Combined conductive-radiative heat transfer analysis in complex geometry using the Monte Carlo method

Cyril Caliot (1) , Stéphane Blanco (2) , Christophe Coustet (3) , Mouna El-Hafi (4) , Vincent Eymet (3) , Vincent Forest (3) , Richard A Fournier (2) , Benjamin Piaud (3)

1 PROMES - Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire
2 LAPLACE-GREPHE - Groupe de Recherche Energétique, Plasmas et Hors Equilibre
3 Méso-Star
4 RAPSODEE - Centre de recherche d'Albi en génie des procédés des solides divisés, de l'énergie et de l'environnement

Deterministic methods are commonly used to solve the heat balance equation in three-dimensional (3D) geometries.This article presents a preliminary study to the use of a stochastic method for the computation of the temperature in complex 3D geometries where the combined conductive and radiative heat transfers are coupled in the porous solid phase. The Monte Carlo algorithm and its results are validated by a comparison with the results obtained with a conventional finite-volume method.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Cyril Caliot, Stéphane Blanco, Christophe Coustet, Mouna El-Hafi, Vincent Eymet, et al.. Combined conductive-radiative heat transfer analysis in complex geometry using the Monte Carlo method. CTRPM-VI - 6th Computational Thermal Radiation in Participating Media VI, EUROTHERM, Apr 2018, Cascais, Portugal. 8 p. ⟨hal-01853128⟩