Progress in Plasma Processing of Materials, 1997

ISBN Print: 1-56700-093-2

This book is the result of the fourth International Thermal Plasma Processes Conference, held in Athens, Greece, July 15-18, 1996. The purposes of the conference were:
• to provide an opportunity for scientists and engineers to present the state of the art;
• to promote exchanges of knowledge between experts in the various fields;
• to discuss current problems and research needs.
The program covered novel approaches and recent developments in plasma fundamentals and applications. One hundred participants, representing many countries, were present.

Table of Contents

INVESTIGATION OF ANODE PHENOMENA IN DC ARC PLASMA TORCH Milan Hrabovsky, M. Konrad, Vladimir Kopecky, V. Sember DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.10 pages 1-8
NUMERICAL MODELLING OF A PLASMA TORCH. COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS J. J. Gonzalez, J. M. Bauchire, N. Singh, M. Razafinimanana, Alain Gleizes DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.20 pages 9-16
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT FLUXES ON HIGH-POWER TRANSFERRED ARCS C. Pardo, A. Rodriguez-Yunta, J. Gonzales Aguilar, M. A. G. Calderon DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.30 pages 17-24
OBSERVATIONS OF THE ARC SPOT ON THE ELECTRIC ARC CATHODE SURFACE B. Pokrzywka, K. Musiol, Stephane Pellerin, J.-M. Cormier, J. Chapelle DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.40 pages 25-32
RAMAN AND RAYLEIGH SCATTERING COMBINED TO STUDY AIR ENTRAINMENT Joost J. A. M. van der Mullen, J. M. de Regt, F. P. J. de Groote DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.80 pages 59-68
MODELLING OF THE RF MULTIFLUX PLASMATRON Daniel Morvan, Jacques Amouroux, S. Magnaval, Sergey V. Dresvin, Shi Nguen-Kuok DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.90 pages 69-76
High Power RF Plasma Torch Design using TRIFOU for 3D Field Computation N. Aymard, M. Feliachi, Bernard Paya, G. Develey DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.100 pages 77-84
STUDY OF THE ANODE REGION OF AN ARGON TRANSFERRED ARC WITH COPPER OR IRON ANODE M. Bouaziz, J. J. Gonzalez, M. Razafinimanana, Alain Gleizes DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.110 pages 85-92
CHARACTERIZATION OF A 3 - PHASE A. C. PLASMA PROCESS L. Fulcheri, Gilles Flamant, Benjamin Ravary, Frederic Fabry, Lionel Menard DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.120 pages 93-100
CHARACTERISATION OF PLASMAS PRODUCED BY THE "TORCHE A INJECTION AXIALE" J. Jonkers, L. J. M. Selen, Joost J. A. M. van der Mullen, E. A. H. Timmermans, D. C. Schram DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.140 pages 109-118
GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS INFLUENCE ON VORTEX D.C. PLASMA TORCH WORKING CHARACTERISTICS Pavle B. Pavlovic, Predrag Lj. Stefanovic, S.Dj. Sikmanovic, Dejan B. Cvetinovic DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.150 pages 119-126
Simulation of cascade arc accounting for absorption of radiation and comparison with experiment A. M. Esipchuk, L. E. Krat'ko, D.K. Otorbaev, Ludmila N. Panasenko, Oleg J. Yas' ko DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.160 pages 127-132
On generalization of electric field strength in longitudinally blown arcs Oleg J. Yas' ko, A. M. Esipchuk, Zhou Quing, D. C. Schram DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.170 pages 133-140
Action of ultra-short laser pulses on matter V. V. Kostin, N. E. Andreev DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.180 pages 141-146
Ultra Intense Laser Pulses Interaction with Plasmas M. G. Cadjan, Mikhail Fedorovich Ivanov, A. V. Ivlev DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.190 pages 147-154
RECOMBINATION AND DIFFUSION IN AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED ARGON PLASMA DURING POWER INTERRUPTION Joost J. A. M. van der Mullen, J. M. de Regt, J. Jonkers, F. P. J. de Groote DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.210 pages 165-173
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF METAL PARTICLE VAPORIZATION IN PLASMA SPRAYING K.-I. Li, Michel Vardelle, Pierre Fauchais, C. Trassy DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.220 pages 175-182
PLASMA PARAMETERS DERIVED FROM ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS IN RF PARALLEL PLATE ARGON GLOW DISCHARGES Nikos Spiliopoulos, Dimitris Mataras, Dimitrious E. Rapakoulias DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.230 pages 183-191
