Advanced Approach for Radiation Transport Description in 3D Collisional-radiative Models
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https://doi.org/10.14311/ppt.2017.2.112Keywords:
radiation transport, resonance radiation, plasma modelling, arcsAbstract
The description of radiation transport phenomena in the frames of collisional-radiative models requires the solution of Holstein-Biberman equation. An advanced solutuion method for 3D plasma obejcts is proposed. The method is applicable for various line contours in a wide range of absorption coefficients. Developed approach is based on discretization of the arbitrary plasma volume on a Cartesian voxel grid. Transport of photons between the cells is computed using the ray traversal algorithm by Amanatides [1]. Solution of the particle balance equations with computed in advance radiative transfer matrix is demonstrated for various typical arc shapes, like e.g. free-burning arc and cylindric arc. Results are compared with corresponding calculations using previously developed approaches. As the method is suited for finite geometries and allows for a strict solution of the radiation transport equation, applicability ranges of previous approximations can be specified.References
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