Attenuation of solar radiation by a water mist from the ultraviolet to the infrared range

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1182-1190

  Dombrovsky, Leonid A ^a   Solovjov, Vladimir P ^b   Webb, Brent W ^b  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; Scattering; Solar radiation; Ultraviolet; Visible; Water droplets

Indexed keywords

DROPLET SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; HEMISPHERICAL TRANSMITTANCE; HUMAN TISSUES; INFRARED; INFRARED RANGE; MIE CALCULATIONS; MIE THEORY; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY; SCATTERED SOLAR RADIATION; SCATTERING MEDIA; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SPHERICAL DROPLETS; ULTRAVIOLET; UV RADIATION; VISIBLE; WATER DROPLETS; WATER MIST;

DROPS; IRRADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

WATER CONTENT;

DROPLET; INFRARED RADIATION; MIE THEORY; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBILITY;

EID: 79952535415     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Coppalle A, Nedelka D, Bauer B Fire protection: water curtains. Fire Saf J 1993, 20:241-255.
2. Dembele S, Delmas A, Sacadura J-F A method for modeling the mitigation of hazardous fire thermal radiation by water spray curtains. ASME J Heat Transfer 1997, 119:746-753.
3. Dembele S, Wen JX, Sacadura J-F Analysis of the two-flux model for predicting water spray transmittance in fire protection application. ASME J Heat Transfer 2000, 122:183-186.
4. Maruyama S, Morota K, Guo Z. Effects of droplets parameters on thermal protection by water mist against intense irradiation. In: Proceedings of NHTC'00, NHTC2000-12265; 2000.
5. Dvorjetski A, Greenberg JB Theoretical analysis of polydisperse water spray extinction of opposed flow diffusion flames. Fire Saf J 2004, 39:309-326.
6. Berour N, Lacroix D, Boulet P, Jeandel G Radiative and conductive heat transfer in a nongrey semitransparent medium. Application to fire protection curtains. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 2004, 86:9-30.
7. Sacadura J-F Radiative heat transfer in fire safety science. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 2005, 93:5-24.
8. Buchlin J-M Thermal shielding by water spray curtain. J Loss Prev Proc Ind 2005, 18:423-432.
9. Boulet P, Collin A, Parent G Heat transfer through a water spray curtain under the effect of a strong radiative source. Fire Saf J 2006, 41:15-30.
10. Tseng CC, Viskanta R Absorptance and transmittance of water spray/mist curtains. Fire Saf J 2007, 42:106-114.
11. Maruyama S, Mory Y, Sakai S Nongray radiative heat transfer analysis in the anisotropic scattering fog layer subjected to solar irradiation. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 2004, 83:361-375.
12. Bird RE, Riordan C Simple solar spectral model for direct and diffuse irradiance on horizontal and tilted planes at the Earth's surface for cloudless atmospheres. J Clim Appl Meteorol 1986, 25:87-97.
13. Duffie JA, Beckmann WA Solar engineering and thermal processes 2006, Wiley, New York. 3rd ed.
14. McKinlay AF, Diffey BL A reference action spectrum for ultraviolet induced erythema in human skin. CIE J 1987, 16:17-22.
15. Diffey BL Ultraviolet radiation and human health. Clin Dermatol 1998, 16:83-89.
16. Young RW Solar radiation and age-related macular degeneration. Surv Ophthalmol 1988, 32:252-269.
17. Young S, Sands J Sun and the eye: prevention and detection of light-induced disease. Clin Dermatol 1998, 16:477-485.
18. Kullavanijaya P, Lim HW Photoprotection. J Am Acad Dermatol 2005, 52:937-958.
19. Hale GM, Querry MP Optical constants of water in the 200nm to 200γm wavelength region. Appl Opt 1973, 12:555-563.
20. Zolotarev VM, Dyomin AV Optical constants of water in wide wavelength range 0.1Å-1m. Opt Spectrosc 1977, 43:271-279.
21. Dombrovsky L, Randrianalisoa J, Baillis D Modified two-flux approximation for identification of radiative properties of absorbing and scattering media from directional-hemispherical measurements. J Opt Soc Am A 2006, 23:91-98.
22. Dombrovsky LA Radiation heat transfer in disperse systems 1996, Begell House, New York.
23. Modest MF Radiative heat transfer 2003, Academic Press, New York. 2nd ed.
24. Dombrovsky LA, Baillis D Thermal radiation in disperse systems: an engineering approach 2010, Begell House, Redding (CT).
25. Mishchenko MI, Hovenier JW, Mackowski DW Single scattering by a small volume element. J Opt Soc Am A 2004, 21:71-87.
26. Dombrovsky LA, Zaichik LI An effect of turbulent clustering on scattering of microwave radiation by small particles in the atmosphere. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 2010, 111:234-242.
27. Bohren CF, Huffman DR Absorption and scattering of light by small particles 1983, Wiley, New York.
28. Sobolev VV Light scattering in planetary atmospheres 1975, Pergamon Press, New York.
29. Dombrovsky L, Randrianalisoa J, Baillis D Infrared radiative properties of polymer coatings containing hollow microspheres. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 2007, 50:1516-1527.
30. Meesters GMH, Vercoulen PHW, Marijnissen JCM, Scarlett B Generation of micron-sized droplets from the Taylor cone. J Aerosol Sci 1992, 23:37-49.
31. Canán-Calvo AM Enhanced liquid atomization: from flow-focusing to flow-blurring. Appl Phys Lett 2005, 86. paper 214101.
32. Riefler N, Wriedt T Generation of monodisperse micron-sized droplets using free adjustable signals. Part Part Syst Charact 2008, 25:176-182.
33. Sher E, Bar-Kohany T, Rashkovan A Flash-boiling atomization. Prog Energy Combust Sci 2008, 34:417-439.
34. Dombrovsky LA, Zalkind VI, Zeigarnik YA, Marinichev DV, Nizovskii VL, Oksman AA, et al. Atomization of superheated water: results from experimental studies. Therm Eng 2009, 56:191-200.
35. Lightfoot MDA Fundamental classification of atomization process. Atomizer Sprays 2009, 19:1065-1104.
36. Santolaya JL, Aisa LA, Calvo E, Garcia I, Garcia JA Analysis by droplet size classes of the liquid flow structure in a pressure swirl hollow cone spray. Chem Eng Proc: Proc Intens 2010, 49:125-131.