Abstract

Numerical simulation method was developed to investigate the performance of plasma and multi-physical fields in direct current (DC) arc plasma reactor for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) Diamond film,in order to obtain more information on the process of CVD. Finite Volume Method (FVM) was adopted. Continuous arc forming and the dynamic formation process of rotating arc plasma were shown in this paper. Multi-physics field in deposition chamber were modeled including flow field, temperature field. Distribution of velocity and temperature were obtained by solving momentum and energy equation with SIMPLE separation algorithm. Simulation results show that, plasma temperature near the cathode tip is the highest, which is more than 1×104K. The plasma distribution shape like the bell jar. The changing regularity of outlet velocity, temperature and static pressure with the distance from the anode center were revealed. The effectiveness of plasma temperature and gas flow calculated was confirmed by the experimental results. The research results provide the theoretical foundation for obtaining uniform diamond thick film.

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