Effect of mode-stirrer configurations on dielectric heating performance in multimode microwave applicators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1699-1705

  Plaza González, Pedro ^a   Monzó Cabrera, Juan ^b   Catalá Civera, José M ^a   Sánchez Hernández, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dielectric materials; Electromagnetic heating; Finite element analysis; Mode stirrers; Plane waves

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC HEATING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERMITTIVITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING; METALLIC SHEETS; MODE STIRRERS; PLANE WAVES;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 19544364169     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.847066     Document Type: Article

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