丙烯CVI致密C/C复合材料的模拟研究

Simulation of chemical vapor infiltration of propylene into C/C composites

  • 摘要: 通过模拟法对丙烯化学气相渗透(CVI)制备炭/炭复合材料(C/C)的工艺过程进行研究。基于16种反应物,建立了由34个基元反应组成的均相反应模型。引用双孔隙演化模型、非均相反应模型,对整个丙烯CVI模型进行耦合模拟。模拟结果表明,CVI法C/C复合材料的密度均匀性受沉积气体滞留时间、致密温度和致密时间等因素影响;致密化过程可分为微孔隙快速致密和大孔隙致密两个阶段,丙烯初级热解产物的浓度分布与这两个阶段关系密切;其中大分子气体苯的浓度分布对CVI沉积速度和C/C复合材料密度均匀性的影响明显,当苯浓度分布最高区严重变窄时,表明致密化过程结束,致密表面将出现结壳现象。验证实验与模拟数据吻合较好。

     

    Abstract: Chemical vapor infiltration of propylene into C/C composites was studied by numeric simulation and an improved model for homogeneous gas-phase reactions of propylene pyrolysis was proposed. The model consists of 34 elementary reactions of 16 species. Then a bipore model for describing the changes of the pore topology with the progress of densification and a computer code for simulation of surface reactions by other authors were coupled together to predict the process. The numerical simulation showed that the density distribution of C/C composites is dependent on residence time of gas, densification temperature and densification time. There are two infiltration stages (rapid densification of micro-pores and successive densification of macro-pores) which act closely with the concentration distributions of main homogeneous pyrolytic products of propylene. Among them the concentration distribution of benzene seems most apparently to influence the densification speed and C/C density uniformity. The infiltration would be terminated when the benzene rich region becomes narrow, and the surface crusting of C/C appears. The present model is validated by comparing the predicted densities with the experimental ones.

     

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