Advances In Microwave And Rf Processing

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Understanding Microwave Heating Systems: A Perspective on State-of-the-Art....Pages 3-14
Millimeter-Wave-Sources Development: Present and Future....Pages 15-23
3.5 kW 24 GHz Compact Gyrotron System for Microwave Processing of Materials....Pages 24-30
Design Guidelines for Applicators Used in the Microwave Heating of High Losses Materials....Pages 31-38
Design Parameters of Multiple Reactive Chokes for open Ports in Microwave Heating Systems....Pages 39-47
Microwave High-Power Four Post Auto-Matching System....Pages 48-55
Design of an Applicator for Processing of Nanoscale Zeolite/Polymer Composites with Superposed Static Magnetic Field....Pages 56-61
Front Matter....Pages 64-64
Measurement Techniques for Microwave and RF Processing....Pages 65-76
Dielectric Characterisation of High Loss and Low Loss Materials at 2450 MHz....Pages 77-84
European Regulations, Safety Issues in RF and Microwave Power....Pages 85-91
Future Prosperity of Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) Applications of Microwaves....Pages 92-102
Electric Field Measurements for Commercially-Available Mobile Phones....Pages 103-106
Use of the Dielectric Properties to Detect Protein Denaturation....Pages 107-118
Sandalwood Microwave Characterisation and oil Extraction....Pages 119-128
Dielectric Spectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis as a Method for Oil Fraction Determination in oil-in Water-Emulsions with Varying Salt Content....Pages 129-137
Microwave Non-Destructive Evaluation of Moisture Content in Liquid Composites in a Cylindrical Cavity at a Single Frequency....Pages 138-148
Millimeter Wave Spectroscopy of Alumina-Zirconia System....Pages 149-154
A Modified Cavity Perturbation Technique for Measurement of the Dielectric Constant of High Permittivity Materials....Pages 155-163
Front Matter....Pages 166-166
Finite Elements in the Simulation of Dielectric Heating Systems....Pages 167-177
Examination of Contemporary Electromagnetic Software Capable of Modeling Problems of Microwave Heating....Pages 178-190
Front Matter....Pages 166-166
A Hybrid Approach for Resolving the Electromagnetic Fields Inside a Waveguide Loaded with a Lossy Medium....Pages 191-198
A Novel FDTD System for Microwave Heating and Thawing Analysis with Automatic Time-Variation of Enthalpy-Dependent Media Parameters....Pages 199-209
Simulation of Microwave Sintering with Advanced Sintering Models....Pages 210-216
Finite Element Modelling of Thin Metallic Films for Microwave Heating....Pages 217-225
Analysis of Coupled Electromagnetic and Thermal Modeling of Pressure-Aided Microwave Curing Processes....Pages 226-233
Selective Heating and Moisture Levelling in Microwaveassisted Drying of Laminar Materials: an Explicit Model....Pages 234-242
Microwave Heating of Ready Meals – FDTD Simulation Tools for Improving the Heating Uniformity....Pages 243-255
Front Matter....Pages 258-258
Novel and Traditional Microwave Applications in the Food Industry....Pages 259-270
Microwave Drying: Process Engineering Aspects....Pages 271-281
Quality of Microwave Heated Multicomponent Prepared Foods....Pages 282-288
Sensory Evaluation of Dried Bananas Obtained from Air Dehydration Assisted by Microwaves....Pages 289-302
Microwave Method for Increasing the Permeability of Wood and its Applications....Pages 303-311
Selective Heating of Different Grain Parts of Wheat by Microwave Energy....Pages 312-320
Microwave in Situ Remediation of Soils Polluted by Volatile Hydrocarbons....Pages 321-328
Bio-Dielectric Soil Decontamination....Pages 329-340
Waste Treatment under Microwave Irradiation....Pages 341-348
Environmental Aspects of Microwave Heating in Polyelectrolyte Synthesis....Pages 349-355
Front Matter....Pages 358-358
Role of Microwave Radiation on Radiopharmaceuticals Preparations....Pages 359-369
Fast Synthesis of Biodiesel from Triglycerides in Presence of Microwaves....Pages 370-376
Alteration of Esterification Kinetics under Microwave Irradiation....Pages 377-385
