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[douniaextra1]

Hello everyone,

I want to ask if there is a condition that can be applied to a surface to be considered a mirror in ANSYS Fluent.

If not, could you recommend software for that?

For a closer view, I am simulating a box-type solar cooker in which I need to have mirror faces to reflect the solar radiation to the absorber.

Thanks in advance,

Best regards,

Dounia

[Rob]

Opaque wall, then review the radiation options. 

[douniaextra1]

Thank you for the answer,

I have used the solar load model with the DO radiation model, and this picture below represents the wall where I want to apply the condition as a mirror. 

I turned the absorptivity coefficients to 0, Is that right? because the mirror only reflects and does not absorb. 

Thank you in advance

[Rob]

I think so, but also check how the solar ray tracing works.