The film-boiling densification process for C/C composite fabrication: From local scale to overall optimization

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5636-5653

  Vignoles, Gérard L ^a   Goyhénèche, Jean Marc ^a   Sébastian, Patrick ^a   Puiggali, Jean Rodolphe ^a   Lines, Jean François ^a   Lachaud, Jean ^a,b   Delhaès, Pierre ^b   Trinquecoste, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical processes; Composites; Materials processing; Modelling; Optimization; Porous media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSIFICATION; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATE BOILING; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL PROCESSES; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MODELING;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSIFICATION; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATE BOILING; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33745923504     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Belorgey-Beaugrand, S., 2000. Etude du procédé de densification rapide par caléfaction pour l'élaboration de composites carbone-carbone. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Orléans, France.
2. Bendersky E., and Christofides P.D. Optimization of transport-reaction processes using nonlinear model reduction. Chemical Engineering Science 55 (2000) 4349-4366
3. Besmann T.M., Sheldon B.W., Lowden R.A., and Stinton D.P. Vapor-phase fabrication and properties of continuous-filament ceramic composites. Science 253 (1991) 1104-1109
4. Boerefijn R., and Hounslow M. Studies of fluid bed granulation in an industrial R&D context. Chemical Engineering Science 60 (2005) 3879-3890
5. Bokros, J.C., 1969. Deposition, structure and properties of pyrolytic carbon. Chemistry and Physics of Carbon, vol. 5. M. Dekker, New York, pp. 1-118 (Chapter 1).
6. Broquère B.H., Buttazoni B., and Choury J.-J. Les composites carbone/carbone. Leurs applications industrielles. In: Naslain R. (Ed). Introduction aux Matériaux Composites (1985), CNRS and IMC, Paris 405-438
7. Bruneton E., Narcy B., and Oberlin A. Carbon-carbon composites prepared by a rapid densification process. Carbon 35 10-11 (1997) 1593-1611
8. Choo S., Lei W., Melvin A., and Rubloff G.W. Dynamic simulation and optimization of Cu CVD unit process for environmentally benign manufacturing. IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing 17 3 (2004) 455-469
9. Courault, A.C., 1995. Procédé de densification rapide. Master's Thesis, Université de Paris VI.
10. David P., Benazet J.-D., and Ravel F. Rapid deposition of carbon and ceramic matrices by film-boiling technique. In: Vicenzini P. (Ed). Advanced Structural Fiber Composites. CIMTEC Proceedings. Techn, (1999), Faenza, Italy 135-140
11. Delhaès P. Chemical vapor deposition and infiltration processes of carbon materials. Carbon 40 5 (2003) 641-657
12. Delhaès P., Trinquecoste M., Derré A., Rovillain D., and David P. Film boiling chemical vapor infiltration of C/C composites: influence of mass and thermal transfers. Carbon Science 4 4 (2003) 163-167
13. Delhaès P., Trinquecoste M., Lines J.-F., Cosculluela A., Goyhénèche J.-M., and Couzi M. Chemical vapor infiltration of C/C composites: fast densification processes and matrix characterizations. Carbon 43 (2005) 681-691
14. Dollet A. Multiscale modeling of CVD film growth-a review of recent works. Surface & Coatings Technology 177-178 (2004) 245-251
15. Fitzer E. The future of carbon/carbon composites. Carbon 25 (1987) 163-190
16. Golecki, I., Morris, R.C., Narasimhan, D., Clements, N., 1996. Carbon-carbon composites inductively heated and rapidly densified by thermal-gradient chemical vapor infiltration: density distributions and densification mechanism. In: Logan, K.V., Munir, Z.A., Spriggs, R.M. (Eds.), Advanced Synthesis and Processing of Composites and Advanced Ceramics II. Ceramic Transactions, vol. 79. The American Ceramic Society Westerville, OH, pp. 135-142.
17. Gupta D., and Evans J.W. A mathematical model for CVI with microwave heating and external cooling. Journal of Materials Research 6 (1991) 810-818
18. Houdayer, M., Spitz, J., Van, D.T., 1984. US Patent no. 4 472 454.
19. Ilegbusi O.J., Iguchi M., and Wahnsiedler W. Mathematical and physical modelling of materials processing operations. CRC Mechanical Engineering Series vol. 9 (2000), Chapman & Hall, CRC, Boca Raton, FL, USA
20. Kak A.C., and Slaney M. Principles of computerized tomographic imaging. Classics in Applied Mathematics vol. 33 (2001), SIAM, Philadelphia, PA
21. Kerkhof P.J.A.M. New light on some old problems: revisiting the Stefan tube, Graham's law, and the Bosanquet equation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 36 (1997) 915-922
22. Lachaud, J., 2002. Procédé de densification rapide "Kalamazoo": validation expérimentale pour une modélisation. Technical Report, ENSAM-CRPP, Bordeaux.
