https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2009174
Experimental study on microwave heating homogenization according to the electric field polarization
1
Université Libano-Française de Technologie et de Sciences Appliquées,
BP 732 Tripoli, Liban
2
DIOM Laboratory, Université de Saint-Étienne,
23 rue Paul Michelon, 42023 Saint-Étienne Cedex,
France
Corresponding authors: rafhii2000@yahoo.fr vincentd@univ-st-etienne.fr
Received:
2
February
2009
Revised:
9
July
2009
Accepted:
11
September
2009
Published online:
30
October
2009
For industrial applications, microwave heating is an important technique. However, the homogenization problem must be taken into account to obtain rapid and reliable processes. Some industrial microwave heating systems are complex and expensive. In this paper, we propose a simple technique which use a cavity excited by a linear or a circular electric field polarization. A better microwave heating homogenization is obtain on ferrite and ethanol samples when the circular polarization is used. A specific test bench was made to perform temperature measurements on several sample points.
PACS: 80. – Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology
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