Accelerated Method for Surface View Factor Evaluation Based on Error Estimation

Roman Koptelov; German Malikov; Vladimir Lisienko; Raymond Viskanta

doi:10.1115/1.4027251

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Accelerated Method for Surface View Factor Evaluation Based on Error Estimation

Roman Koptelov, German Malikov, Vladimir Lisienko and Raymond Viskanta

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Roman Koptelov

Ural Federal University,
19 Mira Street,
Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia
e-mail: r-koptelov@mail.ru

German Malikov, Vladimir Lisienko

Ural Federal University,
19 Mira Street,
Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia

Raymond Viskanta

Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: viskanta@ecn.purdue.edu

Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received August 22, 2013; final manuscript received March 17, 2014; published online April 8, 2014. Assoc. Editor: Zhixiong Guo.

J. Heat Transfer 136(7), 074502 (Apr 08, 2014) (4 pages) Paper No: HT-13-1431; doi: 10.1115/1.4027251 History: Received August 22, 2013; Revised March 17, 2014

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An algorithm for choosing the number of quadrature nodes before calculation of a view factor is proposed. Simple criterion is introduced that allows one to estimate the error in the computed view factor. The algorithm allows one to save much computation time by always using the minimum number of nodes for each pair of surface zones and insures a desired accuracy. The algorithm is applied for model of a continuous furnace and is compared with a standard method which uses predefined number of nodes at each surface. The proposed algorithm is many times faster and also more accurate than the standard one.

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Geometry and nomenclature for ED

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Quadrilaterals: (a)–(d) basic quadrilaterals and (e) transformation of second quadrilateral

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Dependence between relative error in computed view factors and ED. Each point represents one of 5 × 10⁵ view factors. Only view factors more than 10⁻⁴ were calculated.

Dependence between relative error in computed view factors and ED. Each point represents one of 5 × 105 view factors. Only view factors more than 10−4 were calculated.

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Model of continuous furnace in Chelyabinsk, Russia

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Koptelov R, Malikov G, Lisienko V, Viskanta R. Accelerated Method for Surface View Factor Evaluation Based on Error Estimation. ASME. J. Heat Transfer. 2014;136(7):074502-074502-4. doi:10.1115/1.4027251.

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