Numerical simulations of the trajectory and heating history of powders injected with a carrier-gas into inductively coupled plasma torches working at atmospheric pressure have been performed in the framework of a 3-D FLUENT
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-based model, taking into account the effects of coupling between particles and plasma. In this paper, we present a selection of the results obtained for different operating conditions of the torch and for different characteristics of the injected particles.
Received: 5 January 2004, Published online: 10 February 2004PACS:
52.75.Hn Plasma torches - 52.65.-y Plasma simulation - 52.80.Pi High-frequency and RF discharges - 81.20.Ev Powder processing: powder metallurgy, compaction, sintering, mechanical alloying, and granulation