Radiation Heat Transfer

Accelerated charges or changing electric currents give rise to electric and

magnetic fields. These rapidly moving fields are called electromagnetic waves or
electromagnetic radiation, and they represent the energy emitted by matter as a
result of the changes in the electronic configurations of the atoms or molecules.
Electromagnetic waves transport energy just like other waves and they are
characterized by their frequency ν or wavelength λ. These two properties in a
medium are related by

c = c0 /n
c, the speed of propagation of a wave in that medium
c0 = 2.9979×108 m/s, the speed of light in a vacuum
n, the index of refraction of that medium
n =1 for air and most gases, n = 1.5 for glass, and n = 1.33 for water
It has proven useful to view electromagnetic radiation as the propagation
of a collection of discrete packets of energy called photons or quanta.
In this view, each photon of frequency n is considered to have an energy of

The energy of a photon is inversely

proportional to its wavelength.

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THERMAL RADIATION
The type of electromagnetic radiation that is pertinent
to heat transfer is the thermal radiation emitted as a
result of energy transitions of molecules, atoms, and
electrons of a substance.
Temperature is a measure of the strength of these
activities at the microscopic level, and the rate of
thermal radiation emission increases with increasing
temperature.
Thermal radiation is continuously emitted by all matter
whose temperature is above absolute zero.

Everything
around us
constantly
emits thermal
radiation.

The
electromagnetic
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wave spectrum.
Light is simply the visible portion of
A body that emits some radiation in the
the electromagnetic spectrum that
visible range is called a light source.
lies between 0.40 and 0.76 µm.
The sun is our primary light source.
The electromagnetic radiation emitted by
the sun is known as solar radiation, and
nearly all of it falls into the wavelength
band 0.3–3 µm.
Almost half of solar radiation is light (i.e.,
it falls into the visible range), with the
remaining being ultraviolet and infrared.

The radiation emitted by bodies at room temperature falls into the

infrared region of the spectrum, which extends from 0.76 to 100 µm.
The ultraviolet radiation includes the low-wavelength end of the thermal
radiation spectrum and lies between the wavelengths 0.01 and 0.40 µm.
Ultraviolet rays are to be avoided since they can kill microorganisms and
cause serious damage to humans and other living beings.
About 12 percent of solar radiation is in the ultraviolet range. The ozone
(O3) layer in the atmosphere acts as a protective blanket and absorbs 4
most of this ultraviolet radiation.
 In heat transfer studies, we are interested in
the energy emitted by bodies because of their
temperature only. Therefore, we limit our
consideration to thermal radiation.

The electrons, atoms, and molecules of

all solids, liquids, and gases above
absolute zero temperature are constantly
in motion, and thus radiation is
constantly emitted, as well as being
absorbed or transmitted throughout the
entire volume of matter.
That is, radiation is a volumetric
phenomenon. 5
 BLACKBODY RADIATION
• Different bodies may emit different amounts of radiation per unit surface area.
• A blackbody emits the maximum amount of radiation by a surface at a given
temperature.
• It is an idealized body to serve as a standard against which the radiative
properties of real surfaces may be compared.
• A blackbody is a perfect emitter and absorber of radiation.
• A blackbody absorbs all incident radiation, regardless of wavelength and
direction.

The radiation energy

emitted by a blackbody:

Blackbody emissive power

Stefan–Boltzmann constant

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Spectral blackbody emissive Power:
The amount of radiation energy emitted
by a blackbody at a thermodynamic
temperature T per unit time, per unit
surface area, and per unit wavelength
about the wavelength λ.

