FDTD simulation of microwave sintering in large (500/4000 liter) multimode cavities

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-170

  Subirats, M ^a   Iskander, M F ^a   White, M J ^a   Kiggans Jr , J O ^b  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Drying; FDTD; Heat transfer; Large scale microwave sintering; Microwave furnace; Multimode microwave cavity; Sintering

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); MICROWAVE SINTERING PROCESS;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 0031359175     PISSN: 08327823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08327823.1997.11688336     Document Type: Article

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