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Theoretical Prediction of the Effect of Coil Configuration on Gas Mixing in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Torch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

John W. Mckelliget  and
Nagy El-Kaddah
John W. Mckelliget
Affiliation:
University of Lowell, Dept. of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Lowell, MA 01854
Nagy El-Kaddah
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486
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Abstract

A mathematical model for the analysis and design of inductively coupled plasma torches Is presented. The model is based upon a solution of the electromagnetic vector potential equation and is capable of predicting the two-dimensional velocity, temperature, and electromagnetic fields as well as the reaction kinetics inside the torch for any axi-symmetric coil configuration. The model is used to study the effect of coil geometry on the thermal decomposition of silicon tetrachloride to silicon. The coil geometry Is found to affect both the temperature field and the flow field and to have a significant effect on the reaction kinetics in the torch. It is demonstrated that through fundamental changes in the coil design It is possible to control the location of the reaction zone and to prevent silicon deposition on the wall of the reactor.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 98: Symposium K – Plasma Processing and Synthesis of Materials II , 1987 , 21
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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