Planck’s
law

Boltzmann’s constant
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The wavelength at which the
peak occurs for a specified
temperature is given by
Wien’s displacement law:

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Observations from the figure
• The emitted radiation is a continuous function of wavelength.
At any specified temperature, it increases with wavelength,
reaches a peak, and then decreases with increasing
wavelength.
• At any wavelength, the amount of emitted radiation increases
with increasing temperature.
• As temperature increases, the curves shift to the left to the
shorter wavelength region. Consequently, a larger fraction of
the radiation is emitted at shorter wavelengths at higher
temperatures.
• The radiation emitted by the sun, which is considered to be a
blackbody at 5780 K (or roughly at 5800 K), reaches its peak
in the visible region of the spectrum. Therefore, the sun is in
tune with our eyes.
• On the other hand, surfaces at T < 800 K emit almost entirely
in the infrared region and thus are not visible to the eye
unless they reflect light coming from other sources.
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The radiation energy emitted by a blackbody per unit
area over a wavelength band from λ = 0 to λ is

Blackbody radiation function fλ:

The fraction of radiation emitted from a
blackbody at temperature T in the
wavelength band from λ = 0 to λ.

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RADIATION INTENSITY
Radiation is emitted by all parts of a
plane surface in all directions into the
hemisphere above the surface, and
the directional distribution of emitted
(or incident) radiation is usually not
uniform.
Therefore, we need a quantity that
describes the magnitude of radiation
emitted (or incident) in a specified
direction in space.
This quantity is radiation intensity,
denoted by I.
Solid Angle
Intensity of Emitted Radiation
Incident
Radiation
Radiosity
Spectral Quantities
 RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
Most materials encountered in practice, such as metals, wood, and bricks, are opaque
to thermal radiation, and radiation is considered to be a surface phenomenon for such
materials.
Radiation through semitransparent materials such as glass and water cannot be
considered to be a surface phenomenon since the entire volume of the material
interacts with radiation.
A blackbody can serve as a convenient reference in describing the emission and
absorption characteristics of real surfaces.

Emissivity
• Emissivity: The ratio of the radiation emitted by the surface at a given temperature
to the radiation emitted by a blackbody at the same temperature. 0 ≤ ε ≤ 1.
• Emissivity is a measure of how closely a surface approximates a blackbody (ε = 1).
• The emissivity of a real surface varies with the temperature of the surface as well as
the wavelength and the direction of the emitted radiation.
• The emissivity of a surface at a specified wavelength is called spectral emissivity
ελ. The emissivity in a specified direction is called directional emissivity εθ where θ
is the angle between the direction of radiation and the normal of the surface.
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 spectral
directional
emissivity
total
directional
emissivity

spectral
hemispherical
emissivity

total
hemispherical
emissivity

The ratio of the total radiation energy

emitted by the surface to the radiation
emitted by a blackbody of the same
surface area at the same temperature
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A surface is said to be diffuse if its properties are independent of
direction, and gray if its properties are independent of wavelength.
The gray and diffuse approximations are often utilized in radiation
calculations.

θ is the
angle
measured
from the
normal of
the surface

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The variation of normal emissivity with (a)
wavelength and (b) temperature for various
materials.

In radiation analysis, it is
common practice to assume
the surfaces to be diffuse Typical ranges
emitters with an emissivity of emissivity
equal to the value in the for various
normal (θ = 0) direction. materials.
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 Irradiation, G:
Radiation flux
incident on a
surface.

Absorptivity,
Reflectivity, and
Transmissivity

for opaque surfaces

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 spectral spectral directional
hemispherical absorptivity
absorptivity
spectral
hemispherical
reflectivity spectral directional
reflectivity
spectral
hemispherical
transmissivity
Gλ: the spectral irradiation, W/m2⋅µm

Average absorptivity, reflectivity, and

transmissivity of a surface:

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In practice, surfaces are assumed to reflect in a perfectly specular or diffuse manner.
Specular (or mirrorlike) reflection: The angle of reflection equals the angle of
incidence of the radiation beam.
Diffuse reflection: Radiation is reflected equally in all directions.

