are available in textbooks on heat transfer. It can easily be proved that the
fraction of total energy emitted by surface 1 and intercepted by surface 2 is equal
to fraction of total energy emitted by surface 2 and intercepted by surface 1. Or
A
1
F
12
A
2
F
21
. This is known as the reciprocity relation. Hence net exchange of
radiation energy between 1 and 2 is
Q
1ÿ2
Q
1!2
ÿ Q
2!1
A
1
F
12
(q
b1
ÿ q
b2
) A
2
F
21
(q
b1
ÿ q
b2
)(5.91)
The definition of the view factor indicates that the view factor for two large
parallal plates of equal dimension separated by a small distance is unity since
radiation emitted by one plate is fully intercepted by the other. Also, if an object
1 with surface area A
1
is surrounded by object 2 having surface area A
2
, F
12
1
since all radiations emitted by surface 1 are intercept ed by 2, but F
21
< 1. Using
the reciprocity relation, F
21
A
1
/A
2
. Since the view factor is the fraction of
radiation emitted by a surface and intercepted by another surface, then if a
surface 1 is enclosed by surfaces 2, 3, . . . n
F
11
F
12
F
13
. . . F
1n
1 (5.92)
If the surface 1 is convex, it will not intercept any radiation emitted by itself and
F
11
0.
Heat exchange between grey bodies
Real bodies are considered as grey bodies where < 1. So when radiation falls
on a grey body, a part is reflected back and treatment becomes complex because
of multiple reflection of radiation between surfaces. To overcome this problem,
we define G as total incident radiation flux on a surface (Wm
ÿ2
) and J as the
total radiation flux leaving the surface (Wm
ÿ2
). Obviously J has two
components, namely radiation emitted by the surface, q
b
, and radiation
reflected by the surface, G. J is known as radiosity. So
J q
b
G
Using equation 5.85 and 5.88,
1 ÿ
Hence,
J q
b
(1 ÿ )G (5.93)
Net heat flux leaving the surface is
q
net
J ÿ G
Substituting the valu e of G from equation 5.93
q
net
1 ÿ
q
b
ÿ J
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