Benchmark Solutions of Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer in Nongray Media Using Line-by-Line Integration

Abstract

Nongray gas radiation calculations are conducted for four three-dimensional benchmarks using line-by-line (LBL) integration with the up-to-date high-resolution spectroscopic database HITEMP 2010. The radiative transfer equation (RTE) is solved using the finite volume method (FVM) over each wavenumber interval of the spectrum. A detailed mesh quality analysis assured the mesh independence of the solution. Accurate results for distributions of volumetric radiative heat source term and wall radiative heat flux are provided for four cases: (i) an isothermal pure water vapor medium at 1000 K; (ii) an isothermal and nonhomogeneous H2O–N2 mixture at 1000 K; (iii) a nonisothermal and homogeneous CO2–H2O–N2 mixture; and (iv) a nonisothermal and nonhomogeneous CO2–H2O–N2 mixture. These data can be useful to assess the accuracy of gas radiative property models.