Course: Heat Transfer( MEC301)

Major Topic: Introduction to Radiation

Radiation Heat Transfer

Radiation Heat transfer is defined as the transfer of energy across a system boundary by means of
an electromagnetic mechanism which is caused solely by a temperature difference.

Where as the heat transfer due to conduction and convection takes place only in the presence of
medium, radiation heat transfer does not require a medium and can travel through vacuum also.
Electromagnetic spectrum
Surface emission properties
The rate of emission of radiation by a body depends upon the following factors:
1) The temperature of the surface
2) The nature of the surface
3) The wavelength or frequency of Radiations
Parameters which deals with the surface emission properties are given below:
1) Total emissive power
2) Monochromatic emissive power
3) Emissivity
1. Total Emissive power
2. Monochromatic emissive power
3. Emissivity
Absorptivity, Reflectivity and Transmissivity
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Black Body
Opaque Body
White Body
Gray Body
Concept of Black body
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 Course: Heat Transfer( MEC301)
Major Topic: Laws of Radiations
Stefan Boltzmann law

This law states that the emissive power of a black body is directly proportional to the fourth
power of its absolute temperature.
Kirchhoff’s Law
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Planck’s Law
Wien’s Displacement Law
Lambert’s Cosine Law
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 Course: Heat Transfer( MEC301)
Major Topic: Shape/Configuration factor
Shape Factor

Shape factor is also named as view factor or configuration factor. Shape

factor depends only on geometry. As radiation is emitting from a body at a high
temperature, only some part of the radiation will be falling on the other body. The fall
of radiation to this body depends on its orientation to the emitting body
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Numerical 1
Calculate the Shape factors of the following figures
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 Course: Heat Transfer( MEC301)
Major Topic: Radiation exchange between two parallel plates
Radiation exchange between two Non-Black bodies
Radiation exchange between two Infinite parallel plates
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 Course: Heat Transfer( MEC301)
Major Topic: Electrical network analogy for Thermal radiation systems
Irradiation(G)
Radiosity(J)
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Radiation exchange between three Gray bodies
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 Course: Heat Transfer( MEC301)
Major Topic: Radiation shield
Radiation shield
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Let us consider two parallel plates 1 and 2, each of area A (A1 = A2 = A)at temperature T1 and T2 respectively
with a Radiation shield placed between them.
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