• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.171-172
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• 2009

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.9-20
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• 2012

A brief review on the thermal plasma synthesis of nano-sized powders is presented according to the application materials, such as, metals, ceramics, glasses, carbonaceous materials and other functional composites, such as, supported metal catalyst and core-shell structured nano materials. As widely adopted plasma sources available for thermal plasma synthesis of nanosized powders, three kinds of plasma torches, such as transferred and non-transferred DC and RF plasma torches, are introduced with the main features of each torch system. In the basis of the described torch features and the properties of suggested materials, application results including synthesis mechanism are reviewed in this paper.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.69-73
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• 2003

The atmospheric pressure plasma is regarded as an effective method for surface treatments because it can reduce the period of process and doesn't need expensive vacuum apparatus. The performance of non-transferred plasma torches is significantly depended on jet flow characteristics out of the nozzle. In order to produce the high performance of a torch, the maximum discharge velocity near an annular gap in the torch should be maintained. Also, the compulsory swirl is being produced to gain the shape that can concentrate the plasma at the center of gas flow. In this work, the distribution of gas flow that goes out to atmosphere through a plenum chamber and nozzle is analyzed to evaluate the performance of atmospheric pressure plasma torch which can present the optimum design of the torch. Numerical analysis is carried out with various angles of an inlet flow velocity. Especially, three-dimensional model of the torch is investigated to estimate swirl effect. We also investigate the stabilization of plasma distribution. For analyzing the swirl in the plenum chamber and the flow distribution, FVM (finite volume method) and SIMPLE algorithm are used for solving the governing equations. The standard k-model is used for simulating the turbulence.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.442-445
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 자장인가방식의 계단형 구조를 가지는 비이송식 플라즈마 토치를 설계 제작하여 토치의 전극 구조가 열플라즈마의 안정성에 미치는 영향을 진단하고 원통형 구조를 가지는 표준형 토치와 비교 분석하였다. 운전 변수인 전극 간격, 전류, 아크기체의 유량 변화에 따른 아크전압의 특성을 살펴보고, 설계 변수인 전극 구조에 따른 아크의 동적 특성 실험을 통해 열플라즈마의 특성에 미치는 영향을 실험적으로 규명 하였다.