EP3636049A1 - Procédé de coupage plasma et torche pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé - Google Patents
Procédé de coupage plasma et torche pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédéInfo
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
- H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
- H05H1/24—Generating plasma
- H05H1/26—Plasma torches
- H05H1/32—Plasma torches using an arc
- H05H1/34—Details, e.g. electrodes, nozzles
- H05H1/341—Arrangements for providing coaxial protecting fluids
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K10/00—Welding or cutting by means of a plasma
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K10/00—Welding or cutting by means of a plasma
- B23K10/006—Control circuits therefor
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
- H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
- H05H1/24—Generating plasma
- H05H1/26—Plasma torches
- H05H1/32—Plasma torches using an arc
- H05H1/34—Details, e.g. electrodes, nozzles
- H05H1/3405—Arrangements for stabilising or constricting the arc, e.g. by an additional gas flow
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
- H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
- H05H1/24—Generating plasma
- H05H1/26—Plasma torches
- H05H1/32—Plasma torches using an arc
- H05H1/34—Details, e.g. electrodes, nozzles
- H05H1/36—Circuit arrangements
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a plasma cutting method and a torch for the implementation of this method.
- the principle of plasma cutting has been known for about sixty years and has been the subject of many patent applications. This principle is used for cutting more or less thick sheets.
- the passage of a current is established between an electrode and the sheet to be cut so as to form an electric arc plasma.
- a nozzle concentrates this plasma which is heated by the Joule effect to reach very high temperatures.
- the nozzle has an outlet orifice that directs the plasma jet.
- the plasma jet is further ejected through the orifice of the nozzle at high speed. Because of the high temperature, the sheet melts locally and the gas supply pressure of the nozzle creating the speed of the plasma jet makes it possible to eject the molten metal under the sheet. In this way, a kerf is made in the piece to be cut.
- a torch in particular a plasma torch.
- a torch includes an electrode, a nozzle and a gas supply system of the nozzle.
- characteristics of the electric arc and the gas supply must of course be respected. It is advisable to maintain in a given range certain parameters such for example the distance separating the electrode from the sheet to be cut, the current passing between the electrode and the sheet to be cut, the pressure of the gas, etc.
- the performance of a plasma torch is measured in particular by the fineness of the cut made, its righteousness and speed.
- the skilled person aims to obtain a plasma jet finer and more energy at the cutting sheet.
- the electric field prevailing in the nozzle makes it possible to obtain a good indication of the energy intensity of the plasma. It is proportional to the current density flowing in the plasma.
- the average electric field can be easily estimated by dividing the voltage of the electric arc by the distance between the end of the electrode and the sheet to be cut.
- the document GB 1025678 proposes to use a gas passage, or nozzle, of a diameter less than one millimeter to obtain a fine plasma jet and supersonic and thus to have a zone thermally disturbed limited at the level of the cut made in the cut piece.
- a small volume of plasma is formed in a discharge chamber at a pressure between 30 and 100 atmospheres (ie about 3 to 10 10 6 Pa) between a
- a plasma torch with a second nozzle disposed downstream (or around) of the first nozzle so as to form a layer of protective gas around the plasma jet.
- the second nozzle is then often fed with an inert gas or air.
- the document EP2384097 describes such a nozzle which is here optimized for the upstream cooling of the plasma nozzle provided with an opening forming a nozzle through which the plasma jet passes.
- the plasma torch described in this document therefore has the advantages of an ionized plasma gas flow and a cooling of the nozzle and its protection against molten metal projections that can occur during the use of the torch, and especially during the drilling phases.
- the purpose of the present invention is therefore to provide a plasma cutting torch making it possible to obtain both an energetic intensification of the plasma and a conservation of the power density created within the torch (nozzle) up to the piece to be cut. .
- the invention thus aims to obtain a fine plasma jet while avoiding an intensification of the shock structures when the supply pressure of the nozzle increases.
- the present invention firstly proposes a method of plasma cutting a workpiece comprising the following steps:
- a plasma torch having an electrode disposed within a first nozzle having a first exit section facing an end of the electrode, first gas supply means of said first nozzle, a second nozzle concentrically disposed around the first nozzle with a second exit section substantially vis-à-vis the first outlet section and means for supplying gas between the first nozzle and the second nozzle,
- the surrounding pressure at the plasma jet in the second nozzle at the outlet of the first nozzle is controlled so as to be, on the one hand, at least greater than the atmospheric pressure and, on the other hand, less than the pressure in the first exit section.
- the secondary gas flow is used not only to protect the plasma jet but also to contain it by limiting its width and by acting on the shock structures.