23. Leutard D., Vignoles G.L., Lamouroux F., and Bernard B. Monitoring density and temperature in C/C composites elaborated by CVI with radio-frequency heating. Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing 9 5 (2002) 259-273
24. Li M., and Christofides P.D. Multiscale modeling and analysis of an industrial HVOF thermal spray process. Chemical Engineering Science 60 (2005) 3649-3669
25. Lines, J.-F., Vignoles, G.L., Goyhénèche, J.-M., Puiggali, J.-R., 2005. Thermal modelling of a carbon/carbon composite material fabrication. In: Denis, S. (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Thermal Process Modelling and Computer Simulation 2003. Journal of Physics IV France 120, 291-297.
26. Loll, P., 1976. Préparation et propriétés physiques de composites carbone/carbone déposés en phase vapeur. Ph.D. Thesis, Université Bordeaux 1 no. 240.
27. Mason E.A., and Malinauskas A.P. Gas Transport in Porous Media: The Dusty-Gas Model. Chemical Engineering Monographs (1983), Elsevier, Amsterdam
28. Melkote R.R., and Jensen K.F. A model for chemical vapor infiltration of fibrous substrates. In: Besmann T.M., and Gallois B.M. (Eds). Chemical Vapor Deposition of Refractory Metals and Ceramics. Materials Research Society Symposium, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society vol. 168 (1990), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 67-72
29. Morell J.I., Economou D.J., and Amundson N.R. Pulsed-power volume-heating chemical vapor infiltration. Journal of Materials Research 7 (1992) 2447-2457
30. Naslain R., and Langlais F. CVD-processing of ceramic-ceramic composite materials. In: Tressler R., Messing G., Pantano C., and Newnham R. (Eds). Tailoring Multiphase and Composite Ceramics. Materials Science Research vol. 20 (1986), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 145-164
31. Naslain R., and Langlais F. Fundamental and practical aspects of the chemical vapor infiltration of porous substrates. High Temperature Science 27 (1990) 221-235
32. Ofori J.Y., and Sotirchos S.V. Multicomponent mass transport in CVI. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 35 (1996) 1275
33. Okkerse M., Kleijn C.R., van den Akker H.E.A., de Croon M., and Marin G.B. Two-dimensional simulation of an oxy-acetylene torch diamond reactor with a detailed gas-phase and surface mechanism. Journal of Applied Physics 88 (2000) 4417-4428
34. Reid R.C., Prausnitz J.M., and Poling B.E. The Properties of Gases and Liquids. fourth ed (1987), McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York
35. Rikvold P.A., and Stell G. Porosity and specific surface for interpenetrable-sphere models of two-phase random media. Journal of Chemical Physics 31 (1985) 1014-1020
36. Rovillain, D., 1999. Procédé de densification rapide et caractérisation de composites carbone/carbone. Ph.D. Thesis, Université Bordeaux 1 no. 2067.
37. Rovillain D., Trinquecoste M., Bruneton E., Derré A., David P., and Delhaès P. Film-boiling chemical vapor infiltration. An experimental study on carbon/carbon composites. Carbon 39 9 (2001) 1355-1365
38. Sotirchos S.V., and Tomadakis M.M. Modeling transport, reaction and pore structure evolution during densification of cellular or fibrous structure. In: Besmann T.M., and Gallois B.M. (Eds). Chemical Vapor Deposition of Refractory Metals and Ceramics. Material Research Society Symposium, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society vol. 168 (1990), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 73-78
39. Tomadakis M.M., and Robertson T.J. Viscous permeability of random fiber structures: comparison of electrical and diffusional estimates with experimental and analytical results. Journal of Composite Materials 39 2 (2005) 163-188
40. Tomadakis M.M., and Sotirchos S.V. Effective Knudsen diffusivities in structures of randomly overlapping fibers. A.I.Ch.E. Journal 37 (1991) 74-86
41. Tomadakis M.M., and Sotirchos S.V. Knudsen diffusivities and properties of structures of unidirectional fibers. A.I.Ch.E. Journal 37 (1991) 1175-1186
42. Vaidyaraman S., Lackey W.J., Agrawal P.K., and Starr T.L. 1-D model for forced-flow-thermal gradient chemical vapor infiltration process for carbon/carbon composites. Carbon 34 9 (1996) 1123-1133
43. Vignoles, G.L., Nadeau, N., Brauner, C.-M., Lines, J.-F., Puiggali, J.-R., 2005. The notion of densification front in CVI with thermal gradients. In: Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, vol. 26, no. 2. The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, pp. 187-195.