FEM simulation of heating wood in an industrial microwave applicator

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 415-418

  Hansson, Lars ^a   Lundgren, Nils ^a   Antti, Lena ^a   Hagman, Olle ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CT scanning; FEM; Heating; Phase transition; Wood

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; MAGNETRONS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; WOOD;

CT SCANNING; FEM SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; HEAT DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE APPLICATORS; SPECIFIC LOCATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEATING; SCANNING; WOOD;

EID: 85013759135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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