Rotational Temperature of Oxygen in a High-Power Inductively Coupled Plasma Berthold Michelt, Gunter Lins , Robert J. Seebock DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.240 pages 193-200
UV OH BAND SPECTRUM FOR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS Stephane Pellerin, K. Musiol, J.-M. Cormier, F. Richard, J. Chapelle DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.250 pages 201-210
(0,0) C2 SWAN BAND SPECTRUM FOR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS Stephane Pellerin, K. Musiol, O. Motret, B. Pokrzywka, J. Chapelle DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.270 pages 219-227
NEW TRANSITION PROBABILITY VALUES FOR ARGON USED FOR MAPPING OPEN AND CLOSED INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMAS Joost J. A. M. van der Mullen, R. D. Tas, J. M. de Regt, J. Jonkers DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.280 pages 229-237
MACROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR RF. PLASMA REACTOR DIAGNOSTICS O. Chazot, R. Diemiaszonek, M. Garnier, C. Trassy DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.290 pages 239-246
LANGMUIR PROBE MEASUREMENTS IN AN EXPANDING MAGNETIZED PLASMA G. J. H. Brussaard, M. van der Steen, M. Carrere, E. A. H. Timmermans, M.C.M. van de Sanden, Joost J. A. M. van der Mullen, D. C. Schram DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.310 pages 255-261
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION IN PLASMAS OF MOLECULAR GASES Spyros Stamou, Nikos Spiliopoulos, Dimitris Mataras, Dimitrious E. Rapakoulias DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.320 pages 263-271
SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF EQUILIBRIUM STATE IN ELECTRIC ARC CATHODE REGION B. Pokrzywka, K. Musiol, Stephane Pellerin, E. Pawelec, J. Chapelle DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.330 pages 273-280
ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS STUDIES OF THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS DURING CYCLIC FOUR POINT BEND TESTS Joel Voyer, Francois Gitzhofer, Maher I. Boulos, Josee Dionne DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.340 pages 281-290
DIAGNOSTIC OF FLOW FIELDS OF SILICON PARTICLES IN AN RF PLASMA FOR PURIFICATION TREATMENTS S. Magnaval, M. Arnold, I. Cazard-Juvernat, E. Francke, Daniel Morvan, Jacques Amouroux DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.350 pages 291-298
Microwave induced plasmas for the analysis of molecular components in incinerator gases E. A. H. Timmermans, J. Jonkers, Joost J. A. M. van der Mullen, D. C. Schram DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.360 pages 299-306
HEAT AND MASS BALANCE ON A PILOT PLASMA REACTOR FOR CARBON COMPOUND SYNTHESIS FROM HYDROCARBONS Frederic Fabry, L. Fulcheri, Gilles Flamant, J. M. Badie, Benjamin Ravary, J. Y. Peroy, F. Fischer, J. Saint-Just, F. Kassabji DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.380 pages 317-324
CHARGEDPARTICLE DENSITYPROFILES IN LOWPRESSURE PULSE DISCHARGEOF ELECTRONEGATIVE GASES N. V. Bedenkov, Anatoly A. Kudryavtsev, V. A. Romanenko DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.390 pages 327-334
NO PRODUCTION IN A GLIDING ARC DISCHARGE F. Richard, J.-M. Cormier, Stephane Pellerin, V. Dalaine, J. Chapelle DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.410 pages 343-351
Effect of process parameters on the thermal plasma production of fullerenes T. Alexakis, J. L. Meunier, Peter G. Tsantrizos DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.460 pages 385-392
ACCOMMODATION AND RECOMBINATION COEFFICIENTS MEASUREMENTS OF ATOMIC OXYGEN ON METALLIC SURFACES P. Cauquot, F. Nguyen-Xuan, E. Neillo, S. Cavadias, Jacques Amouroux DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.470 pages 393-400
PULSE PLASMA GENERATORS, POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS Philip G. Rutberg, V. A. Kolikov, A. A. Bogomaz DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.490 pages 411-415
OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY AS A CONTROL TOOL TO IMPROVE FLY-ASH PLASMA VITRIFICATION P. Frugier, C. Girold, S. Megy, C. Vandensteendam, Jean Marie Baronnet DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.510 pages 425-438