Front Matter....Pages 358-358
Multistep Microwave-Assisted Solvent-Free Organic Reactions: Synthesis of 1,6-Disubstituted-4-Oxo-1,4-Dihydro-Pyridine-3-Carboxylic Acid Benzyl Esters....Pages 386-389
Recent Applications of Microwave Power for Applied Organic Chemistry....Pages 390-397
Liquid Phase Catalytic Hydrodechlorination of Chlorobenzene under Microwave Irradiation....Pages 398-404
Conventional and New Solvent Systems for Microwave Chemistry....Pages 405-414
Front Matter....Pages 416-416
State of the Art of Microwave Applications in the Food Industry in the USA....Pages 417-425
Microwave Vacuum Drying in the Food Processing Industry....Pages 426-435
Development of an Industrial Solid Phase Polymerization Process Using Fifty-Ohm Radio Frequency Technology....Pages 436-444
RF World Tour....Pages 445-458
Front Matter....Pages 460-460
How the Coupling of Microwave and RF Energy in Materials can Affect Solid State Charge and Mass Transport and Result in Unique Processing Effects....Pages 461-471
Enhanced Mass and Charge Transfer in Solids Exposed to Microwave Fields....Pages 472-481
Thermal Runaway and Hot Spots under Controlled Microwave Heating....Pages 482-490
Densification and Diffusion Processes in the Ba,Sr-Titanate System under Microwave Sintering....Pages 491-497
Observation of the Microwave Effect On the Diffusion Behavior in 28 GHz Millimeter-Wave Sintered Alumina....Pages 498-505
Dilatometer Measurements in a mm-Wave Oven....Pages 506-513
In Situ Determination of Shrinkage under Microwave Conditions....Pages 514-520
Multistable Behaviour in Microwave Heating of Ceramics....Pages 521-529
Front Matter....Pages 532-532
Microwave Sintering of Silicon Nitride Ceramics....Pages 533-540
Novel Materials Processing by Millimeter-Wave Radiation - Present and Future....Pages 541-552
Correlation Between Densification and β - Phase Formation at Microwave Sintering of Si 3 n 4 Ceramics....Pages 553-561
Sintering Behaviour and Mechanical Properties of Microwave Sintered Silicon Nitride....Pages 562-569
Front Matter....Pages 532-532
Millimeter-Wave Sintering of High Pure Alumina – Microstructure and Mechanical Properties....Pages 570-576
Microwave Sintering of Large-Size Ceramic Workpieces....Pages 577-582
Microwave Assisted Sintering of Al 2 O 3 ....Pages 583-590
Absorption of Millimeter Waves in Composite Metal-Ceramic Materials....Pages 591-597
Microwave Sintering of PM Steels....Pages 598-608
Formation of Functionally Graded Cemented Carbides by Microwave Assisted Sintering in Reactive Atmosheres....Pages 609-615
Front Matter....Pages 618-618
Microwave Plasma Synthesis of Ceramic Powders....Pages 619-626
Microwave and Conventional Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zirconia Doped Powders....Pages 627-632
Microwave Decomposition of Metal Alkoxides to Nanoporous Metal Oxides – a Mechanistic Study....Pages 633-644
Characterization of SIC Produced by Microwaves....Pages 645-650
Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Catalyst Materials for Pem Fuel Cells....Pages 651-660
Excitation of Sodium in Powderlike Silicates by Microwave Heating....Pages 661-669
Front Matter....Pages 672-672
RF and Microwave Rapid Magnetic Induction Heating of Silicon Wafers....Pages 673-680
Industrial Higher Frequency Microwave Processing of Composite Materials....Pages 681-686
Drilling Into Hard Non-Conductive Materials by Localized Microwave Radiation....Pages 687-694
Design of Avionic Microwave De-/Anti-Icing Systems....Pages 695-702
Application of Microwave to Glaze and Ceramic Industry....Pages 703-709
Microwave Assisted Binder Burnout....Pages 710-719
CVD-Processes in Microwave Heated Fluidized Bed Reactors....Pages 720-734
Processing of Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Composite (CFRP) Materials with Innovative Millimeter-Wave Technology....Pages 735-744
Front Matter....Pages 672-672
Basic Research and Industrial Production Using the Spark Plasma System (SPS)....Pages 745-754
Combined Processes: Laser Assisted Microwave Processing and Sintercoating....Pages 755-768
Back Matter....Pages 769-791