Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer RAD-16
DOI: 10.1615/RAD-16
ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-458-8
ISSN Online: 2642-5629
ISSN Flash Drive: 2642-5661
APPLICATION OF THE INVERSE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE PARAMETERS OF THE WEIGHTED-MULTI-POINT-SOURCE MODEL FOR TURBULENT DIFFUSION FLAMES
pages 178-185
DOI: 10.1615/RAD-16.220
SINOPSIS
The weighted-multi-point-source (WMP) model uses point sources with different weights to estimate the radiative heat flux emanating from a flame. This paper applies the inverse analysis to obtain the fraction of radiated heat and the weights of the point sources to minimize the deviation between the WMP model and a set of experimental data of turbulent diffusion flames of natural gas in air. As will be shown, the inverse method can estimate and correlate those parameters, leading to more accurate results than the commonly employed linear variation in the weights.