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Porosity-driven biomass combustion

Figure 10. Potential mechanisms of pore structure influencing deflagration

reactor design fully integrate pore dynamics and premixed gases, reducing the risk of deflagration and
adaptive load regulation strategies. By implementing dust explosions. Zoned stacking strategies combined
staged feeding and optimizing structural configurations, with humidity control and sprinkler systems help
regions with different porosity can be effectively suppress local heat accumulation and self-ignition in
matched to promote thorough volatile release and both open and enclosed environments. During transport,
prolong char residence time, thereby improving mechanical compression and inert gas injection further
overall reaction efficiency and reducing residual strengthen safety measures. From a policy perspective,
losses. Coordinated oxygen concentration control, strict monitoring protocols and safety standards should
especially in localized low-porosity areas, can mitigate be established, including real-time gas detection and
incomplete combustion and reduce emissions of CO ventilation systems to ensure safe operation of storage
and harmful gases. In addition, combining real-time and transport systems. The integration of rapid online
load adjustments with automated feeding systems diagnostic and early-warning technologies enables the
ensures that the reactor operates consistently within a timely identification and intervention of potential fire
high-efficiency combustion range, avoiding efficiency hazards, ultimately improving the intrinsic safety of the
collapse. This comprehensive optimization approach entire system.
not only enhances energy conversion performance but In future work, mixed-level orthogonal experiments
also minimizes pollutant emissions, supporting cleaner will be employed to systematically assess the combined
and more stable energy use and providing a robust effects of porosity on reaction time, flame propagation
foundation for future equipment upgrades and process speed, and combustion intensity. Displacement
improvements. sensors will be used to measure deflagration pressure,
To mitigate fire risks during biomass storage and enabling further refinement of the findings. Although
transport, a systematic prevention strategy involving the approach employed in this study has certain
density monitoring, zoned management, and explosion- limitations, it sufficiently supports the present findings.
proof design is essential. Precise monitoring and Future enhancements in experimental design and
dynamic adjustment of bulk density and porosity measurement accuracy will enhance the generalizability
effectively prevent the formation of flammable and robustness of the results, thereby providing a more

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