Nature of convection-stabilized DC arcs in dual-flow nozzlegeometry. I. The cold flow field and DC arc characteristics

An experimental investigation of the steady-state low current air arcs in a dual-flow nozzle system is presented. The cold flow field with no arc was determined for various nozzle geometries, i.e. two- and three-dimensional and orifice nozzles, and nozzle pressure ratios. Supersonic flow separation and oblique and detached shock waves were observed in the flow field. Using a finite-element computer program, the Mach number contours were determined in the flow field for various nozzle-gap spacings and pressure ratios. In addition, the DC arc voltage and current measurements were made for an electrode gap spacing of ≈5.5 cm and current levels of I≈25, 50, and 100 A for the three nozzle geometries. The arc voltage and arc power increased rapidly as the flow speed increased from zero to sonic velocity at the nozzle throat. The shock waves in the converging-diverging nozzles resulted in a decrease in the overall resistance by about 15%     

电弧增材成形中熔积层表面形貌对电弧形态影响的仿真

电弧增材成形常采用单道多层或多道搭接的熔积方式,不同的熔积方式下对应的熔积层表面形貌不同,从而影响电弧的形态及其传热传质过程.本文建立了纯氩保护电弧增材成形的电弧磁流体动力学三维数值模型,以及不同表面形貌的熔积层模型,并在保持阳极与阴极之间距离和熔积电流不变的条件下,通过模拟计算获得增材成形特有的单道和多道搭接熔积条件下的不同表面形貌对应的电弧形态以及相应的温度场、流场、电流密度、电磁力、电弧压力分布.数值模拟结果表明:平面基板上起弧情况下电弧中心具有较高的温度、速度、电流密度以及压强;单道多层熔积情况下熔积层数对电弧的各个参量影响较小;多道搭接熔积情况下电弧呈非对称分布,电弧中心温度较前两者低,电流密度、电磁力和电弧压强的分布偏向熔积层一侧.     

Influence of ambient pressure on the performance of an arc discharge plasma actuator

The arc discharge plasma actuator (ADPA) has wide application prospects in high‐speed flow control because of its local heating effect and strong disturbance. In this paper, the influence of ambient pressure, which ranges from 3 to 20 kPa, on the performance of a two‐electrode ADPA is investigated by a schlieren system. The duration of the arc heated region, as well as its area, is extracted by image processing. As the ambient pressure increases, different flow field evolutions occur. The duration of the ADPA heated region increases with the ambient pressure. The maximum duration reaches 1185.3 µs at 20 kPa. The velocity of the discharge‐induced blast shock wave first decreases gradually and then remains at 345 m/s for all air pressures. The blast shock wave has a higher velocity at lower pressures when it is freshly produced. A maximum blast shock wave velocity of 582 m/s is observed at the pressure of 7 kPa. The arc heated region is not sensitive to ambient pressure, but the deposited energy from the arc increases when the pressure increases.     

电弧放电等离子体诱导激波的计算

基于电弧放电物理过程,分析气动激励机理,建立用于电弧放电等离子体诱导激波数值模拟的爆炸丝传热模型.主要结论有:电弧放电等离子体气动激励的主要机理是热等离子体的热阻塞效应,热电弧放电对于超声速来流而言就像-个具有-定斜坡角度的虚拟突起;理论分析只适用于纵坐标较小的阶段;当传热的功率设为放电功率的10%时,本文所建立的模型能够用于电弧放电等离子体诱导激波的仿真研究;等离子体虚拟斜坡角度及其诱导激波角都随来流总压和速度的增大而减小,随着放电功率的增大而增大,在总压、速度和放电功率较小的阶段这种变化较明显,在总压、速度和放电功率较大的阶段这种变化较缓慢.     

