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Thermodynamic Properties and Transport Coefficients of CO2–Cu Thermal Plasmas

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This paper presents the calculated values of equilibrium compositions, thermodynamic properties and transport coefficients (viscosity, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity) for CO2–Cu thermal plasmas. With several copper mass proportions, the calculation is performed at temperatures 2000–30,000 K and various pressures 0.1–16 bar. Gibbs free energy minimization is used to determine species compositions and thermodynamic properties and the well-known Chapman–Enskog method is applied to calculating transport properties. Furthermore, great attention is paid to cope with the interactions between all the particles in the determination of collision integrals. The results are illustrated indicating the effect of the copper proportions and pressure on the fundamental properties of CO2–Cu thermal plasmas. It can be found that a small quantity of copper (less than 10 %) can significantly modify the charged species densities and electrical conductivity especially at low temperature. While for other properties, the influences can be noticeable only when the copper proportion is above 10 %.

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This work was supported by National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2015CB251002), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51521065 and 51221005), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M572558) and the State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment (No. EIPE16307).

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    Guohui Han, Youpeng Zhang & Yanhui Lu

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Yang, A., Liu, Y., Zhong, L. et al. Thermodynamic Properties and Transport Coefficients of CO2–Cu Thermal Plasmas. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 36, 1141–1160 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-016-9709-2

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