Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications

This volume present the latest scientific advancements and technological developments with particular emphasis on existing and potential applications. Included are important and cutting edge topics on sintering, chemistry, ceramics, materials processing, moisture measurement, medical applications, electromagnetic field exposure effects, RF measurements, magnetic field processing, drying of complex and difficult to dry materials, printed circuit board assemblies, design of and components for industrial microwave & RF systems, new industrial applications, waste treatment and recycling, electronic materials, polymers, agricultural products.

Diane C. Folz is the editor of Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications: Proceedings of the Third World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications, September 2002, in Sydney, Australia, published by Wiley. John H. Booske is the editor of Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications: Proceedings of the Third World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications, September 2002, in Sydney, Australia, published by Wiley.

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

International Technical Program Committee

xv

Introduction

The Microwave Working Group:An Unusual Team with an Important Mission Bernard

xvii

B. Krieger, R. Schiffmann

Fundamentals and Modeling

About Trapping of Modes

3

(4)

J.-L. Mousson, C. Lohr, P. Pribetich, and D. Stuerga

Microwave Processing of Temperature-Dependent and Rotating Objects: Development and Experimental Verification of FDTD Algorithms

7

(10)

P. Kopyt, M. Celuch-Marcysiak, and W.K. Gwarek

A Comparison of Semi-Analytical and Numerical Solutions for the Microwave Heating of a Lossy Material in a Three-Dimensional Waveguide

17

(12)

B. Liu,T.R. Marchant, I.W.Turner, and V.Vegh

Determination of Volume Fraction and Particle Size in Dispersed Systems by Dielectric Spectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis

29

(10)

M. Regier and H. Schubert

Computational Analysis of a Tapered Slotted Waveguide as a Radiating Element

39

(8)

V. Komarov and V.Yakovlev

Microwave Heating of Silicon Wafers in Cylindrical TM Cavities: A Mathematical Model

47

(10)

G.A. Kriegsmann

The Dielectric Properties of Fruit,Vegetables and Meat

57

(14)

S.A. Barringer, O. Sipahioglu, and C. Bircan

Microwave Synthesis and Reactions

Synthesis of Nano-Sized Inorganic Compounds Induced by Microwave Irradiation

71

(8)

Y. Wada and S.Yanagida

Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes by Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition at Low Temperature

79

(10)

J.-H. Wang and S.-G. Wang

Synthesis of Composite Powders and Coating of Fibres by Combined CVD-PECVD in a Microwave Heated Fluidised Bed Reactor

89

(10)

R. Tap and M.Willert-Porada

Flash Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Colloids

99

(4)

E. Michel,T. Caillot, D. Chaumont, and D. Stuerga

Preparation of Metal Oxides by Polyol Method Under Microwave Irradiation

103

(8)

T. Yamamoto,Y. Wada, and S.Yanagida

Efficient Microwave Synthesis of Luminescent Metal Complexes

111

(8)

T. Matsumura-Inoue,Y.Yamamoto, and N.Yoshikawa

Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications

119

(12)

F. Bauer and M.Willert-Porada

Microwave Catalysis for the Production of Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

131

(8)

G. Bond, J.A. Gardner, and J.M. McGuire

Application of Mirror-Confinement-Type ECR Plasma Sputtering and Microwave Radiation to the Low Temperature Synthesis of Crystallized High-K Material Thin Films

139

(8)

S. Miyake, T. Matsumoto, A. Niinou, K. Numata, H. Saito, and S. Baba

Microwave Plasma-Assisted Processing of Nanoscaled Supported Metal Oxide Catalysts

147

(10)

A. Dittmar, H. Kosslick, A. Bruckner, and D.L. Hoang

Microwave Processing of Inorganic Materials

Investigations of Dielectric Behavior of Materials in the GHz Range During Microwave Processing

157

(10)

D.C. Dube, M. Lanagan, H. Peng, P. Sharma, and D. Agrawal

Microwave Intensity-Dependent Mass Transport Enhancement in Nanostructured Alumina Membranes

167

(8)

S.V. Egorov, A.G. Eremeev, K.I. Rybakov,V.E. Semenov, A.A. Sorokin, and S.A. Gusev

Precision Microwave/Resistance Heating Study of Zirconia: Absence of Microwave Effect

175

(16)

C.C. Sorrell, O.C. Standard, N. Ehsani, K.R. Ratinac, J.R. Rider, X.Q. Zheng, and A.J. Ruys