脉冲电流作用下TIG电弧的数值分析

建立了脉冲电流下自由燃烧的TIG电弧的二维轴对称数学模型,利用FLUENT软件,通过选择合适的边界条件和强烈耦合控制方程组对脉冲TIG电弧进行了数值模拟,得到了在焊接电流周期性变化下电弧形态、电弧温度场、电弧轴线方向上的温度和速度及焊接工件表面电弧压力的变化情况;针对电弧压力,得到了不同峰值电流、占空比、脉冲频率作用下的分布情况,并分析了它们在脉冲电流作用下的周期性变化规律.分析结果表明:当脉冲电流发生突变时,它们的变化滞后于脉冲电流的变化,且从基值电流向峰值电流变化时的响应速度更快,并最终达到一个相对稳 关键词： 脉冲TIG焊 电弧 数值模拟 FLUENT     

双钨极耦合电弧数值模拟

基于流体力学方程组和麦克斯韦方程组, 在合理的边界条件下, 建立了双钨极耦合电弧三维准静态数学模型. 通过对方程组的迭代求解, 获得了不同钨极间距和电弧长度下耦合电弧的温度场、流场、电弧压力和电流密度分布等重要结果, 与已有的实验研究符合良好. 模拟结果表明: 与相同条件下的钨极惰性气体保护焊电弧相比, 双钨极耦合电弧的最高温度和最大等离子流速较低, 阳极表面电弧压力和电流密度峰值明显减小; 钨极间距和弧长对耦合电弧的温度场、流场、电流密度和电弧压力等都具有显著的影响, 且耦合电弧阳极的电弧压力和电流密度分布不能用高斯近似进行描述. 关键词： 耦合电弧 三维模型 数值模拟     

磁场中电弧等离子体柱的螺旋不稳定性

讨论了具有抛物互形电流分布的电弧等离子体柱在磁场中的不稳定性问题，从磁流体力学方程组出发，推导出电弧柱扰动满足的方程与边界条件，求得了这些方程的解析解，进而导出了在趋中心电流分布情形下电弧运动所满足的微分方程，由此给出了稳定性判据。将所得结果与均匀电流分布情形做了比较，稳定区域增宽，与实验结果相符。     

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利用自行设计的快速移动静电探针对大气压下以氩气为工质的大尺度磁分散电弧等离子体进行诊断,分析了探针电压与电流的波形,绘制探针伏安特征曲线(U-I曲线),得到了发生器轴线方向等离子体波动特性以及电子温度沿轴线的变化趋势.发现等离子体发生器中心具有回流区,得到了电弧等离子体的大致体积.     

Effect of pressure on the performance of plasma synthetic jet actuator

The effects of the ambient air pressure level on the performance of plasma synthetic jet actuator have been investigated through electrical and optical diagnostics.Pressures from 1 atm down to 0.1 atm were tested with a 10 Hz excitation.The discharge measurement demonstrates that there is a voltage range to make the actuator work reliably.Higher pressure level needs a higher breakdown voltage,and a higher discharge current and energy deposition are produced.But when the actuator works with the maximum breakdown voltage,the fraction of the initial capacitor energy delivered to the arc is almost invariable.This preliminary study also confirms the effectiveness of the plasma synthetic jet at low pressure.Indeed,the maximum velocities of the precursor shock and the plasma jet induced by the actuator with maximum breakdown voltage are independent of the ambient pressure level;reach about 530 and 460 m/s respectively.The mass flux of the plasma jet increases with ambient pressure increasing,but the strength of the precursor shock presents a local maximum at 0.6 atm.     

Influence of DC arc current on the formation of cobalt-based nanostructures

The synthesis of cobalt-based magnetic nanostructures using DC arc discharge technique with varying arc current is reported here. The structural, morphological, compositional and magnetic properties of these nanostructures were studied as a function of applied arc current. Various techniques like X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, EDAX and vibrating sample magnetometry were used to carry out this study and the results are reported here. The results clearly indicate that for a given oxygen partial pressure, an arc current of 100 A favours the formation of unreacted cobalt atomic species. Also change in arc current leads to variation in phase, diversity in morphology etc. Other property changes such as thermal changes, mechanical changes etc. are not addressed here. The magnetic characterization further indicates that the anisotropy in shape plays a crucial role in deciding the magnetic properties of the nanostructured materials. We have quantified an interesting result in our experiment, that is, for a given partial pressure, 100 A arc current results in unique variation in structural and magnetic properties as compared to other arc currents.     

