Abstract
In this research study, combustion of micron-sized porous magnesium particle which freely falls into an infinite hot oxidizer medium is investigated. To examine the particle behavior during the process, acceleration and all forces acting on it including mass, buoyancy and drag forces are considered. The effects of produced magnesium oxide and both types of porosity consisting of surface and volume porosities are applied in mathematical modeling. The governing equations including magnesium particle mass continuity, linear momentum balance and energy conservation are numerically solved. Afterward, the impacts of important parameters on combustion characteristics are studied. Results show that by considering both types of surface and volume porosities, combustion time decreases compared to the cases in which one of these parameters is employed. With increasing the particle diameter and its porosity factor, velocity and acceleration enhance. Moreover, during the combustion process, mass and drag forces of magnesium oxide and its radius variations have the most effective contributions in total acceleration with the shares of 39.8%, 30.07% and 12.8%, respectively. Also, contribution of magnesium oxide in total acceleration is 4.8 times greater than that of magnesium.
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