Radiative Heat Transfer - Simulate heat transfer by radiation

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Description

The Radiative Heat Transfer block represents a heat transfer by radiation between two surfaces in such a way that the energy of emitting body is completely absorbed by a receiving body. The transfer is governed by the Stefan-Boltzmann law and is described with the following equation:

where

QHeat flow
kRadiation heat transfer coefficient
ASurface area
TA,TBTemperatures of the bodies

Connections A and B are thermal conserving ports associated with the emitting and receiving bodies, respectively. The block positive direction is from port A to port B. This means that the heat flow is positive if it flows from A to B.

Dialog Box and Parameters

Area

Surface area of heat transfer. The default value is 0.0001 m^2.

Radiation heat transfer coefficient

Heat transfer coefficient according to the Stefan-Boltzmann law. The default value is 4e-8 W/m^2/K^4.

Ports

The block has the following ports:

A

Thermal conserving port associated with body A.

B

Thermal conserving port associated with body B.

See Also

Conductive Heat Transfer

Convective Heat Transfer

  


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