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3-D numerical simulation of fully-coupled particle heating in ICPTs

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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\(^\copyright\)-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.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria delle Costruzioni Meccaniche, Nucleari, Aeronautiche e di Metallurgia (DIEM) and Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Applicazioni della Matematica (CIRAM), Universitá di Bologna, via Saragozza 8, 40123, Bologna, Italy

    D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini & A. Mentrelli

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    T. Trombetti

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Received: 5 January 2004, Published online: 10 February 2004

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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

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Bernardi, D., Colombo, V., Ghedini, E. et al. 3-D numerical simulation of fully-coupled particle heating in ICPTs. Eur. Phys. J. D 28, 423–433 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2004-00012-8

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