Numerical model of microwave driven convection in multilayer porous packed bed using a rectangular waveguide

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Klinbun, Waraporn ^a   Rattanadecho, Phadungsak ^b  

^a Wang Klai Kangwon Campus   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brinkman Forchheimer extended Darcy model; Maxwell's equation; microwave radiation; multilayer porous packed bed; rectangular waveguide

Indexed keywords

DARCY MODEL; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MICROWAVE RADIATIONS; MICROWAVE-DRIVEN; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VELOCITY FIELD; WORK STUDY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MULTILAYERS; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VELOCITY;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 84857511199     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005254     Document Type: Article

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