Publication detail

Increasing energy efficiency by tailoring the electric pulse pattern during Spark Plasma Sintering

TAN, H. KALOUSEK, R. SALAMON, D.

Original Title

Increasing energy efficiency by tailoring the electric pulse pattern during Spark Plasma Sintering

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Studies on Pulsed Direct Current (pulsed DC), which is specially applied in Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), has attracted much attention. The effect of the various pulse patterns on recorded currents, energy efficiency and mechanical pulsing are investigated by the constant input heating of SPS and a stable punch system. The results show that the recorded current increases while the energy efficiency decreases with the increasing ON/OFF ratio. The TiO2 powder was sintered by pulse patterns 12:2 and 10:9 with constant power input. An increase of one order of magnitude in grain size and 8% in density is shown after application of the pulse pattern 10:9, while the amount of consumed energy remained constant. When heated with different pulse patterns, the variation of the effective power and contact resistance induced by the mechanical pulse are two main reasons accounting for the varying energy efficiency. This unique SPS behavior was demonstrated by experiments and calculations.

Keywords

Energy efficiency Mechanical pulsing Spark plasma sintering

Authors

TAN, H.; KALOUSEK, R.; SALAMON, D.

Released

15. 12. 2019

ISBN

1873-3956

Periodical

CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL

Year of study

44

Number

9

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

24392

Pages to

24397

Pages count

6

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884219323557?via%3Dihub

BibTex

@article{BUT159572,
  author="Hua {Tan} and Radek {Kalousek} and David {Salamon}",
  title="Increasing energy efficiency by tailoring the electric pulse pattern during Spark Plasma Sintering",
  journal="CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL",
  year="2019",
  volume="44",
  number="9",
  pages="24392--24397",
  doi="10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.08.158",
  issn="1873-3956",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884219323557?via%3Dihub"
}