HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF THERMAL PLASMAS IN NORWAY

This report overviews past and present thermal plasma research activities in Norway. Two of the main areas are applications of plasma technology in silicon and ferrosilicon processing and numerical modelling of transferred and free-burning arcs in reactor or furnace environments. Some results are proprietary to industrial companies and cannot be discussed here. AC arcs are also being studied. The work described has primarily been done in Trondheim at the research institute SINTEF Metallurgy and by Dr.ing. students at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Department of Metallurgy.