Nonlinear Iterative Projection Methods with Multigrid in Photon Frequency for Thermal Radiative Transfer

TL;DR

This paper develops nonlinear iterative multigrid methods for thermal radiative transfer, efficiently solving frequency-dependent equations by combining high-order and low-order models across multiple photon frequency grids.

Contribution

It introduces a novel multigrid approach that integrates high-order RT equations with low-order moment equations across multiple frequency grids for TRT.

Findings

Demonstrates convergence in TRT problems with many photon frequency groups.

Shows efficiency of multigrid cycles in reducing computational complexity.

Validates methods through numerical experiments.

Abstract

This paper presents nonlinear iterative methods for the fundamental thermal radiative transfer (TRT) model defined by the time-dependent multifrequency radiative transfer (RT) equation and the material energy balance (MEB) equation. The iterative methods are based on the nonlinear projection approach and use multiple grids in photon frequency. They are formulated by the high-order RT equation on a given grid in photon frequency and low-order moment equations on a hierarchy of frequency grids. The material temperature is evaluated in the subspace of the lowest dimensionality from the MEB equation coupled to the effective grey low-order equations. The algorithms apply various multigrid cycles to visit frequency grids. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate convergence of the multigrid iterative algorithms in TRT problems with large number of photon frequency groups.