Radiative heat exchange inside the pulverized lignite fired furnace for the gray radiative properties with thermal equilibrium between phases

The objective of the research was to find if an agreement of the results of a numerical investigation with experimental data could be achieved considering the two-phase medium in thermal equilibrium. Influence of the gray radiative properties on the radiative heat exchange inside pulverized lignite fired furnaces was investigated using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code based on a comprehensive mathematical model of the process. Radiative heat exchange was calculated using Hottel's zonal model. Heat transfer rates and wall fluxes increased for small values of the total extinction coefficient, Kt < 0.2 m−1; decreased for large values of Kt, Kt > 2.0 m−1; and were maximal for moderate values of Kt, 0.2 < Kt < 2.0 m−1. Heat transfer rates and wall fluxes decreased with the increase of the scattering albedo, though the decrease was considerable only for ω > 0.5. Agreement with the experimental data was obtained for the moderate values of the Kt and for scattering albedo 0.1 < ω < 0.5.