A Numerical Analysis of Flow Field in the Silt Nozzle During Cold Spray Coating Process

作者：Park Hye Young; Park Jong In; Jung Hun Je; Jang Kyoung Soo; Baek Ui Hyun; Han Jeong Whan^*; Kim Hyung Jun

来源：Journal of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, 2011, 49(3): 221-230.

DOI：10.3365/KJMM.2011.49.3.221

• alloy
• cold spraying
• numerical simulation
• slit nozzle
• critical velocity

The cold spray process is an emerging technology that utilizes high velocity metallic particles for surface coating. Metallic powder particles are injected into a converging-diverging de Laval nozzle and accelerated to a high velocity by a supersonic gas flow. The cold spray process normally uses a circular nozzle that has a rather narrow spraying range. To overcome this fault, a slit nozzle was considered in this study. The slit nozzle is anticipated to reduce the coating process time because it has a wider coating width than the circular nozzle. However, the slit nozzle can reduce the coating efficiency because it does not allow as much gas and particle velocity as the circular nozzle. To improve the coating efficiency of a slit nozzle, the shape of the slit nozzle was modified. And the results of gas flow and particle behaviour according to the nozzlers shape were compared by the a numerical analysis. As a results, as Expansion Ratio(ER) of 7.5 was found to be the most optimal condition for enhancing the spraying efficiency when the ER was changed by the variation of nozzle neck and exit size.

• 出版日期2011-3