An experimental and numerical investigation of the microwave heating of wood

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-133

  Zhao, H ^a   Turner, I ^a   Torgovnikov, G ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Finite volume; Multimodes cavity; Porous medium; Time domain

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CAVITY RESONATORS; DRYING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES; WOOD;

MULTIMODES CAVITY;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 0031707647     PISSN: 08327823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08327823.1998.11688368     Document Type: Article

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