Modeling Processes of Emergence and Growth of Fractal Structures and Chamber Defects of Thermal Power Units

Abstract

The paper considers modeling the emergence and growth of possible fractal structures and defects on the inner surface of the chambers of thermal power units, which allow control and regulation of the development of such stochastic dynamic processes. We are talking about the use of modeling procedures for the given analysis, which are quite universal in the framework of certain approaches. A general qualitative consideration of the modeling of processes such as the deposition of materials on a solid surface of various complex configurations, and the occurrence of its fracturing and defects of fractal types, is given. In the first part, we consider an analogy between the processes of the emergence and growth of fractal structures and chamber defects with laser processes of controlled deposition of substances on the surface of a solid body and the growth of its fracturing. A number of models have been developed for the emergence and growth of fractal inhomogeneities of various types and configurations on a solid surface with identification of the possibility of their preliminary monitoring at the initial stage of their appearance. At the same time, both various surfaces in the form of coatings and the formation of fracturing and cluster zones of inhomogeneities and defects have been analyzed. The emphasis in the course of research has been made both on the analysis of their regulated structure, and also on the dynamics of the growth of fracturing and cluster zones of heterogeneities and defects in a certain direction. At the initial stage, the indicated process of formation of fractures and cluster zones of inhomogeneities and defects in space was monitored with different scaling: nano- and microscales. This study has been carried out within the framework of an analogy under the following conditions: firstly, given control over the cha-racteristics of similar objects in the corresponding laser experiment; secondly, the presence of a real possibility of ensuring their formation on the inner surfaces of the chambers in contact with the working substance; thirdly, the possibility of such structures influencing on the efficiency of various types of thermal power units in the context of achieving the desired direction and/or undesirability of changing the indicators and characteristics of units taking into account the laws of technical thermodynamics.