Activated combustion high-velocity air-fuel (AC-HVAF) is a novel supersonic flame thermal spray technology that involves complex problems relating to high-speed compressible fluid dynamics and fluid-solid coupling. Previous studies focused on the high-power AK-07 gun which was usually suitable for producing high melting point coatings, but less research had been done on the low-power AK-05 gun. In this paper, a two-dimensional model was established with AK-05 spray gun as the research object, and then the fluid velocity, fluid temperature and fluid composition distribution of AK-05 spray gun were analyzed based on computational fluid dynamics. In addition, the present study calculated the velocity and temperature variations of aluminum particles of different particle sizes as they passed through the flow field using a discrete phase model, which was validated by the preparation of actual aluminum coatings. The fluid velocity and temperature in the simulation results show that the AK-05 gun is characterized by both high jet velocity and low jet temperature; In particular, the incorporation of auxiliary fuel hydrogen will significantly reduce the jet temperature, with a maximum potential temperature decrease of 300 K. The fluid composition distribution in the simulation results suggest that oxygen in the air can rapidly intrude into the jet stream, which may lead to an increase in the oxygen content of the coating. The velocity and temperature of the particles in the results indicate that small particles are fast and have a high probability of been superheated and melted, while the opposite is true for large particles. Both simulated and actual aluminum coatings have shown that the AK-05 gun is suitable for the preparation of low melting point coatings.
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