- the ratio between the pressure in the plasma jet in the first outlet section and the plasma jet surrounding pressure between the first nozzle and the second nozzle is advantageously between 1 and 5, preferably between 2 and 4 and more preferably between 2.4 and 2.6.
- One embodiment provides that the pressure in the first exit section is obtained from the total generating pressure in the first nozzle and a coefficient corresponding to the ratio of specific heats to pressure and constant volume of the plasma.
- the surrounding pressure plasma jet is also regulated by varying the distance separating the second outlet section of the workpiece.
- the distance between the work piece and the outlet of the second nozzle which in other words corresponds to the second output section
- the workpiece creates a counterpressure on the gas flow (called downstream gas) passing between the first nozzle and the second nozzle because it impedes the flow of the downstream gas. As this distance increases, the counterpressure decreases to become rapidly negligible.
- the gas supply pressure in the first nozzle may for example be greater than 5000 hPa and preferably between 8000 and 20000 hPa.
- the electrical values it can be provided for example that the average electric field in the plasma jet is greater than 15 kV / m.
- the intensity of current in the plasma jet is advantageously an affine function of the gas supply pressure of the first nozzle.
- the intensity of current and thus also the apparent current density (in A / mm 2 ) which is directly proportional to it, increases with the plasma gas supply pressure, which makes it possible to conserve significant power throughout the plasma jet.
- the plasma jet surrounding pressure at the outlet section of the first nozzle is substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure (less than 1500 hPa) during a priming phase.
- a plasma jet, a transfer phase and a piercing phase while said pressure then increases for a cutting phase.
- the second nozzle can come into contact with the workpiece during at least one phase of a cutting cycle. As explained above, this makes it possible to act on the surrounding pressure of the plasma jet between the two nozzles.
- the present invention further relates to a plasma cutting torch comprising an electrode disposed within a first nozzle having a first outlet section facing an end of the electrode, first gas supply means of said first nozzle, a second nozzle concentrically disposed around the first nozzle with a second exit section substantially facing the first exit section and second gas supply means between the first nozzle and the second nozzle.
- such a torch also comprises means for regulating the second supply means from at least one sensor linked to the first supply means.
- such a torch comprises a first sensor of a pressure in the first nozzle, a second sensor determining a pressure in the second nozzle and a pressure control line in the second nozzle.
- This plasma cutting torch may further comprise a pressure control line in the first nozzle.
- An alternative embodiment provides that the first nozzle comprises a channel terminating in the exit section, and that said channel is provided with a diverging portion.
- the critical section for the downstream gas is preferably the second outlet section, that is to say the exit section of the second nozzle.
- the torch is then advantageously designed in such a way that the section of passage between the first nozzle and the second nozzle is always greater than the second output section, preferably always greater than at least 1.5 times at this second output section. .
- a torch according to the invention provides that the second nozzle is mounted to move relative to the first nozzle.
- the relative movement of the second nozzle relative to the first may correspond to a movement of the ball around the outlet section and / or axial movement along a longitudinal axis defined by the first nozzle and / or a movement in a plane transverse to the first nozzle and in the direction of the cut around the center of the outlet section of the first nozzle.
- the second nozzle preferably has an outlet section whose diameter is between 2 and 30 times the diameter of the outlet section of the first nozzle.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a plasma cutting torch according to the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating the performance achievable by the present invention with respect to a prior art plasma cutting torch.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of a plasma cutting torch.
- the structure of this torch resembles that of a torch known from the prior art.
- an electrode 3 At the center of the torch is an electrode 3 which extends in a so-called longitudinal direction.
- a first nozzle, or plasma nozzle 4 Around this electrode 3 is a first nozzle, or plasma nozzle 4, and outside this nozzle, mounted concentrically with respect to the electrode 3, there is a second nozzle, or downstream nozzle 5.
- This assembly is mounted vis-à-vis a workpiece 2, for example a metal sheet of great thickness.
- the electrode 3 is for example an electrode known from the prior art for use in a plasma torch. As schematically illustrated in Figure 1, it has a generally circular cylindrical shaped body made of a conductive material of electricity and heat, for example copper or a copper-based alloy. Note at the end of the electrode 3 the presence of an insert which is most often made of a thermo-emissive material, such as for example tungsten, which has a very high melting temperature, or hafnium ( Or other). Depending on the materials to be cut and the nature of the plasma, one material will be preferred over another.
- the means for electrically feeding the electrode 3 are not shown in the drawing and will not be described here. Feed and control means known to those skilled in the art and commonly used on plasma cutting torches of the prior art can be used here.
- the first nozzle or plasma nozzle 4
- the first nozzle has substantially a shape of revolution around the longitudinal axis of the electrode 3 and thus has a substantially conical shape.
