Microwave heating of saturated packed bed using a rectangular waveguide (TE10 mode): Influence of particle size, sample dimension, frequency, and placement inside the guide

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1763-1774

  Klinbun, W ^a   Rattanadecho, P ^a   Pakdee, W ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Microwave heating; Rectangular waveguide; Saturated packed bed; TE 10 mode

Indexed keywords

BEAD SIZE; COMPLETE SOLUTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ENERGY AND MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; SAMPLE SIZES; SATURATED PACKED BED; SIMULATION RESULT; TE 10 MODE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TIME DOMAIN; UNIFORM HEATING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; PACKED BEDS; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HEATING;

EID: 79952280066     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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