Uniformity issue in microwave drying

Drying Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 652-660

  Li, Z Y ^a   Wang, R F ^a   Kudra, T ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Drying; Heat generation; Heating uniformity; Hybrid technologies; Microwaves; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

DRYING TECHNIQUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; HEATING UNIFORMITY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES; MATERIAL SURFACE; MICROWAVE DRYING; MICROWAVE FIELD; NONUNIFORMITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEATING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES;

DRYING;

EID: 79956062057     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2010.521963     Document Type: Article

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