Simulação da transferência de calor em amostras aquecidas por plasma

• Ano de defesa: 2007
• Autor(a) principal: Belisio, Adriano Silva
• Orientador(a): Lima, João Alves de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica
• Departamento: Tecnologia de Materiais; Projetos Mecânicos; Termociências
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Aquecimento por Plasma; Simulação Numérica; Volumes Finitos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Plasma Heating; Computational Simulation; Finite Volume Method
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA MECANICA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/15522

The processing of materials through plasma has been growing enough in the last times in several technological applications, more specifically in surfaces treatment. That growth is due, mainly, to the great applicability of plasmas as energy source, where it assumes behavior thermal, chemical and/or physical. On the other hand, the multiplicity of simultaneous physical effects (thermal, chemical and physical interactions) present in plasmas increases the complexity for understanding their interaction with solids. In that sense, as an initial step for the development of that subject, the present work treats of the computational simulation of the heating and cooling processes of steel and copper samples immersed in a plasma atmosphere, by considering two experimental geometric configurations: hollow and plane cathode. In order to reach such goal, three computational models were developed in Fortran 90 language: an one-dimensional transient model (1D, t), a two-dimensional transient model (2D, t) and a two-dimensional transient model (2D, t) which take into account the presence of a sample holder in the experimental assembly. The models were developed based on the finite volume method and, for the two-dimensional configurations, the effect of hollow cathode on the sample was considered as a lateral external heat source. The main results obtained with the three computational models, as temperature distribution and thermal gradients in the samples and in the holder, were compared with those developed by the Laboratory of Plasma, LabPlasma/UFRN, and with experiments available in the literature. The behavior showed indicates the validity of the developed codes and illustrate the need of the use of such computational tool in that process type, due to the great easiness of obtaining thermal information of interest