2006 年 33 巻 4 号 p. 180-
A partial three-dimensional (3D) global model [1] was improved and applied to modeling the mixed heat transfer in a unidirectional solidification process for crystalline silicon solar cells. An efficient algorithm for the calculation of view factors, which is essential in the modeling of radiative heat transfer, was developed for complicated 3D configurations. Some 3D features of such a solidification process will numerically investigated.