Summary of the invention
Object to be solved by this invention is to provide a kind of microwave plasma torch device, and suitable power scope is wider, and the plasma gas stability of acquisition is splendid, can avoid because high-strength electric field pyrogenicity superposes the series of problems caused with plasma heat source simultaneously.
For solving the problem, the present invention proposes a kind of microwave plasma torch device, comprises cavity portion, microwave coupling part and tuning part, cavity portion comprises from inside to outside the coaxial interior pipe arranged successively, middle pipe, outer tube, cavity portion one end is openend, the other end arranges described tuning part in order to adjust the field intensity of openend, outer tube wall is provided with microwave coupling opening, microwave coupling part is through this microwave coupling opening and cavity portion microwave coupling, the first microwave cavity is formed between outer tube and middle pipe, be provided with in order to by interior pipe and the co-axially fixed porous gasket of middle pipe between interior pipe and middle pipe, microwave coupling is extremely formed the second microwave cavity between interior pipe and middle pipe through the openend of cavity portion by described first microwave cavity, the upper surface of described porous gasket is configured to the reflecting surface of this second microwave cavity.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described outer tube, middle pipe, interior pipe and porous gasket are metal material object.
According to one embodiment of present invention, the outer wall of the inwall of described outer tube, the inside and outside wall of middle pipe, interior pipe, and the upper surface of porous gasket is formed by metal material.
According to one embodiment of present invention, the distance range of described porous gasket distance cavity portion openend end face exists
between, wherein, N is positive odd number, and λ is the wavelength of microwave.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described tuning part is adjusted to the degree of depth of cavity portion and is
m is positive odd number, and λ is the wavelength of microwave.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described microwave coupling part comprises coupled antenna and coupling loop, coupling loop is connected on middle pipe outer wall, coupled antenna one end connects microwave transmission line, by microwave coupling to forming described first microwave cavity between outer tube and middle pipe through described microwave coupling opening butt coupling ring, the other end.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described coupled antenna is configured in cavity portion internal electric field and distributes most strong position place.
According to one embodiment of present invention, pipe outer wall in described coupling loop compact siro spinning technology, or, pipe outer wall in described coupling loop recessed bond ing.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described microwave coupling part comprises coupled antenna, this coupled antenna one end connects tuning part upper surface through described microwave coupling opening, the other end connects microwave transmission line, by microwave coupling to forming described first microwave cavity between outer tube and middle pipe.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described coupled antenna is configured in cavity portion internal magnetic field and distributes most strong position place.
After adopting technique scheme, the present invention has following beneficial effect compared to existing technology: microwave coupling part by microwave coupling to after between outer tube and middle pipe, microwave is coupled between middle pipe and interior pipe by the openend of cavity portion, tuning part is as the microwave reflection face of outer tube and middle pipe, incident wave between outer tube and middle pipe and reflected wave define standing wave, pad is as the microwave reflection face of middle pipe and interior pipe, incident wave between middle pipe and interior pipe and reflected wave also form standing wave, be tuned as the strongest in the electric field strength of openend, under high-power condition and small-power condition, all can form the thread plasma around middle tubular axis line High Rotation Speed, the root of plasma is arranged in inside pipe wall apart from openend end face certain depth place, plasma root and middle pipe contact area large, thus area of dissipation is larger, make plasma source in, heat deposition on inner tubal wall reduces, thus in decreasing, the deformation quantity that interior pipe causes due to heat deposition, avoid the electromagnetic transmission character caused due to deformation to change, and from interior pipe sample out not with the root direct effect of plasma, the root of survivable plasma, the stability of plasma is splendid.
Further, the mode of magnetic Field Coupling is adopted to introduce microwave, microwave coupling district is spatially separated with plasma forming region, avoid high-power coupled antenna due to close to thermal source temperature rise, thus cause as efficiency of transmission reduce, the problem of the destruction effective output stability such as thermal losses is serious, partial discharge and plasma stability.The parts of microwave plasma torch device connect convenient, magnetic coupling does not need to realize electrical contact with middle pipe simultaneously, the transmission avoiding heat with superpose, the function that magnetic Field Coupling and electric field excite is separated to be separated with space and eliminates coupled structure to the symmetric interference of MPT openend electromagnetic symmetry and flow field.