Pressure Transients in a Model Gas-Blast Circuit Breaker Operating at Extra High Current Levels

Test results for model circuit breakers operating at high current levels and with large diameter nozzles show evidence of pronounced pressure transients although the circuit breaker nozzle is not severely blocked. The magnitude and duration of these transients are sufficient to affect the arc properties and hence influence arc control during the peak current phase and to influence arc extinction at current zero. However, despite their inherent importance there exists only limited information concerning such pressure variations. The purpose of this contribution is to identify the nature and sources of the transients, to establish typical thresholds for the onset of the transients, and to determine the influence of different operating conditions upon the transients. Measurements of pressure and thermal mantle variations are used in conjunction with an electrical analog model of the aerodynamic test facility to show that the pressure transients arise not only from arc generated flow impedance effects but also aerodynamic resonances. The resonant pressure transients are shown to be pronounced during the high current phase even below the thermal blocking threshold. Above the threshold, excitation of negative increment resonance following current peak produces depressed pressures during the current-zero period which may lead to a deterioration in circuit breaker performance. Higher frequency resonances also occur and become more pronounced with electrode wear. Activation of such resonances is symptomatic of axisymmetric arc instabilities which also may cause a deterioration in performance.     

强流脉冲电弧作用下石墨电极蒸发特性

气体开关电弧的热侵蚀作用是电极损耗的主要成因。石墨电极在电弧作用下发生蒸发并在多次放电后有明显的质量损耗,改变了开关内的气体环境和电极间距,导致开关动作可靠性降低。为研究石墨电极在脉冲电弧冲击下的侵蚀特征,基于开关电弧瞬态扩散特征和石墨材料参数,在弧根区域建立了电弧-电极能量耦合模型,得到了等离子体-固体区域的传热特性。考虑石墨电极的相变特征,计算瞬态热作用下石墨电极的加热范围以及临界相变点,研究瞬态电弧热冲击作用下的石墨电极相变机制。研究结果表明,电弧-电极界面热流主要集中在电弧接触面中心,电弧沉积的能量密度最高可达109 W/m2,石墨在电流上升初期基本处于加热状态,在能量积聚作用下,石墨转变为升华状态,传热强度随半径急剧衰减,蒸发区域略小于电弧半径。通过实验记录了5种开关工况下石墨电极烧蚀形貌和质量损失情况,结果表明,电极质量损失与电弧沉积在电极表面的能量线性相关,近似为0.015 mg/J。研究了电弧关键参数对电极质量损失速率的影响,为延缓电极损耗提供数据支撑。     

液相放电等离子体特性与激波特性的数值分析

以能量平衡方程为基础,采用不同的电导率唯象模型描述了液相放电等离子体圆柱形通道特性,得到了通道内半径、温度、电阻、电流和耗散能量随时间的变化关系,还给出了距离放电间隙中心一定距离处的冲击波压力变化,并与前人利用等离子体通道球状模型计算得到的结果进行了比较。结果表明:把等离子体通道看成球状和看成圆柱状在描述通道压力和通道半径时差异显著,而在描述其他物理特性时差别不大;三种电导率模型在描述等离子体通道物理特性时,变化趋势大体相同,而在描述激波特性时,电导率模型σ₂更符合实际;通过对比电学参数与压力参数的变化,就可以在实验中根据实验数据以及具体的研究问题进行模型的适用性选择。     

Study of the Nitrogen Arc under Reduced Pressure

The paper presents a model of arc in a d.c. vortex plasma torch which allows to determine distributions of temperature and plasma electron density in conditions of reduced pressure. The model makes it possible to elucidate voltage-current characteristics of the arc at different pressures and its dynamic behaviour connected with the phenomenon of the electric arc root displacement. The experimental research also determined voltage-current characteristics for different flow rates and pressures. The fluctuations of the arc current and the arc voltage were measured. The corresponding wave shapes were analysed by Fast Fourier Transform. The frequency variations with flow rate, arc current and pressure were studied and discussed.     

The Effective Periphery of a High Pressure Arc

A brief account is given of ideas which are aimed at providing a common reference point for theoretical treatments of arc problems through the equations of continuum magne-to-fluid-dynamics. By unifying theoretical solutions in the manner described, their usefulness in analyzing the results of experimental investigations may be greatly enhanced. The ideas center on the concept of an isothermal arc periphery, the temperature of which is regarded as an artificial gas property to be derived from the measured voltage gradient-current characteristic of a wall-stabilized arc of low power gradient. Evidence in support of this concept is given for various types of arc in nitrogen at one atmosphere pressure. Some of the implications of the use of an effective periphery of a high pressure arc are examined, and a suggestion is made for the complete set of boundary conditions to be applied at the periphery.     

