BodyRadiation

Lumped thermal element for radiation heat transfer

    BodyRadiation

Library

Thermal/HeatTransfer/Components

Description

This is a model describing the thermal radiation, i.e., electromagnetic radiation emitted between two bodies as a result of their temperatures. The following constitutive equation is used:

    Q_flow = Gr*sigma*(port_a.T^4 - port_b.T^4);

where Gr is the radiation conductance and sigma is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (= Modelica.Constants.sigma). Gr may be determined by measurements and is assumed to be constant over the range of operations.

For simple cases, Gr may be analytically computed. The analytical equations use epsilon, the emission value of a body which is in the range 0..1. Epsilon=1, if the body absorbs all radiation (= black body). Epsilon=0, if the body reflects all radiation and does not absorb any.

   Typical values for epsilon:
   aluminium, polished    0.04
   copper, polished       0.04
   gold, polished         0.02
   paper                  0.09
   rubber                 0.95
   silver, polished       0.02
   wood                   0.85..0.9

Analytical Equations for Gr

Small convex object in large enclosure (e.g., a hot machine in a room):

    Gr = e*A
    where
       e: Emission value of object (0..1)
       A: Surface area of object where radiation
          heat transfer takes place

Two parallel plates:

    Gr = A/(1/e1 + 1/e2 - 1)
    where
       e1: Emission value of plate1 (0..1)
       e2: Emission value of plate2 (0..1)
       A : Area of plate1 (= area of plate2)

Two long cylinders in each other, where radiation takes place from the inner to the outer cylinder):

    Gr = 2*pi*r1*L/(1/e1 + (1/e2 - 1)*(r1/r2))
    where
       pi: = Modelica.Constants.pi
       r1: Radius of inner cylinder
       r2: Radius of outer cylinder
       L : Length of the two cylinders
       e1: Emission value of inner cylinder (0..1)
       e2: Emission value of outer cylinder (0..1)

Parameters

BodyRadiation_0

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_Gr

Gr

Net radiation conductance between two surfaces (see docu)

Scalar

BodyRadiation_1

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_Q_flow

Q_flow

Q_flow

Structure

mo_Q_flow/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_Q_flow/start

start

Cell of scalars

mo_dT

dT

dT

Structure

mo_dT/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_dT/start

start

Cell of scalars

Ports

NameTypeDescriptionIO TypeNumber

port_a

implicit

input

1

port_b

implicit

output

1