Effect of fabric structure on the permeability and regeneration ability of porous SiCf/SiC composite prepared by CVI

In this paper, porous SiCf/SiC composites are prepared by chemical vapor infiltration of SiC matrix on stitched fibrous preforms with different fabrics laminate structure. The microstructure of the fibrous preforms before and after infiltration of SiC matrix and the permeability and the regeneration efficiency of the porous SiCf/SiC composites with different laminate structure have been determined. Experimental results show that the porous SiCf/SiC composites with twill fabrics laminate structure exhibits a higher permeability with a higher volume porosity and mean pore diameter. In comparing the regeneration ability of two types laminate structure filter medium, as expected, the twill fabrics laminate structure exhibits a better regeneration efficiency than the plain fabrics laminate structure due to its higher air permeability.