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Technique of Formation of an Axisymmetric Heterogeneous Flow During Thermal Spraying of Powder Materials

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The paper presents an investigation of a unit of annular injection of powder materials into a thermal plasma flow. The unit is designed for the electric-arc direct-current plasma torch with a sectioned inter-electrode insert up to 100 kW, which was developed earlier. Energy characteristics (thermal efficiency and thermal power of the plasma jet) and spectra of plasma torch current and voltage fluctuations are described. The characteristics of the radial temperature distribution in the plasma jet in the annular and point powder injection cases are compared. A multi-channel spectrometer with a photo-diode array was implemented for the measurements. It is shown that, in contrast to point injection of powder particles, which is carried out across the jet on the nozzle exit, distributed annular injection with gas-dynamic focusing provides a dense axisymmetric heterogeneous flow, in which almost all particles pass through a high-temperature and high-speed area near the plasma jet axis.

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Abbreviations

T :

Temperature

h :

Planck constant

k :

Boltzmann constant

c :

Light velocity in vacuum

x, y :

Coordinates in the Cartesian system of coordinates (mm)

R :

Radius of the plasma jet boundary (mm)

r = (x 2 + y 2)1/2, 0 ≤ r ≤ R :

Radius in the cylindrical system of coordinates (mm)

Q(T):

Emissivity of a unit volume (W/m3)

A ik :

Probability of electron transition from the ith to kth level (s−1)

G(T):

Statistical sum

E :

Excitation energy (J)

I(y):

Radiation intensity (W/m2)

F :

Oscillator strength

g :

Top-level statistical weight

n(T):

Concentration of atoms per unit volume (m−3)

λ:

Wavelength of the line under consideration (Å)

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    V. I. Kuz’min, A. A. Mikhal’chenko, O. B. Kovalev & E. V. Kartaev

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Kuz’min, V.I., Mikhal’chenko, A.A., Kovalev, O.B. et al. Technique of Formation of an Axisymmetric Heterogeneous Flow During Thermal Spraying of Powder Materials. J Therm Spray Tech 21, 159–168 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-011-9701-6

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