- a first passage 6 is left free between the electrode 3 and the inner wall of the plasma nozzle 4.
- the plasma nozzle 4 has a channel 8 which has at the outer surface of the The channel 8 is represented here in its preferred embodiment corresponding to a circular cylindrical channel (thus of constant circular section) but this channel could also have a divergent portion ending in the exit section. 9.
- the diverging It will preferably be designed so that this intermediate value does not reach the atmospheric pressure.
- the second nozzle also has a shape of revolution around the longitudinal axis of the electrode 3. It also has a generally conical shape, with a slightly larger apex angle than that of the plasma nozzle 4.
- a second passage 7 is also provided between the plasma nozzle 4 and the downstream nozzle 5.
- the outlet section 10 is larger than the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4.
- the material for producing the plasma nozzle 4 and the downstream nozzle 5 is preferably a good heat-conducting material. It may be a copper alloy (for example of CuAl or CuTe or CuCrZr type) or an aluminum alloy or a brass (or other).
- the nozzles are furthermore preferably cooled, for example by means of the flowing gases and / or by a dedicated system with a separate cooling fluid. Figure 1 does not illustrate such cooling means that can be integrated with the illustrated torch.
- the piece to be cut 2 illustrated here is a sheet disposed perpendicular to the axis of revolution of the nozzles, another arrangement known to those skilled in the art as a cut with a non-right angle for the chamfer cut being possible with the 'invention.
- Gas supply means of the first passage 6 are provided. They comprise firstly a source of plasma gas 11 and a feed line extending from said source to the first passage 6.
- the source of plasma gas 11 may be for example simply a bottle of gas, for example compressed air, oxygen or any other gas adapted to the material to be cut known to those skilled in the art, preferably provided with a pressure reducer. It can also be an industrial gas network, a gas tank stored at low temperature in a liquid phase, a gas generator, etc.
- the first supply line comprises a first pressure regulator 12 and a shut-off valve 13. There is also on this first supply line, as downstream as possible, a pressure sensor giving a plasma gas supply pressure. This supply pressure is called Pi.
- gas supply means of the second passage 7. These means comprise a downstream gas source 14 and a feed line extending from said source to the second passage 7.
- This second feed line comprises a second pressure regulator 15 and a shut-off valve 16.
- the downstream gas source may here also be a gas cylinder (preferably with an expansion valve), an industrial network, a generator, liquefied gas, etc.
- the downstream gas can be an inert gas such as nitrogen but it can also be for example air.
- the torch further comprises a pressure sensor measuring the pressure P2 which prevails in the downstream nozzle 5, between the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4 and the opening made in the downstream nozzle 5.
- This pressure sensor measuring P2 is disposed as close as possible to the axis of revolution of the downstream nozzle 5 so as to give a value representative of the surrounding pressure of the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4. If the sensor measuring P2 is moved away from the 9 outlet of the plasma nozzle 4, a correction can be made to the measurement made according to the pressure drop calculated between the measuring point and the surrounding area of the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4. This correction can take the total loss of pressure related to the pressure losses, as well as the decrease in dynamic pressure related to the speed of the gas.
- a flow sensor (not shown) is provided upstream in the downstream gas supply line.
- a regulating device is provided for acting on the second pressure regulator 15 of the second passage 7 (downstream gas).
- a multiplier by a coefficient 1 / K of the pressure measured in the first passage 6 (pressure Pi).
- the value thus obtained is compared with the measured pressure P2 and the second pressure regulator 15 is controlled to maintain the value (Pi / K) -P2 at zero. In this way, a ratio Pi / P2 is maintained at the value K.
- the coefficient K is preferably chosen between 1.65 and 9.5.
- FIG. 1 shows a first pressure regulator 12 which is a mechanical regulator and a second pressure regulator 15 which is a proportional valve of electronic technology. Most often, the skilled person will choose the same technology (electronic or mechanical or otherwise) for all its components but any "mix" of technologies can be considered.
- the surrounding pressure of the plasma jet between the nozzles can also be controlled by the height between the outlet section 10 (which can be considered as the end). of the downstream nozzle and the surface of the workpiece 2 (or sheet), in complement of the pressure regulator.
- the plasma nozzle 4 When the electrode 3 is energized, that the workpiece 2 supposedly conductive here is connected to a reference potential (mass), the plasma nozzle 4 is supplied with plasma gas and the downstream nozzle 5 is supplied with gas downstream, a plasma jet 1 of electric arc is created. It originates at the level of the insert of the electrode 3, is channeled through the channel 8 and then passes through the opening of the downstream nozzle 5 before reaching the part to be cut 2.
