A high-order photon Monte Carlo method for radiative transfer in direct numerical simulation

  • Authors:

  • Y. Wu;M. F. Modest;D. C. Haworth

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 130 Research Building E, University Park, PA 16802, USA;Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 130 Research Building E, University Park, PA 16802, USA;Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 130 Research Building E, University Park, PA 16802, USA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

A high-order photon Monte Carlo method is developed to solve the radiative transfer equation. The statistical and discretization errors of the computed radiative heat flux and radiation source term are isolated and quantified. Up to sixth-order spatial accuracy is demonstrated for the radiative heat flux, and up to fourth-order accuracy for the radiation source term. This demonstrates the compatibility of the method with high-fidelity direct numerical simulation (DNS) for chemically reacting flows. The method is applied to address radiative heat transfer in a one-dimensional laminar premixed flame and a statistically one-dimensional turbulent premixed flame. Modifications of the flame structure with radiation are noted in both cases, and the effects of turbulence/radiation interactions on the local reaction zone structure are revealed for the turbulent flame. Computational issues in using a photon Monte Carlo method for DNS of turbulent reacting flows are discussed.