The scale multiplier $10^{-7}$ should be included in the definition of time.I checked the statement that two models in which 2 or 1 discontinuous functions are used give different results. Therefore, I leave the version of the problem statement proposed by the author of the topic. Then the task is solved using the code tm = 5; \[CapitalOmega]1 = ImplicitRegion[(x - 2.5)^2 + (y - 2.5)^2 >= 0.09 && (0 <= x <= 5) && (0 <= y <= 5), {x, y}]; \[Sigma] [x_, y_] := Piecewise[ {{1, .09 <= ((x - 2.5)^2) + ((y - 2.5)^2 ) <= 0.25}, { 5.95396, ((x - 2.5)^2) + ((y - 2.5)^2 ) > 0.25}}] u [x_, y_] := 0; \[Alpha] [x_, y_] := Piecewise[ {{2.82965, .09 <= ((x - 2.5)^2) + ((y - 2.5)^2 ) <= 0.25}, {5.02649, ((x - 2.5)^2) + ((y - 2.5)^2 ) > 0.25}}] q [x_, y_] := Piecewise[{{0, .09 < ((x - 2.5)^2) + ((y - 2.5)^2 ) < 0.25}, { 1, ((x - 2.5)^2) + ((y - 2.5)^2 ) > 0.25}}] eq = \[Sigma] [x, y]* D[T[t, x, y] , t] - \[Alpha][x, y]* Laplacian[T[t, x, y], {x, y}] - q[x, y] == 0; Subscript[\[CapitalGamma], D] = {DirichletCondition[T[t, x, y] == 45, ((x - 2.5)^2 + (y - 2.5)^2 ) == 0.09], DirichletCondition[T[t, x, y] == 12, x == 0 || x == 5 || y == 0 || y == 5]}; Temp = NDSolveValue[{eq, Subscript[\[CapitalGamma], D], T[0, x, y] == 12}, T, {t, 0, tm}, {x, y} \[Element] \[CapitalOmega]1, Method -> {"FiniteElement", "InterpolationOrder" -> {T -> 2}, "MeshOptions" -> {"MaxCellMeasure" -> 0.001}}]; Table[ContourPlot[Temp[t, x, y], {x, y} \[Element] \[CapitalOmega]1, Contours -> 20, ColorFunction -> "TemperatureMap", PlotLegends -> Automatic, PlotRange -> All, PlotLabel -> Row[{"t=", t}]], {t, .1*tm, tm, .3*tm}] [![fig2][1]][1] Let us compare two models eq1 = D[T[t, x, y] , t] - (\[Alpha][x, y]*Laplacian[T[t, x, y], {x, y}] - q[x, y])/\[Sigma][x, y] == 0; eq2 = \[Sigma][x, y]*D[T[t, x, y] , t] - \[Alpha][x, y]* Laplacian[T[t, x, y], {x, y}] - q[x, y] == 0; The first model I published and deleted, so as not to cause controversy. Interestingly, the two models give different results. [![fig3][2]][2] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/xNZI8.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/3NDNR.png