- the surrounding pressure of the plasma jet in the surrounding volume of the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4 and up to the piece to be cut 2 is greater than the atmospheric pressure and controlled so as to maintain a fine plasma jet, avoid the intensification of shock structures when the plasma gas supply pressure increases and maintain a power density of the plasma jet created in the plasma nozzle 4 to
- the outlet pressure is equal to the surrounding pressure and the torch then operates in a suitable mode.
- this ratio is 5
- the torch operates in a limit regime (upper limit) of under-expanded plasma jet with a barrel impact structure, the diameter of the first right shock reaching a dimension close to the diameter of the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4.
- the regulation of the pressure in the downstream nozzle is not only performed during a cutting phase of the cutting process of the workpiece 2.
- the surrounding pressure P2 may be provided at the outlet section 9 of the nozzle plasma 4 is controlled to be substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure during priming, transfer and drilling phases and then to be greater than the atmospheric pressure during a cutting phase.
- outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4 is its critical section (case corresponding to a channel 8 of constant circular cross section).
- a good estimate of the pressure Pj in the output section 9 is then given by the formula:
- Pi is the pressure mentioned above. This is the total generating pressure in the plasma nozzle, that is to say the plasma gas supply pressure reduced losses in the plasma nozzle 4.
- ⁇ is an estimate of the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure and constant volume specific heat for plasma.
- ⁇ is generally between 1.0 and 1.4.
- the ratio Pi / Pi is generally between 1.65 and 1.9.
- Pj / P2 of between 1 and 5
- a coefficient K P1 / P2 of between 1.65 and 9.5 is obtained.
- the coefficient K is in fact preferably between 3 and 6 and a good compromise for this coefficient is generally around 5.5.
- the mean pressure in the outlet section 9 can also be estimated but with another formula involving the Mach number in the outlet section 9. in that case :
- A corresponds to the output section 9 and A * corresponds to the critical (minimum) section of the channel.
- the torch By regulating the downstream gas pressure as explained above, the torch produces a plasma jet which can be intensified, ie the average current density or the average electric field between the electrode can be significantly increased. 3 and the workpiece 2 by increasing the supply pressure of the plasma gas while ensuring that the power density of the plasma jet is maintained at the surface of the workpiece 2, since the expansion of the plasma jet and the intensity and size of the shock structures in the jet are contained. It also becomes possible to operate at cutting heights between the workpiece 2 and the plasma nozzle 4 (or the electrode 3) lower than torches known from the prior art.
- the cutting height can also influence the surrounding pressure P2. Indeed, when this cutting height decreases, a counter pressure comes to oppose the flow of the downstream gas and thus modifies the surrounding pressure P2. This cutting height must also be taken into account if it becomes weak, that is to say that the pressure exerted is no longer negligible.
- the calculation of said back pressure depends, in addition to the distance between the workpiece 2 of the outlet section 10 of the downstream nozzle 5, also of the outlet section 10 and possibly its shape (if divergent for example).
- the plasma gas supply pressure is greater than 5 bar during at least one phase of a cutting cycle, preferably between 6 and 100 bar, ideally between 8 and 20 bars. It can also be provided that the average electric field in the plasma jet, defined as the ratio of the arc voltage to the distance between the electrode 3 and the workpiece 2, is greater than 15 kV / m during all or part of a cutting phase of a cycle of the process.
- the plasma cutting method described herein can also provide that the current for a given plasma nozzle outlet section diameter 9 is a function of the supply pressure Pi of the plasma nozzle 4 during at least one phase of the cutting process.
- This current can be dynamically controlled by the pressure in the plasma nozzle 4 during all or part of a priming cycle, drilling and / or cutting.
- FIG. 2 illustrates in a diagram the performances obtained by regulating the downstream gas pressure (solid line) compared to the performances obtained without regulation (dashed line).
- a plasma cutting torch is first operated at 60A.
- This torch is equipped with a plasma nozzle 4 having a channel 1 mm in diameter, supplied with air as a plasma gas, and a downstream nozzle 5 with an outlet section 10 of 4 mm in diameter.
- the downstream nozzle 5 is supplied with compressed air, used here as a downstream gas, so that the pressure P2 measured around the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4 can be controlled between 0 bar (ie an absolute pressure of 1 bar, about 100,000 Pa), corresponding to the reference operation without pressure adaptation, and 3 bars.
- This torch was used to cut pieces (sheets) of mild steel 5 mm thick, by varying the feed pressures of the plasma nozzle 4 and the downstream nozzle 5. The width of the upper groove cuts was then measured in the cases with and without regulation (adaptation) of the pressure P2 and plotted in Figure 2.
