Interactions between electromagnetic and thermal fields in microwave heating of hardened type I-Cement paste using a rectangular waveguide (influence of frequency and sample size)

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Rattanadecho, P ^a   Suwannapum, N ^a   Cha um, W ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hardened; Microwave heating; Numerical; Rectangular waveguide; Type I cement paste

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED POWER DISTRIBUTION; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CEMENT PASTE; COMPUTATIONAL PROTOTYPING; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SCHEMES; GAIN INSIGHT; HARDENED; HEAT TRANSPORT; HEATING MODELS; HEATING TIME; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MICROWAVE POWER; NUMERICAL; SAMPLE SIZES; THERMAL FIELD;

CEMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HARDENING; HEATING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; OIL WELL CEMENTING; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; SAMPLING;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77955249170     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2993134     Document Type: Article

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