media. This paper reviews the recent progress of Chinese scholars in the field of computational thermal radiative transfer, and proposes some important subjects in this field for future study.