Advances in Heat Transfer (eBook)

Front cover 1
Advances in Heat Transfer 4
Copyright page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 12
Preface 14
Chapter 1. Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma 16
I. Non-Thermal Plasma Stabilization at High Pressures 16
II. Townsend and Spark Breakdown Mechanisms 19
III. The Corona Discharge 32
IV. Pulsed Corona Discharge 39
V. Dielectric-Barrier Discharge 45
VI. Spark Discharges 65
VII. Atmospheric Pressure Glows 67
VIII. Microplasmas 88
IX. Gliding Discharges (GD) and Fast Flow Discharges 111
X. Plasma Discharges in Water 119
XI. Final Remarks 148
References 149
Chapter 2. Heat Transfer in Plasma Spray Coating Processes 158
I. Introduction 158
II. Plasma Spray Sources 163
III. Droplet Impact, Spread and Solidification 165
IV. Mathematical Model of Impact 171
V. Laboratory Experiments on Droplet Impact 188
VI. Thermal Spray Splats 200
VII. Simulating Coating Formation 211
References 217
Chapter 3. Plasma Spraying: From Plasma Generation to Coating Structure 220
I. Introduction 220
II. Plasma Spray Torches 222
III. RF Plasma Spray Torches 251
IV. Modeling 254
V. Coating Formation 294
VI. Concluding Remarks 340
Nomenclature 343
References 344
Chapter 4. Heat Transfer Processes and Modeling of Arc Discharges 360
I. Introduction 360
II. General Features of Thermal Arcs 362
III. Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Relevant to Thermal Arcs 370
IV. Modeling of Thermal Arcs 427
V. Heat Transfer Processes in Thermal Arcs 443
VI. Conclusions 459
References 461
Chapter 5. Heat and Mass Transfer in Plasma Jets 466
I. The General Concepts of Convective Heat Transfer 466
II. The Convective Heat Transfer in Plasma 497
Author Index 538
Subject Index 559