Embodiment
For enabling above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage become apparent more, are described in detail the specific embodiment of the present invention below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
Set forth a lot of detail in the following description so that fully understand the present invention.But the present invention can be much different from alternate manner described here to implement, those skilled in the art can when without prejudice to doing similar popularization when intension of the present invention, therefore the present invention is by the restriction of following public concrete enforcement.
Referring to Fig. 1, in the present embodiment, microwave plasma torch device comprises outer tube 1, middle pipe 2, interior pipe 3, tuning part 4, coupled antenna 5, coupling loop 6, porous gasket 7.
Outer tube 1, middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 3 constitute the cavity portion of microwave plasma torch device, the upper end of cavity portion is an openend, lower end is provided with tuning part 4, the upper surface of tuning part 4 is the reflectings surface as microwave between outer tube 1 and middle pipe 2, the position of adjustment tuning part 4 can regulate the height of this reflecting surface, thus change reflected wave, between outer tube 1 and middle pipe 2, form the first microwave cavity, in the first microwave cavity, produce required electromagnetic field standing wave.
The lower end of interior pipe 3 is used for passing into sample, sample is such as aerosol, or the mixture air-flow of aerosol and plasma gas, certainly can also be other the object air-flow for spectrum analysis, middle pipe 2 is used to pass into plasma gas, and plasma gas can be such as argon gas, nitrogen, helium etc., and the plasma gas passed into is between middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 3, to be excited formation plasma at the openend of cavity portion, sample and this Plasma Interaction.
In Fig. 1, outer tube 1 wall is offered a microwave coupling opening, and coupling loop 6 is connected on middle pipe 2 outer wall, and coupled antenna 5 is connected with coupling loop 6 through this microwave coupling opening, after coupled antenna 5 connects microwave transmission line and introduces microwave, microwave coupling is transferred between outer tube 1 and middle pipe 2.Preferably, coupled antenna 5 is configured in cavity portion internal electric field and distributes most strong position place, and adjustment tuning part 4 highly makes the electric field strength of cavity portion openend the strongest, and field strength is the most weak, and tuning part 4 is preferably adjusted to and makes the degree of depth of cavity portion to be
m is positive odd number, and λ is the wavelength of microwave.
Optionally, pipe 2 outer wall in coupling loop 6 compact siro spinning technology, in the mode of conductance coupling by between microwave energy feed-in outer tube 1 and middle pipe 2; Or pipe 2 outer wall in coupling loop 6 recessed bond ing, namely also has certain gap between coupling loop 6 and middle pipe 2 outer wall, in capacity coupled mode by between microwave energy feed-in outer tube 1 and middle pipe 2.
At the microwave coupling of the openend outer tube 1 of cavity portion and middle pipe 2 between middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 3, owing to being provided with porous gasket 7 between middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 3, porous gasket 7 is concentric ring structures, the external diameter of porous gasket 7 is consistent with the internal diameter of middle pipe 2, the internal diameter of porous gasket 7 is consistent with the external diameter of interior pipe 3, porous gasket 7 has been offered multiple air vent hole, the effect of porous gasket 7 except routine be used for circulate plasma gas and in ensureing pipe 2 and interior pipe 3 axiality except, also be used as the reflecting surface of microwave between middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 3, be appreciated that, as the reflecting surface of microwave, this face can be used for being reflected into ejected wave, thus the first microwave cavity is formed between middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 3, electromagnetic field standing wave needed for producing in microwave cavity.
Preferably, outer tube 1, middle pipe 2, interior pipe 3 and porous gasket 7 are metal material object, optionally, the inwall of outer tube 1, the inside and outside wall of middle pipe 2, the outer wall of interior pipe 3 and the upper surface of porous gasket 7 are formed by metal material, make can transmit microwave between outer tube 1 and middle pipe 2, between middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 3, and the upper surface of porous gasket 7 can be reflected into ejected wave.Metal material can be such as the good metals of electric conductivity such as gold, silver, copper, stainless steel.
