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Frontiers in Energy >> 2009, Volume 3, Issue 1 doi: 10.1007/s11708-009-0011-3

Radiative properties of materials with surface scattering or volume scattering: A review

1. School of Energy Sources and Environment Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China; 2. Samsung Corning Precision Glass Co., theRepublic of Korea; 3. George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

Available online: 2009-03-05
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Radiative properties of rough surfaces, particulate media and porous materials are important in thermal engineerit transfer between surfaces and volume elements in participating media, as well as for accurate radiometric temperature measurements. In this paper, recent research on scattering of thermal radiation by rough surfaces, fibrous insulation, soot, aerogel, biological materials, and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) was reviewed. Both theoretical modeling and experimental investigation are discussed. Rigorous solutions and approximation methods for surface scattering and volume scattering are described. The approach of using measured surface roughness statistics in Monte Carlo simulations to predict radiative properties of rough surfaces is emphasized. The effects of various parameters on the radiative properties of particulate media and porous materials are summarized.

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