Modeling of plasma jets with superimposed vortex flow
This work is concerned with analytical studies of thermal plasma jets, which are finding increasing interest for thermal plasma processing. A two-dimensional model for turbulent plasma jets with superimposed vortex flow has been developed, incorporating multiple time scales for velocity and temperat...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Plasma chemistry and plasma processing 1989-06, Vol.9 (2), p.291-328 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This work is concerned with analytical studies of thermal plasma jets, which are finding increasing interest for thermal plasma processing. A two-dimensional model for turbulent plasma jets with superimposed vortex flow has been developed, incorporating multiple time scales for velocity and temperature fluctuations and a density-weighted averaging for the density fluctuation effect. Results show that adding swirl to the flow field for confined and free jets induces strong axial and radial pressure gradients near the nozzle exit, causing a rapid decay of the axial velocity with increasing distance from the nozzle. Comparisons with cold flow show similar trends close to the nozzle exit, but further downstream, the axial velocities increase again, especially for larger swirl numbers. Comparisons of theoretical predictions based on the present model with available experimental data are, in general, in reasonable agreement. |
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ISSN: | 0272-4324 1572-8986 |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF01054287 |