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Design and optimization of plasma jet nozzles based on computational fluid dynamics

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This study aims at identifying an optimal solution for the design of convergent-divergent nozzles discharging high-temperature plasma jets. Optimized profile parameters (e.g. throat size, depths of convergent and divergent parts) were developed to enhance the processing capability of the inductively coupled plasma torch. The temperature and velocity of the plasma jet are studied both along the axis of the nozzle and onto the impinged substrate surface. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of 55 models with different cross-sectional profiles highlights cases that can be used to enhance plasma figuring processes. The enhanced nozzles are compared with the benchmark nozzle in all selection criteria. This optimization approach is proven to provide an efficient design method of plasma nozzles for future processing activities. The rapid design and optimization of the nozzle are expected to adjust the material removal footprint of plasma process in metre-scale optical fabrication. Experimental results prove that the enhanced nozzle has 5% higher efficiency against the original one.

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This research work was funded by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) (Grant No. 15/RP/B3208) and the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Ultra Precision of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK (EP/1033491/1).

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  1. Centre for Micro/Nano Manufacturing Technologies (MNMT-Dublin), University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland

    Nan Yu & Fengzhou Fang

  2. Precision Engineering Institute, Cranfield University, Bedford, UK

    Nan Yu, Yanni Yang, Renaud Jourdain, Mustapha Gourma & Adam Bennett

  3. Xi’an Aero Engine Group Co., Ltd, Aero Engine Corporation of China, Xi’an, China

    Yanni Yang

  4. Cranfield Plasma Solutions, Northamptonshire, UK

    Adam Bennett

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Yu, N., Yang, Y., Jourdain, R. et al. Design and optimization of plasma jet nozzles based on computational fluid dynamics. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 108, 2559–2568 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05568-4

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