- the behavior of the torch in the conventional regime implies a significant increase in the kerf width with the supply pressure of the plasma nozzle 4 above the conventional pressure, here about 5 bar.
- the ratio between the supply pressure Pi of the plasma nozzle 4 and the pressure P2 is constant and approximately equal to 5.5.
- the shape of the downstream nozzle 5 is for example such that the passage sections of the downstream gas supply circuits from the downstream gas source 14 to the outlet section 10 of the downstream nozzle 5 are in any point greater than this same outlet section 10, so that the outlet section 10 is the critical section for the gas flow said downstream gas.
- the diameter of the outlet section 10 of the downstream nozzle 5 is preferably between 2 and 30 times the diameter of the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4.
- the "height" of the downstream nozzle 5, defined as being the distance between the outlet section 9 of the plasma nozzle 4 and the outlet section 10 of the downstream nozzle 5, is chosen for example between 0 and 10 mm, preferably between 0 and 5 mm.
- downstream nozzle 5 it is possible for the downstream nozzle 5 to be movable with respect to the plasma nozzle and to move relatively relative thereto which is considered to be fixed in the reference frame of the torch.
- the relative movement of the downstream nozzle 5 with respect to the plasma nozzle may for example be exclusively linear along the longitudinal axis.
- it can be provided (not illustrated in the drawing) on the one hand a system of elastic thrust outwardly of the plasma nozzle 4, for example spring or pneumatic (by means of the secondary gas for example ), and secondly abuts on the first of the surfaces formed by the piece to be cut 2, or a stop shoulder in translation.
- the relative movement of the downstream nozzle 5 with respect to the plasma nozzle could also be exclusively a swivel movement around the center of the outlet section 10 of the downstream nozzle 5.
- the relative movement of the downstream nozzle 5 with respect to the plasma nozzle could also be exclusively a sliding movement in a plane perpendicular to the plasma nozzle 4 and in the direction of the cut around the center of the section of the nozzle. outlet 10 of the downstream nozzle 5.
- the relative movement of the downstream nozzle 5 with respect to the plasma nozzle could also be a combination of at least two of the three motions above.
- the outlet section 10 of the downstream nozzle 5 is kept parallel to the surface of the sheet during at least one phase of the process cycle.
- the downstream nozzle may have at least one point of contact with the sheet during at least one phase of the cutting cycle.
- a plasma cutting method and an electric arc plasma cutting torch implementing, inter alia, an electrode, a plasma nozzle or upstream nozzle facing this electrode, the space between said an electrode being fed with a plasmagene gas, said plasma nozzle comprising an orifice (channel) through which a plasma jet passes, in which the pressure surrounding the plasma jet between the outlet section of said plasma nozzle and a piece to be cut is greater than the atmospheric pressure during at least one phase of a cutting cycle.
- Said ambient pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure is established by means of at least one second nozzle located downstream of the plasma nozzle, and called downstream nozzle, which is supplied by a secondary gas.
- the gas supply to the downstream nozzle is provided by at least one pressure regulator, preferably mechanical or electronic, whose setpoint is a value which depends on the supply pressure of the plasma nozzle.
- This pressure regulator uses for example a pressure measurement signal whose pressure tap is located in a space between the plasma nozzle and the downstream nozzle, preferably in the immediate vicinity of the outlet section of the plasma nozzle.
- the supply circuit thereof is preferably such that the gas passage sections at any point of the supply circuit between a source of secondary gas under pressure and the nozzle downstream are greater than the minimum of the following two sections: outlet section of the downstream nozzle, or annular section of the surface formed by the projection of the output edge of the downstream nozzle on the surface of the material to be cut during a phase of cutting of the cycle.
- the NPR (Nozzle Pressure Ratio) ratio between the mean absolute pressure in the plasma jet in the outlet section of said plasma nozzle and the surrounding pressure is advantageously between 1 and 5, preferably between 2 and 5. and 4, ideally around 2.5.
- a ratio between the total feed pressure of the plasma nozzle and the feed pressure in the downstream nozzle of between 1.65 and 9.5, ideally between 3 and 6, even more ideally around 5.5.
- the plasma gas may be different from the downstream gas, but it may also be identical to the downstream gas.
- the plasma gas source 11 and the downstream gas source 14 may be a single source of gas, for example a gas cylinder or an industrial gas network as explained above. This common gas is for example air, oxygen or any other gas.
- the first supply line and the second supply line are then connected together to this gas source.
- the present invention is not limited to the preferred embodiment described above and the variants envisaged. It also relates to the embodiments (device and method) within the scope of those skilled in the art within the scope of the claims below.
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