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Kirchhoff’s Law

Kirchhoff’s law

The total hemispherical emissivity of

a surface at temperature T is equal
to its total hemispherical absorptivity
for radiation coming from a
blackbody at the same temperature.

spectral form of
Kirchhoff’s law

The emissivity of a surface at a specified wavelength,

direction, and temperature is always equal to its absorptivity
at the same wavelength, direction, and temperature. 32
The Greenhouse Effect
Glass has a transparent window in the wavelength range 0.3 µm < λ < 3 µm in which
over 90% of solar radiation is emitted. The entire radiation emitted by surfaces at room
temperature falls in the infrared region (λ > 3 µm).
Glass allows the solar radiation to enter but does not allow the infrared radiation from the
interior surfaces to escape. This causes a rise in the interior temperature as a result of
the energy buildup in the car.
This heating effect, which is due to the nongray characteristic of glass (or clear plastics),
is known as the greenhouse effect.

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ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR RADIATION
Atmospheric radiation: The radiation energy emitted or
reflected by the constituents of the atmosphere.
The energy of the sun is due to the
continuous fusion reaction during which two
hydrogen atoms fuse to form one atom of
helium.
Therefore, the sun is essentially a nuclear
reactor, with temperatures as high as
40,000,000 K in its core region.
The temperature drops to about 5800 K in the
outer region of the sun, called the convective
zone, as a result of the dissipation of this
energy by radiation.
Total solar irradiance Gs:
The solar energy reaching Solar constant: The total solar irradiance. It
the earth’s atmosphere is represents the rate at which solar energy is
called the incident on a surface normal to the sun’s rays
at the outer edge of the atmosphere when the
earth is at its mean distance from the sun
The value of the total solar irradiance can be used The sun can be treated
to estimate the effective surface temperature of as a blackbody at a
the sun from the requirement that temperature of 5780 K.
The solar energy incident on a Direct solar radiation GD: The part of solar
surface on earth is considered to radiation that reaches the earth’s surface
consist of direct and diffuse parts. without being scattered or absorbed by the
atmosphere.
Diffuse solar radiation Gd: The scattered
radiation is assumed to reach the earth’s
surface uniformly from all directions.
The total solar energy incident on the unit
area of a horizontal surface on the ground is
it is found convenient in radiation calculations to treat the atmosphere as a
blackbody at some lower fictitious temperature that emits an equivalent amount
of radiation energy.
This fictitious temperature is called the effective sky temperature Tsky.
The radiation emission from the atmosphere to the earth’s surface is

The value of Tsky depends on the atmospheric

conditions. It ranges from about 230 K for cold,
clear-sky conditions to about 285 K for warm,
cloudy-sky conditions.

Net rate of radiation heat transfer to a surface

exposed to solar and atmospheric radiation
The absorption and emission of radiation by the
elementary gases such as H2, O2, and N2 at moderate
temperatures are negligible, and a medium filled with
these gases can be treated as a vacuum in radiation
analysis.
The absorption and emission of gases with larger
molecules such as H2O and CO2, however, can be
significant and may need to be considered when
considerable amounts of such gases are present in a
medium.
For example, a 1-m-thick layer of water vapor at 1 atm
pressure and 100°C emits more than 50 percent of the
energy that a blackbody would emit at the same
temperature.

The radiation properties of surfaces are quite

different for the incident and emitted radiation, and
the surfaces cannot be assumed to be gray.
Instead, the surfaces are assumed to have two sets
of properties: one for solar radiation and another for
infrared radiation at room temperature.
What we call renewable energy is usually
nothing more than the manifestation of
solar energy in different forms.
Such energy sources include wind energy,
hydroelectric power, ocean thermal
energy, ocean wave energy, and wood.
For example, no hydroelectric power plant
can generate electricity year after year
unless the water evaporates by absorbing
solar energy and comes back as a rainfall
to replenish the water source.
Although solar energy is sufficient to meet
the entire energy needs of the world,
currently it is not economical to do so
because of the low concentration of solar
energy on earth and the high capital cost
of harnessing it.
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