A comprehensive model based on finite volume method was developed to analyze the heat-up and the melting of ceramic particles injected into a microwave excited laminar air plasma flow field. Plasma flow field was simulated as a hot gas flow generated by volumetric heat addition in the microwave coupling region, resulting in a temperature of 6000 K. Alumina and zirconia particles of different diameters were injected into the axisymmetric laminar plasma flow at different injection velocities and locations. Additionally, noncontinuum effects, variation of transport properties of plasma surrounding the spherical particles and absorption of microwave radiation in the ceramic particles were considered in the model. Model predictions suggest that zirconia and alumina particles with diameters less than can be effectively melted in a microwave plasma and can produce more uniform melt states. Microwave plasma environment with the ability to inject particles into the plasma core provide the opportunity to create more uniform melt states as compared with dc arc plasmas that are influenced by characteristic arc root fluctuations and turbulent dispersions.
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