DESTRUCTION OF LIQUID ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN HYDROGEN-OXYGEN THERMAL PLASMA JET Vlastimil Brozek, Milan Hrabovsky, Vladimir Kopecky DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.520 pages 439-446
PLASMA ARC VITRIFICATION OF FLY-ASHES FROM MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATION PLANT S. Megy, C. Vandensteendam, P. Roumilhac, Jean Marie Baronnet DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.550 pages 463-475
Chlorinated Waste Destruction by Plasma Pyrolysis Z. Kolacinski, K. Cedzynska DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.580 pages 493-500
CARBON BLACK AND HYDROGEN DIRECT FROM HYDROCARBONS Aud N. Waernes , Ola Raaness, Steinar Lynum DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.590 pages 503-510
HIGH SPEED STEEL TURNINGS REMELTING IN PLASMA-INDUCTION FURNACE BY ARGON-NITROGEN PLASMA Mihail K. Mihovsky, Tzonio P. Tzonev , Biserka I. Lucheva, R.I. Petkov , K.V. Todorov DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.610 pages 519-526
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION ON AN ANODIC METAL BATH HEATED WITH A TRANSFERRED ARC L. Trenty, A. Bouvier, Clarisse Delalondre, Olivier Simonin, J. B. Guillot DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.620 pages 527-534
PLASMA TORCH-REACTOR FOR REDUCTION PROCESSING IN METALLURGY Mihail K. Mihovsky, Tzonio P. Tzonev , Biserka I. Lucheva DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.640 pages 543-550
SEPARATION OF METALS FROM DUSTS IN A PLASMA SPOUTED BED REACTOR A. Bamrim, Gilles Flamant, J. Lecadet DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.660 pages 559-567
PLASMA SYNTHESIS OF ULTRAFINE SIC/TIC-COMPOSITE POWDERS H.-D. Klotz, R. Mach, F. Oleszak, H. Drost, E. Schierhorn , I. Dorfel DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.670 pages 569-575
Electrical and Thermal Conductivities and Enthalpy of Air Plasma Contaminated with Fe, Ca, Mg or H20 Vapour Y. Tanaka, Y. Yokomizu, M. Kato, T. Matsumura, K. Shimizu, S. Takayama, T. Okada DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.690 pages 587-594
THERMODYNAMIC AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF H-S GASES INCLUDING SULPHUR DIHYDRIDE: H2S. Bernard Pateyron, Guy Delluc, M. F. Elchinger, Pierre Fauchais DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.720 pages 611-617
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF A PLASMA TORCH O.K. Chang, B. Laufer, A. Kaminska, Michel A. Dudeck DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.740 pages 627-634
PECULIARITIES AND LIMITS OF THERMAL ENERGY TRANSPORT INTO AN ARC HEATED PLASMA PLUME Ludek Krejci, Vladimir Dolinek, Ludek Sara, V. Nenicka, J. Hlina DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.750 pages 635-642
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF MOMENTUM, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER BETWEEN NITROGEN PLASMA AND INJECTED Al PARTICLES IN AXISYMMETRIC REACTOR Predrag Lj. Stefanovic, Dejan B. Cvetinovic, Pavle B. Pavlovic, Zivota G. Kostic DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.760 pages 643-650
Effect of discharge conditions on dominant heat transfer processes in magnetically driven electric arc Oleg J. Yas' ko, A. M. Esipchuk, L.P. Podenok, N. I. Chubrik DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.770 pages 651-656
RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF THE LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMAL PLASMA WITH THE PULVERIZED COAL Olga S. Vaulina, Anatoli P. Nefedov, Oleg F. Petrov, Alex A. Samarian, Alex V. Chernyschev DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.780 pages 657-664
CERAMIC COATINGS USING MAGNETO-PLASMA-DYNAMIC ARCJET GENERATORS Hirokazu Tahara, Yoichi Kagaya, Takao Yoshikawa DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.800 pages 675-682
PLASMA ATOMIZATION M. Entezarian , Peter G. Tsantrizos, Francois Allaire , R.A.L. Drew DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.810 pages 683-691
MODELLING OF THE INFLUENCE OF IRON AND ALUMINA PARTICLES ON A DC PLASMA TORCH J. M. Bauchire, J. J. Gonzalez, Pierre Proulx DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.830 pages 699-706
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF IMPURITY EVAPORATION FROM POWDERS INJECTED IN AN RF PLASMA TORCH Daniel Morvan, Jacques Amouroux, S. Magnaval, Sergey V. Dresvin, Shi Nguen-Kuok DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.850 pages 713-720
