Reducing CPU Time for Radiative Exchange and Transient Heat Transfer Analysis Using Zone Method

CPU time for radiative heat transfer analysis using the zone method is greatly reduced. Reduction in CPU time is attributed to the development of a simplified version of the plating algorithm for calculation of total exchange areas (TEAs) and of a model reduction algorithm for eliminating low-energy-level exchange areas from the matrix of radiative transfer. The accuracy and efficiency of the algorithms are examined for a windscreen bending furnace and a gas quenching chamber. Total CPU time is reduced by a factor of 17 for both applications.

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