High Temperature Material Processes (An International Quarterly of High-Technology Plasma Processes) An International Journal

ISSN for PRINT: 1093-3611

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2005, Volume9

Issue 1

162 pages

DOI: 10.1615/HighTempMatProc.v9.i1

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O. A. Sinkevich
Science Technological Center of Associated Institute for High Temperature, Russian Academy of Science and Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Russia

S. E. Chikunov
Science Technological Center of Associated Institute for High Temperature, Russian Academy of Science and Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Russia

E. Kh. Isakaev
Science and Engineering Center for Energy-Efficient Processes and Equipment of Joint, Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences Izhorskaya 13/19, Moscow, 127412, Russia

The stabilized laminar flow of low-temperature argon plasma in plasma torch channels is studied. Influences of the non-monotonous temperature dependence of the dynamic viscosity of plasmas on a velocity profile are investigated. Using the analytical solution of the of the energy balance equation, the generalized Poiseuille velocity profile of plasmas flow in electrical arces was analytically derived. It is shown that the non-monotonous variation of viscosity on the cross section of the plasmatron channel is generally the main reason for occurrence of two bend points in the plasma velocity profile. Using our developed numerical code, the numerical calculations of the flow velocity and the energy equations carried out in a wide range of working parameters of plasma torches. These calculations have confirmed conclusions received from analytical solutions of these equations.

DOI: 10.1615/HighTempMatProc.v9.i1.30 Download article, 25-35 pages

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