Comparative modeling of gas transport in isothermal chemical vapor infiltration process of C/SiC composites

• Published in: Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China 2006-06, Vol.16 (B02), p.608-612
• Main Author: 魏玺 成来飞 张立同 徐永东 曾庆丰
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: C/SiC composites; convection; gas transport; isothermal chemical vapor infiltration; modeling; 比较模型; 气体输运; 碳纤维增强碳化硅复合材料; 等温化学汽相浸渗
• ISSN: 1003-6326
• DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(06)60265-3

Two comparative models taking into account of momentum, energy and mass transport coupled with chemical reaction kinetics were proposed to simulate gas transport in isothermal CVI reactor for fabrication of C/SiC composites. Convection in preform was neglected in one model where momentum transport in preform is neglected and mass transport in preform is dominated by diffusion. Whereas convection in preform was taken into account in the other model where momentum transport in preform is represented by BRINKMAN equations and mass transport in preform includes both diffusion and convection. The integrated models were solved by finite element method. The calculation results show that convection in preform have negligible effect on both velocity distribution and concentration distribution. The difference between MTS molarities in preform of the two models is less than 5×10^-5, which indicates that ignorance of convection in preform is reasonable and acceptable for numerical simulation of ICVI process of C/SiC composites.