• NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
  • Vol. 46, Issue 10, 100501 (2023)
Wenbo CHEN1, Zijun LI1, Lunjiang CHEN3, Jun FENG2、*, and Puqiong YANG1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electrical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 2College of Mechanical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 3Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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    DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.100501 Cite this Article
    Wenbo CHEN, Zijun LI, Lunjiang CHEN, Jun FENG, Puqiong YANG. Analysis of flow and heat-transfer characteristics of DC-RF hybrid plasma based on turbulence model[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(10): 100501 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of the DC-RF hybrid plasma torch structure (a) and grid (b)
    Fig. 1. Schematic of the DC-RF hybrid plasma torch structure (a) and grid (b)
    Simulation results of the turbulent model (a) and laminar model (b)
    Fig. 2. Simulation results of the turbulent model (a) and laminar model (b)
    Spatial distribution contours of the temperature under different DC arc currents
    Fig. 3. Spatial distribution contours of the temperature under different DC arc currents
    Spatial distributions of the flow field under different DC arc currents
    Fig. 4. Spatial distributions of the flow field under different DC arc currents
    Distributions of the plasma velocity along the axis direction under different DC arc currents
    Fig. 5. Distributions of the plasma velocity along the axis direction under different DC arc currents
    Calculated distributions of the temperature and flow field with plasma gas rate QR = 30 L·min-1 (a) and 5 L·min-1 (b)
    Fig. 6. Calculated distributions of the temperature and flow field with plasma gas rate QR = 30 L·min-1 (a) and 5 L·min-1 (b)
    Distributions of axial temperature along the outer torch wall with different QR values
    Fig. 7. Distributions of axial temperature along the outer torch wall with different QR values
    Distributions of the plasma velocity along the axis direction with different QR values
    Fig. 8. Distributions of the plasma velocity along the axis direction with different QR values
    Calculated distributions of the temperature and flow field with cooling gas rate QC = 92 L·min-1(a) and 23 L·min-1 (b)
    Fig. 9. Calculated distributions of the temperature and flow field with cooling gas rate QC = 92 L·min-1(a) and 23 L·min-1 (b)
    Distributions of the temperature along the outer torch wall in the axis direction with different QC values
    Fig. 10. Distributions of the temperature along the outer torch wall in the axis direction with different QC values
    Distributions of the plasma velocity along the axis direction with different QC values
    Fig. 11. Distributions of the plasma velocity along the axis direction with different QC values
    Calculated distributions of the temperature and flow field with coil current IRF = 295 A (a) and 215 A (b)
    Fig. 12. Calculated distributions of the temperature and flow field with coil current IRF = 295 A (a) and 215 A (b)
    Distributions of axial temperature along the outer torch wall with different IRF values
    Fig. 13. Distributions of axial temperature along the outer torch wall with different IRF values
    Distributions of the plasma velocity along the axis direction with different IRF values
    Fig. 14. Distributions of the plasma velocity along the axis direction with different IRF values
    Wenbo CHEN, Zijun LI, Lunjiang CHEN, Jun FENG, Puqiong YANG. Analysis of flow and heat-transfer characteristics of DC-RF hybrid plasma based on turbulence model[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(10): 100501
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