Temperature field simulation of HTHP diamond synthesis cavity stacked with sheet alloy catalyst and graphite

Abstract

In this study, the thermodynamics and heat conduction of the diamond synthesis cavity of flake catalyst were theoretically analyzed and mathematically deduced to discuss the temperature field and the distribution of pyrophyllite synthesis cavity in flake catalyst-graphite's high-pressure and high-temperature (HTHP) synthesis. The thermal flux and temperature distribution of the pyrophyllite synthesis cavity and the temperature field of the flake catalyst-graphite synthesis rod were simulated and calculated. The calculations revealed that the synthetic rod's temperature rapidly increased in the initial 100 s of heating; When the heating time increased from 100 s to 150 s, the heating rate of the synthetic rod started to slow down. The temperature of the synthetic rod was stable after 170 s of heating, and the whole synthetic rod system reached the thermal equilibrium state; the temperature field of the synthetic rod was also stable. In a steady state, the maximum radial temperature gradient of the sheet catalyst graphite synthetic rod is 0.54 °C/mm, and the axial temperature gradient is about 2.93 °C/mm. The axial temperature gradient inside the synthetic rod was significantly higher than the radial temperature gradient. Further calculations showed that the heat flux of the pyrophyllite synthetic block on the inner wall of the pyrophyllite synthetic cavity was 2734 W in the heating direction, which was greater than that in the non-heating direction around 1312 W. The heat flux of the conductive steel cap in the heating direction was 2436 W, accounting for 60.1% of the total heat flux; This is the main reason for the large axial temperature gradient of the lamellar catalyst-graphite synthesis rod in the pyrophyllite cavity. A comparison of the temperature field of the cavity under different powers revealed that the temperature inside the cavity produces excessive diamond growth wasteland when the power is too high or too low.