Energy consumption estimation in the scaling-up of microwave heating processes

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Bermudez J M ^a   Beneroso, D ^b   Rey Raap, N ^b   Arenillas, A ^b   Menendez J A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy Consumption; Microwave heating; Scale up

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES;

ENERGY VALUE; MICROWAVE HEATING PROCESS; MICROWAVE-DRIVEN; MINIMUM MASS; SCALE-UP; SCALING-UP; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84930205889     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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