Preferably, the distance scope that is configured between porous gasket 7 and cavity portion openend end face is existed
between, wherein, N is positive odd number, and λ is the wavelength of microwave, and its unit follows the unit of microwave wavelength λ.Porous gasket 7 is arranged on the positive odd number times vicinity of the cavity portion degree of depth 1/4 microwave wavelength, the electric field strength of cavity portion open end can be made to reach high value, certainly this distance range is only preferred value, also can realize dual resonance structure of the present invention at other distance value places, obtain good plasma.
Microwave between outer tube 1 and middle pipe 2, and the microwave between middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 3, define the dual resonance structure of microwave plasma torch device, and between outer tube and middle pipe, only form microwave in prior art, cannot form dual resonance structure.The microwave plasma torch device of dual resonance structure, higher in the maximum field intensity of cavity portion openend, far away higher than non-dual resonance structure, more easily puncture plasma gas form plasma and maintain, the root of plasma is arranged in pipe 2 inwall, the root of the survivable plasma of the sample passed through, the plasma formed is more stable.
Referring to Fig. 2, in the present embodiment, microwave plasma torch device comprises outer tube 1 ', middle pipe 2 ', interior pipe 3 ', tuning part 4 ', coupled antenna 5 ', porous gasket 7 '.Microwave coupling opening offered by outer tube 1 ' wall, coupled antenna stretches into this microwave coupling opening and is connected with the upper surface of tuning part 4 ', in the mode of magnetic Field Coupling by between microwave energy feed-in outer tube 1 ' and middle pipe 2 ', preferably, coupled antenna 5 ' is located at cavity portion internal magnetic field and distributes most strong position place.Microwave coupling district is positioned at tuning part 4 ' upper end surface area place, plasma forming region is positioned at the openend of cavity portion, it is far away that both spatially separate, avoid high-power coupled antenna 5 ' due to close to plasma heat source temperature rise, thus cause as efficiency of transmission reduce, the problem of the destruction effective output stability such as thermal losses is serious, partial discharge and plasma stability.Save coupling loop, the parts of microwave plasma torch device connect convenient, magnetic coupling does not need and the electrical contact of middle pipe 2 ' simultaneously, the transmission avoiding heat with superpose, the function that magnetic Field Coupling and electric field excite is separated to be separated with space and eliminates coupled structure to the symmetric interference of MPT openend electromagnetic symmetry and flow field.The associated description of other parts referring to the detailed description of previous embodiment, can not repeat them here.
Optionally, in the present embodiment, coupled antenna 5 ' can also by penetrating after the upper perforate of tuning part 4 ' from the perforate of tuning part 4 ', microwave is introduced between outer tube 1 ' and middle pipe 2 ', thus be more convenient for realizing tuber function, after outer tube 1 ' wall not arranging microwave coupling opening, also would not limit the tuning setting scope of tuning part 4 '.
It should be noted that; the mode of microwave coupling is not restricted to the embodiment provided in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2; other microwave coupling modes that microwave energy can be realized to be coupled into cavity portion can be used in microwave plasma torch device of the present invention; the change that those skilled in the art make according to the present invention easily all falls into protection scope of the present invention, such as, to the change of microwave coupling mode.
Fig. 3 is the Electromagnetic Simulation figure according to a kind of microwave plasma torch device provided by the invention, porous gasket is positioned at the openend end face 1/4 λ place apart from cavity portion, for 2450MHz electromagnetic wave, λ is 122.4mm, namely porous gasket is positioned at the openend end face 30.6mm apart from cavity portion, when this position, defines standing electromagnetic wave field A between outer tube and inner tube, and between middle pipe and interior pipe, also form standing electromagnetic wave field B, namely cavity portion forms dual resonance structure.Conventional porous gasket is placed in distance openend immediate area (lower than 15mm), mainly plays pipe and the effect of interior pipe concentricity in guarantee, does not do requirement, cannot form dual resonance structure to material.
