ON THE MECHANISM OF CARBON TRANSPORT
TO THE DEPOSITION SURFACE IN A FLOW
DISCHARGE REACTOR FOR SYNTHESIS
OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS

V. M. Volzhankin, A. V. Krauklis,
S. P. Fisenko, and A. I. Shnip

UDC 536.248.2

The process of obtaining structurized carbon nanomaterials 
in a gas-discharge plasma reactor at atmospheric pressure has been 
investigated. A mathematical model of this process has been developed 
based on the hypothesis that free carbon formed in the discharge plasma 
of this reactor is transported from its discharge zone to the deposition 
zone in the form of nanoparticles and is deposited on the reactor 
walls under the action of thermophoresis. A comparison of the results 
of calculations carried out with this model and the corresponding 
experimental data has strengthened the indicated hypothesis.

A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National 
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, 
Belarus. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 81, 
No. 1, pp. 137-146, January-February, 2008. Original article 
submitted February 8, 2007.