Boncho Edward Varhoshkov

Mr. Boncho Edward Varhoshkov


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1Year (2026-Present)

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17 January 2026 in Materials
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NPNina Yankova Penkova
Nina Yankova Penkova
BVBoncho Edward Varhoshkov
Boncho Edward Varhoshkov
VTValery Todorov
Valery Todorov
HAHristo Antchev
Hristo Antchev
KKKalin Simeonov Krumov
Kalin Simeonov Krumov
VIVesselin Iliev
Vesselin Iliev
Plasma nitriding is an advanced method to increase the hardness and wear resistance of different metal parts with complex shapes and geometries. The modelling is an appropriate approach for better understanding and improving such technologies based on multi-physical processes. Mathematical models of the coupled electromagnetic, fluid flow, and thermal processes in vacuum chambers for the low-temperature plasma treatment of metal parts have been developed. They were solved numerically via ANSYS/CFX software for a discretized solid and gas space of a plasma nitriding chamber. The specific electrical conductivity of the gas mixture, containing plasma, has been calibrated on the basis of an electrical model of the chamber and in situ measurements. The three-dimensional fields of pressure, temperature, velocity, turbulent characteristics, electric current density, and voltage in the chamber have been simulated and analysed. Methods for further development and application of the models and for technological and constructive enhancement of the plasma treatment technologies are discussed.