ALUMINA COATINGS BY ATMOSPHERIC DC PLASMA SPRAYING OF ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE POWDERS Alain Denoirjean, Alain Grimaud, Pierre Fauchais, Philippe Thomas DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.860 pages 721-731
Experimental study of suspension plasma spraying of hydroxyapatite Etienne Bouyer, Francois Gitzhofer, Maher I. Boulos DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.870 pages 735-742
THE PLASMA SPRAY FORMING OF NEAR-NET-SHAPE COMPONENT G. Kim, Peter G. Tsantrizos, M. Smagorinski, T. Brzezinski, S. Grenier, A. Cavasin DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.880 pages 743-750
Suspension plasma spraying for powder preparation Etienne Bouyer, Matthias Muller, Nicolas Dignard, Francois Gitzhofer, Maher I. Boulos DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.890 pages 751-759
PROCESS MODELLING AND -CONTROL OF ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SPRAYING OF ALUMINA COATINGS Erick Lugscheider, F. Ladru , U. Eritt, K. D. Landes, A. Reusch, W. Mayr DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.900 pages 761-769
INVESTIGATION OF HEATING AND ACCELERATION OF POWDER PARTICLES BY CATHODE PLASMA JET OF SHORT ELECTRICAL ARC D.V. Bagino, A.F. Iljuschenko, V. D. Shimanovich, I. P. Smyaglikov, A. I. Zolotovsky DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.910 pages 771-778
ALUMINIDE COATINGS ON METALS BY A FLUIDIZED BED CVD PROCESS N. Voudouris , G. N. Angelopoulos DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.920 pages 779-786
THE PLASMA HIGH ENERGY®: A NEW HARDFACING TECHNIQUE A. Proner, J.P. Dacquet, R. Rouanet DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.930 pages 787-790
Si-C-N COMPOSITE POWDERS, THERMAL PLASMA SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION R. Mach, H.-D. Klotz, C. Dreher, C. Olschewski, H. Drost DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.940 pages 795-802
Model for Anode Heat Transfer from an Electric Arc J. Jenista, Joachim V. Heberlein, E. Pfender DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.950 pages 805-813
Analysis of the near-cathode region in high-pressure discharge lamps R. M. S. Almeida , Mikhail S. Benilov DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.970 pages 823-830
MODELLING OF INDUSTRIAL AC ARCS Hilde Loken Larsen, Jon Arne Bakken DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.990 pages 837-844
ANALYSIS OF THE CARBON ARC PROCESS FOR FULLERENE SYNTHESIS Alain Gleizes, J.F. Bilodeau, J. Pousse, M. Razafinimanana, K. Saidane, S. Vacquie DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.1000 pages 845-852
MODELING OF A PLASMA SPRAY SYSTEM B. Dussoubs, Armelle Vardelle, Pierre Fauchais DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.1020 pages 861-869
NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF FLUID DYNAMICS OF AN ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA JET Erick Lugscheider, C. Barimani, P. Eckert, U. Eritt DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.1030 pages 871-880
MODELLING OF CRYOGENIC COOLING IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE AND TEMPERATURE PLASMA SPRAYING PROCESS Erick Meillot, Paul Lucchese, Jean-Noel Richet, Gerard Chambon DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.1040 pages 881-888
Thermodynamic Consideration of B-O-C-H System for Boron Carbide (B4C) Powder Synthesis in Thermal Plasma Zivota G. Kostic, Predrag Lj. Stefanovic, Pavle B. Pavlovic, Dejan B. Cvetinovic DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.1050 pages 889-898
FORMATION OF ORDERED STRUCTURE IN SPRAY OF THERMAL DUSTY PLASMAS Vladimir Evgenievich Fortov, Anatoli P. Nefedov, Oleg F. Petrov, Alex A. Samarian, Alex V. Chernyschev, Andrey M. Lipaev DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.1060 pages 899-906
OFF-LINE STUDIES OF PLASMA SURFACE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A RF PLASMA JET AND 3W/0 BORON DOPED GRAPHITE R. Avni, I. Mabille-Rouger, J. Erin, Daniel Morvan, Jacques Amouroux, D. Bouchier, J. Winter, H. Nickel DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.1070 pages 907-914
FLOW MODELLING AND GAS HEATING INSIDE A PROFILING CHANNEL OF AN ELECTRIC ARC PLASMA TORCH V.M. Lelevkin, E. B. Kulumbaev, V.F. Semenov, D.K. Otorbaev, D. C. Schram DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.1090 pages 923-930