Experimental and theoretical investigation of high-pressure arcs.I. The cylindrical arc column (two-dimensional modeling)

The properties of the free-burning arc column are studied for ambient pressures of 0.1 MPa (i.e., atmospheric) to 10 MPa for applications in underwater welding and cutting as well as arc discharge lamps. The influence of transverse magnetic fields is studied in Part II. A DC current of 50-100 A is applied to an argon discharge with a conical tungsten cathode and a plane water-cooled anode which are separated by several millimeters. The electrical properties are measured, and the temperature distribution is determined by spectroscopic means utilizing a two-dimensional charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor. A self-consistent numerical solution of the conservation equations yields the temperature, velocity, pressure, and current distributions. The predicted arc temperatures agree well with the measured temperature distributions. An analysis of the conservation equations shows that the arc column becomes radiation dominated with increasing pressures resulting in small temperature gradients within the column and large gradients at the boundaries. It is found that a net emission coefficient might be used to account for the radiative heat transfer in the investigated parameter range. The arc constricts due to increased convective cooling especially at the cathode, while temperatures and velocities are decreasing. The power expended in the column scales approximately with the square root of the ambient pressure in line with the radiation dominance, whereas the voltage drop across the electrode sheaths exhibits no pressure dependence for a given current     

层流等离子体射流温度与速度测量

本文分别应用光谱诊断、水冷皮托管及小尺寸杆状热流探针,对自由射入空气中的纯氩层流等离子体射流中心最高温度、滞止压力以及最大热流密度进行了测量,由测量结果导出了层流射流的中心最大速度,得到了射流气体温度和速度的轴向分布及其随工作电流和气流量变化的一些规律,探讨了气体的温度和速度对其向探针表面换热系数的影响。     

熔池表面形状对电弧电流密度分布的影响

电弧电流密度分布决定着电弧热流密度、电弧压力的分布,是了解焊接电弧物理本质,建立 焊接过程数学模型的基础.根据电弧物理的基本原理,建立了电弧电流密度在变形熔池表面 上的分布模型,定量分析了熔池表面形状对电流密度分布的影响规律.计算表明,电流密度 在电弧中心线附近呈双峰分布,在离开电弧中心线一定距离处变为单峰分布,熔池表面形状 对电流密度分布有明显的影响.基于该模型计算的焊缝几何形状与实测结果符合得较好. 关键词： 熔池表面变形 电流密度 分布模型     

Ion current collected at various distances and argon backgroundpressures in a copper vacuum arc

The ion current collected by a probe biased at the cathode potential and located behind an annular anode of a vacuum arc is measured as a function of distance to the cathode and background argon pressure. The arc is formed between a circular Cu cathode and an annular anode. Arc current is 170 A, and the arc duration is 0.9 s. The arc is ignited by momentary contact of a movable W trigger rod (held at anode potential) with the cathode. Arc voltage, arc current, and ion current are measured using an analog data acquisition card and a personal computer. Arc voltage and arc current values are stable during the arc and their normalized standard deviation is less than 0.07. Ion current is noisy and fluctuates during the arc with a normalized standard deviation that varies from 0.5 at p<0.1 torr up to more than 1.5 at p>1 torr     

Production of a large area diffuse arc plasma with multiple cathode

An arc channel at atmospheric pressure tends to shrink generally. In this paper, a non-transferred DC arc plasma device with multiple cathode is introduced to produce a large area arc plasma at atmospheric pressure. This device is comprised of a 42-mm diameter tubular chamber, multiple cathode which is radially inserted into the chamber, and a tungsten anode with a nozzle in its center. In argon/helium atmosphere, a large area and circumferential homogenous diffuse arc plasma, which fills the entire cross section surrounded by the cathode tips, is observed. Results show that the uniformity and stability of diffuse arc plasma are strongly related to the plasma forming gas. Based on these experimental results, an explanation to the arc diffusion is suggested. Moreover, the electron excitation temperature and electron density measured in diffuse helium plasma are much lower than those of constricted arc column, which indicates the diffuse helium plasma probably deviates from the local thermodynamic equilibrium state. Unlike the common non-transferred arc plasma devices, this device can provide a condition for axial-fed feedstock particles. The plasma device is attempted to spheroidize alumina powders by using the central axis to send the powder. Results show that the powder produced is usually a typical hollow sphere.