Advances in Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing

Cover -- Contents -- PART I: HARDWARE -- UNDERSTANDING MICROWAVE HEATING SYSTEMS: A PERSPECTIVE ON STATE-OF-THE-ART -- MILLIMETER-WAVE-SOURCES DEVELOPMENT: PRESENT AND FUTURE -- 3.5 KW 24 GHZ COMPACT GYROTRON SYSTEM FOR MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF MATERIALS -- DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATORS USED IN THE MICROWAVE HEATING OF HIGH LOSSES MATERIALS -- DESIGN PARAMETERS OF MULTIPLE REACTIVE CHOKES FOR OPEN PORTS IN MICROWAVE HEATING SYSTEMS -- MICROWAVE HIGH-POWER FOUR POST AUTO-MATCHING SYSTEM -- DESIGN OF AN APPLICATOR FOR PROCESSING OF NANOSCALE ZEOLITE/POLYMER COMPOSITES WITH SUPERPOSED STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD -- PART II: MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND REGULATIONS -- MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MICROWAVE AND RF PROCESSING -- DIELECTRIC CHARACTERISATION OF HIGH LOSS AND LOW LOSS MATERIALS AT 2450 MHZ -- EUROPEAN REGULATIONS, SAFETY ISSUES IN RF AND MICROWAVE POWER -- FUTURE PROSPERITY OF INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL (ISM) APPLICATIONS OF MICROWAVES -- ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS FOR COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE MOBILE PHONES -- USE OF THE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES TO DETECT PROTEIN DENATURATION -- SANDALWOOD MICROWAVE CHARACTERISATION AND OIL EXTRACTION -- DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS AS A METHOD FOR OIL FRACTION DETERMINATION IN OIL-IN-WATEREMULSIONS WITH VARYING SALT CONTENT -- MICROWAVE NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT IN LIQUID COMPOSITES IN A CYLINDRICAL CAVITY AT A SINGLE FREQUENCY -- MILLIMETER WAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF ALUMINA-ZIRCONIA SYSTEM -- A MODIFIED CAVITY PERTURBATION TECHNIQUE FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT OF HIGH PERMITTIVITY MATERIALS -- PART III: MODELLING -- FINITE ELEMENTS IN THE SIMULATION OF DIELECTRIC HEATING SYSTEMS -- EXAMINATION OF CONTEMPORARY ELECTROMAGNETIC SOFTWARE CAPABLE OF MODELING PROBLEMS OF MICROWAVE HEATING -- A HYBRID APPROACH FOR RESOLVING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS INSIDE A WAVEGUIDE LOADED WITH A LOSSY MEDIUM -- A NOVEL FDTD SYSTEM FOR MICROWAVE HEATING AND THAWING ANALYSIS WITH AUTOMATIC TIME-VARIATION OF ENTHALPYDEPENDENT MEDIA PARAMETERS -- SIMULATION OF MICROWAVE SINTERING WITH ADVANCED SINTERING MODELS -- FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF THIN METALLIC FILMS FOR MICROWAVE HEATING -- ANALYSIS OF COUPLED ELECTROMAGNETIC AND THERMAL MODELING OF PRESSURE-AIDED MICROWAVE CURING PROCESSES -- SELECTIVE HEATING AND MOISTURE LEVELLING IN MICROWAVE-ASSISTED DRYING OF LAMINAR MATERIALS: AN EXPLICIT MODEL -- MICROWAVE HEATING OF READY MEALS -- FDTD SIMULATION TOOLS FOR IMPROVING THE HEATING UNIFORMITY -- PART IV: FOOD PROCESSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS -- NOVEL AND TRADITIONAL MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY -- MICROWAVE DRYING: PROCESS ENGINEERING ASPECTS -- QUALITY OF MICROWAVE HEATED MULTICOMPONENT PREPARED FOODS -- SENSORY EVALUATION OF DRIED BANANAS OBTAINED FROM AIR DEHYDRATION ASSISTED BY MICROWAVES -- MICROWAVE METHOD FOR INCREASING THE PERMEABILITY OF WOOD AND ITS APPLICATIONS -- SELECTIVE HEATING OF DIFFERENT GRAIN PARTS OF WHEAT BY MICROWAVE ENERGY -- MICROWAVE IN SITU REMEDIATION OF SOILS POLLUTED BY VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS -- BIO-DIELECTRIC SOIL DECONTAMINATION -- WASTE TREATMENT UNDER MICROWAVE IRRADIATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF MICROWAVE HEATING IN POLYELECTROLYTE SYNTHESIS -- PART V: MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS IN CHEMISTRY.