Fig. 4 be porous gasket be positioned at apart from cavity portion openend end face diverse location place time, MPT cavity portion electric field strength maximum distribution map, when porous gasket distance openend is about 30mm, the maximum field intensity of MPT cavity portion is up to 2204kV/m, far away higher than non-dual resonance structure, more easily puncture plasma gas form plasma and maintain, the plasma formed is more stable, the openend endface position degree of depth of porous gasket apart from cavity portion of 1-35mm is illustrate only in Fig. 4, the maximum field intensity of odd-multiple vicinity of 1/4 wavelength that transverse axis forward extends in the drawings is also almost high with 30mm place.
The argon plasma that the MPT that Fig. 5 a is traditional under showing small-power condition is formed, porous gasket 70 is less than 15mm with the distance of cavity portion openend end face, plasma is easier to form the form in Fig. 5 a or static monofilament plasma form, in Fig. 5 a, the root a1 of plasma is formed in interior pipe 10 outer wall, with middle pipe 20 in a distance, be core portion a2 on the root a1 of plasma, be wake flame a3 on core portion a2, the root a1 of plasma is mainly positioned at outer wall of inner tube, interior pipe 10 inwall open end also has thread plasma to draw, this is totally unfavorable for spectrum analysis, interior pipe 10 is mainly used in the introducing of sample, sample aerosol when being drawn by interior pipe first with plasma root direct effect, the energy continuation of plasma root is damaged, greatly reduce the stability of plasma and the ability to bear to sample, the ability that excites of plasma is also subject to sample type, the extreme influence of character.
Fig. 5 b plasma that under showing small-power condition, MPT of the present invention is formed, the distance of porous gasket 7 and cavity portion openend end face is between 20-40mm, plasma is seen because skin effect is instantaneous and is thread plasma, because this thread plasma stability is positioned at certain region near axis, therefore its around axle High Rotation Speed time become space-time " motionless district ", thus make plasma macroscopic view present the characteristic of falling infundibulate with centre gangway; In addition because plasma is at High Rotation Speed, plasma also can not continue the heating of cavity portion point, and the heat of generation is taken away by high velocity air again, although therefore when MPT material adopts metallic copper, the spectral line can not observing copper in spectrum occurs.In Fig. 5 b, plasma root b1 is arranged in pipe 2 span openend certain depth place, be core portion b2 on the root b1 of plasma, be wake flame b3 on core portion b2, plasma is drawn between middle pipe 2 and interior pipe 1, sample aerosol not with plasma root b1 direct effect, and only interact with plasma space-time " motionless district " (core portion b2 and wake flame b3), the ability to bear of plasma to the sample such as aerosol, air using dual resonance structure MPT of the present invention to be formed improves greatly.
The plasma that under Fig. 6 shows high-power condition, (one kilowatt) MPT of the present invention is formed, plasma root c1 is arranged in pipe 2 span openend certain depth place, therefrom inside pipe wall is drawn, can find out, MPT dual resonance structure not only can form the plasma of macroeconomic stability under high-power condition, also inherit plasma that small-power MPT formed fall funnel shaped, there is the feature of centre gangway being beneficial to sample and introducing.Compared to small-power, the ability to bear of plasma to the sample such as aerosol and air molecule that multikilowatt MPT is formed is further improved, the direct nebulization sampling of sample can be accomplished, eliminate molten step, this be conventional disresonance MPT structure be difficult to accomplish.
Microwave plasma torch device operating frequency range of the present invention can be microwave and radio frequency band, power bracket can be 20W-5kW, the power scope of application is wider, the plasma stability formed is better, can be applicable to the fields such as atomic emission spectrum, atomic absorption spectrum, spectrum mass spectrometry, material surface process, exhaust-gas treatment.
Although the present invention with preferred embodiment openly as above; but it is not for limiting claim; any those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; can make possible variation and amendment, the scope that therefore protection scope of the present invention should define with the claims in the present invention is as the criterion.