Advances in Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing

Abstract

Intended to provide non-specialists an overview of the microwave and high frequency hardware, measurement, and modelling, this book deals with the application of radiation of 300 MHz to 300 GHz frequency to synthesis, heating or ionisation of matter; and with generation, transmission, and detection of microwave and radio frequency radiation. Cover -- Contents -- PART I: HARDWARE -- UNDERSTANDING MICROWAVE HEATING SYSTEMS: A PERSPECTIVE ON STATE-OF-THE-ART -- MILLIMETER-WAVE-SOURCES DEVELOPMENT: PRESENT AND FUTURE -- 3.5 KW 24 GHZ COMPACT GYROTRON SYSTEM FOR MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF MATERIALS -- DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATORS USED IN THE MICROWAVE HEATING OF HIGH LOSSES MATERIALS -- DESIGN PARAMETERS OF MULTIPLE REACTIVE CHOKES FOR OPEN PORTS IN MICROWAVE HEATING SYSTEMS -- MICROWAVE HIGH-POWER FOUR POST AUTO-MATCHING SYSTEM -- DESIGN OF AN APPLICATOR FOR PROCESSING OF NANOSCALE ZEOLITE/POLYMER COMPOSITES WITH SUPERPOSED STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD -- PART II: MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND REGULATIONS -- MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MICROWAVE AND RF PROCESSING -- DIELECTRIC CHARACTERISATION OF HIGH LOSS AND LOW LOSS MATERIALS AT 2450 MHZ -- EUROPEAN REGULATIONS, SAFETY ISSUES IN RF AND MICROWAVE POWER -- FUTURE PROSPERITY OF INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL (ISM) APPLICATIONS OF MICROWAVES -- ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS FOR COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE MOBILE PHONES -- USE OF THE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES TO DETECT PROTEIN DENATURATION -- SANDALWOOD MICROWAVE CHARACTERISATION AND OIL EXTRACTION -- DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS AS A METHOD FOR OIL FRACTION DETERMINATION IN OIL-IN-WATEREMULSIONS WITH VARYING SALT CONTENT -- MICROWAVE NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT IN LIQUID COMPOSITES IN A CYLINDRICAL CAVITY AT A SINGLE FREQUENCY -- MILLIMETER WAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF ALUMINA-ZIRCONIA SYSTEM -- A MODIFIED CAVITY PERTURBATION TECHNIQUE FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT OF HIGH PERMITTIVITY MATERIALS -- PART III: MODELLING -- FINITE ELEMENTS IN THE SIMULATION OF DIELECTRIC HEATING SYSTEMS -- EXAMINATION OF CONTEMPORARY ELECTROMAGNETIC SOFTWARE CAPABLE OF MODELING PROBLEMS OF MICROWAVE HEATING -- A HYBRID APPROACH FOR RESOLVING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS INSIDE A WAVEGUIDE LOADED WITH A LOSSY MEDIUM -- A NOVEL FDTD SYSTEM FOR MICROWAVE HEATING AND THAWING ANALYSIS WITH AUTOMATIC TIME-VARIATION OF ENTHALPYDEPENDENT MEDIA PARAMETERS -- SIMULATION OF MICROWAVE SINTERING WITH ADVANCED SINTERING MODELS -- FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF THIN METALLIC FILMS FOR MICROWAVE HEATING -- ANALYSIS OF COUPLED ELECTROMAGNETIC AND THERMAL MODELING OF PRESSURE-AIDED MICROWAVE CURING PROCESSES -- SELECTIVE HEATING AND MOISTURE LEVELLING IN MICROWAVE-ASSISTED DRYING OF LAMINAR MATERIALS: AN EXPLICIT MODEL -- MICROWAVE HEATING OF READY MEALS -- FDTD SIMULATION TOOLS FOR IMPROVING THE HEATING UNIFORMITY -- PART IV: FOOD PROCESSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS -- NOVEL AND TRADITIONAL MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY -- MICROWAVE DRYING: PROCESS ENGINEERING ASPECTS -- QUALITY OF MICROWAVE HEATED MULTICOMPONENT PREPARED FOODS -- SENSORY EVALUATION OF DRIED BANANAS OBTAINED FROM AIR DEHYDRATION ASSISTED BY MICROWAVES -- MICROWAVE METHOD FOR INCREASING THE PERMEABILITY OF WOOD AND ITS APPLICATIONS -- SELECTIVE HEATING OF DIFFERENT GRAIN PARTS OF WHEAT BY MICROWAVE ENERGY -- MICROWAVE IN SITU REMEDIATION OF SOILS POLLUTED BY VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS -- BIO-DIELECTRIC SOIL DECONTAMINATION -- WASTE TREATMENT UNDER MICROWAVE IRRADIATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF MICROWAVE HEATING IN POLYELECTROLYTE SYNTHESIS -- PART V: MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS IN CHEMISTRY.