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Chapter 4 Radiation Heat Transfer
Chapter 4 Radiation Heat Transfer
INTRODUCTION TO
RADIATION
HEAT TRANSFER
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Explain the basic mechanism of heat transfer by
radiation.
Define the radiation properties such as absorptivity,
reflectivity, transmissivity, and emissivity.
Given the spectral dependence of incident power
(from the Planck’s law) and radiation properties,
calculate the total radiation absorbed.
Determine the view factor and radiative heat transfer
between two bodies of various configurations.
Calculate the heat transfer rate by combined
conduction-convection and radiation.
INTRODUCTION
Radiation heat transfer is the transfer of heat by
electromagnetic radiation.
All substances at temperatures above absolute zero
emit radiation.
Radiation moves through space and vacuum in
straight lines, or beams, and only substances in sight
of a radiating body can intercept radiation from that
body.
Radiation becomes important mode of heat transfer
when large temp differences occur.
The basic mechanism of radiant heat transfer
involves three steps:
1) Thermal energy of hot source, such as wall of a furnace at T1,
is converted into energy in the form of electromagnetic waves.
2) These waves travel through intervening space in straight lines
and strike a cold object at T2, such as a furnace tube
containing water to be heated.
3) The electromagnetic wave that strikes the body are absorbed
by the body and converted back to thermal energy or heat.
If matter appears in its path, the radiation will be transmitted,
reflected, or absorbed. It is only the absorbed energy that
appears as heat.
Examples: fused quartz transmits practically all the
radiation that strikes it; a polished opaque surface
or mirror will reflect most; a black surface will
absorb most and will transform it to heat.
The fraction of the radiation falling on a body that is
reflected is called the reflectivity . The fraction that
is absorbed is called the absorptivity . The fraction
that is transmitted is called the transmissivity .
The sum of these fractions must be unity:
+ + = 1.
A black body is defined as one that absorbs all
radiant energy and reflects or transmits none.
Hence, = 1.0 for black body.
EMISSION & ABSORPTION OF
RADIATION
Bodies, depending on their temperatures, emit and
absorb radiation of different mix of wavelengths.
The net energy gained or lost by a body is the
difference btw energy emitted and absorbed by it.
The thermal radiation exists btw wavelengths of
0.1 and 100 m of the electromagnetic spectrum.
[Ref 3]
The total emissive power is the total amount of
radiation energy per unit area leaving a surface with
temperature T over all wavelengths.
A basic equation for black body radiation is the
Stefan-Boltzmann law, which states that the total
emissive power of a black body is proportional to the
fourth power of the absolute temperature:
Eb q / A T 4 over all wavelengths (0 ) (1)
where Eb = total emissive power of black body, W/m2
q = heat flow, W
A = surface area of body, m2
= constant = 5.672x10-8 W/m2 K4
T = temperature of the black body, K
The ratio of the total emissive power of a surface to
that of a black body at the same temperature is
called emissivity and is 1.0 for a black body.
For a body that is not a black body, < 1.0, and the
total emissive power is reduced by :
E q / A T 4 over all wavelengths (0 ), f ( ) (2)
Thus the emissivity, like absorptivity, is low for polished metal surfaces, and high for oxidized metal surfaces and most
non-metallic substances.
The emissivity and absorptivity of real surfaces varies with wavelength of incident radiation.
The temp of the absorbing surface has only slight effect on its absorptivity. Thus of absorber is evaluated at source
temp, not at absorber temp.
at the same temperature (3)
Planck Distribution
The spectral emissive power of a black body is given by,
C1
E b , ( , T ) (4)
e
5 C2 / T
1
where C1 3.742 108 W m 4 / m 2 , C 2 1.439 10 4 m K
In the hand-out Figure, the L.H.S’s of Equations (5) and (6) are
plotted against T.
Example 1: Transmission of band radiation [Ref 5]
Fused quartz transmits 90% of the incident thermal radiation
between 0.2 and 4 m. Suppose a certain heat source is viewed
through a quartz window. What heat flux in watts will be
transmitted through the material from black body radiation
sources at (a) 800°C and (b) 250°C.
Solution: 1 = 0.2 m, 2 = 4 m, (q/A)transmit = 0.9 Eb,1-2
(a) T = 800+273 = 1073 K, 1 T = (0.2)(1073) = 214.6 m-K
2 T = (4)(1073) = 4292 m-K
Eb = T4 = (5.672x10-8)(1073)4 = 75,185 W/m2
From Figure, Fb(1 T) = Eb,0-1/Eb = 0, Fb(2 T) = Eb,0-2/Eb = 0.53
Fb,1-2 = Eb,1-2/Eb = (Eb,0-2/Eb) – (Eb,0-1/Eb) = 0.53 – 0 = 0.53
Eb,1-2 = 0.53 Eb = 0.53(75,185) = 39,848 W/m2
2
Example 2: Transmission and absorption in a glass plate
A glass plate 30 cm square is used to view radiation from a
furnace. The emissivity of the glass is 0.3 up to 3.5 m
wavelengths and 0.9 above that. The transmissivity of the glass
is zero, except that it is 0.5 in the range from 0.2 to 3.5 m.
Assuming that the furnace is a black body at 2000°C, calculate
the energy absorbed and energy transmitted by the glass.
Solution: Given:
T 2000C 2273 K, 1 0.2 m, 2 3.5 m
A (0.3) 2 m 2 , 1 2 0.5, 01 2 0
02 02 0.3, 2 2 0.9
2
N Gr N Pr (11 .65 106 )(0.703) 8.19 106
Thus, From Table 4.7 - 1 (Geankoplis), a 0.53, m 1 / 4
So, N Nu
hc D
k
0.53 N Gr N Pr
1/ 4
hc 12 W/m 2 K