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Effects of Carrier Gas Flow-Rate and Oxygen Admixture Ratio on Particle Properties in Ar-O2 Plasma

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Taking into account the strong plasma-particle interactions and particle loading effects, a plasma-particle interactive flow model for argon-oxygen plasma has been developed. We can predict the particle temperature, velocity, trajectory and plasma temperature isotherm by solving the model numerically during the in-flight thermal treatment of granulated micro-particles under local thermal equilibrium (LTE) conditions. It is found that the carrier gas flow-rate strongly affects the particle temperature, the admixture ratio of argon to oxygen and the plasma temperature isotherm.

Published in International Journal of Materials Science and Applications (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijmsa.20140302.11
Page(s) 14-19
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Particle Temperature, Particle Trajectory, Admixture Ratio, Carrier Gas Flow Rate

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    M. Rafiqul Alam, Feroza Begum, Quazi Delwar Hossain, M. Mofazzal Hossain. Effects of Carrier Gas Flow-Rate and Oxygen Admixture Ratio on Particle Properties in Ar-O2 Plasma. Int J Mater Sci Appl. 2014;3(2):14-19. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmsa.20140302.11

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  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology Chittagong, Bangladesh

  • Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, East West University, Aftabnagar, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology Chittagong, Bangladesh

  • Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, East West University, Aftabnagar, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

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