Microwave Sintering of Large-Sized NTC Thermistor Ceramics

191

(8)

A. Chang, J. Zhuang, W.Yang, and Y. Li

Enhancement of Cutting Performance of Cemented Carbide Cutting Tools by Microwave Treatment

199

(8)

S. Aravindan, J. Ramkumar, S.K. Malhotra, and R. Krishnamurthy

The Effect of Reaction Parameters on Microwave-Induced Combustion Synthesis of AI203-TiC Composite Powders

207

(14)

D. Along and D.E. Clark

Microwave Sintering of a Combustion Synthesized AIN Powder

221

(10)

C.-Y. Hsieh, C.-N. Lin, H.-J. Chen, S.-L. Chung, J. Cheng, and D.K.Agrawal

Densification Mechanisms in SiCf/SiC Composites by Microwave Enhanced Chemical Vapor Infiltration

231

(10)

D. Jaglin, B. Vaidhyanathan, J. Binner, C. Prentice, and B. Shatwell

Direct Microwave Coupling to Metals at Elevated Temperatures

241

(6)

E.B. Ripley, PA. Eggleston, and T.L. White

Microwave Assisted Comminution of Ores at Economically Viable Energy Inputs

247

(12)

S. Bradshaw and T.V. Chow Ting Chan, S. Kingman, K. Jackson, N. Rowson, and R. Greenwood

Systems and Diagnostics

A Technical Review of Equipment and Methods for Waveguide Power Measurement in Microwave Heating Applications

259

(10)

J.F. Gerling

Designing Industrial Microwave Heating Systems for Safe Operation: Batch Ovens

269

(12)

R.F. Schiffmann

Recent Development of Microwave Kilns for Industries in Japan

281

(10)

M. Sato, T. Mutoh,T. Shimotuma, K. Ida, O. Motojima, M. Fujiwara, S.Takayama, M. Mizuno, S. Obata, K. Ito,T. Hirai, and T. Shimada

HEPHAISTOS -A Novel Automated Microwave Processing System for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP)

291

(10)

L. Feher and M.Thumm

Dilatometer System with Hybrid Heating Technique for Detailed Investigations on Sintering of Ceramics

301

(10)

G. Link and M.Thumm

Thermography for Optimizing High Frequency and Microwave Installations

311

(6)

W M. Van Loock

Instrumentation for In Situ Diffraction of Materials Under Microwave Radiation

317

(14)

A. Harrison, G. Robb, and G. Whittaker

Agricultural Products

Microwave and Radio-Frequency Power Applications in Agriculture

331

(10)

S.O. Nelson

Microwave Technology for Heating Large Diameter Logs for Sapstain Treatment and Stress Relief

341

(8)

P.C.S. Carter, P. Hutchings, and N.Tran

Innovative Microwave Technology for the Timber Industry

349

(10)

G.Torgovnikov and P. Vinden

Applications

Successful Microwave Processing Applications in Industry

359

(8)

N.Tran

Innovative Application of Dielectric Heating Technologies to Concurrently Reduce Energy Usage and Emissions in Polymer Manufacturing Processes

367

(10)

J.W. Cresko

Advances in Microwave Curing of Concrete

377

(12)

S.L. Mak, R. Banks, D. Ritchie, and G. Shapiro

Hybrid Microwave Firing of Heavy Clay Products

389

(10)

G.V.A.Tayler, M. Anderson, and M. Hamlyn

Recent Research and Development on Microwave Power Applications at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

399

(12)

T.-R. Ji

Electronic Materials

Electromagnetic Induction Heating for Ultra Shallow Junction Formation

411

(12)

K.Thompson, J.H. Booske, R.F. Cooper, and Y.B. Gianchandani

Microwave Sintering of Integrated Passive Devices

423

(10)

B.Vaidhyanathan, K. Annapoorani, J. Binner, and R. Raghavendra

Waste Treatment and Recycling

Microwave Waste Remediation: An Update on Applications and Current Research

433

(12)

R.L. Schulz, D.E. Clark, D.C. Folz and G.G.Wicks

Microwave Irradiation of Asbestos Containing Materials

445

(8)

A. Corradi, C. Siligardi, P. Veronesi, G. Marucci, M. Annibali, and G. Ragazzo

Microwave-Assisted Recovery of Platinum

453

(12)

T. Gerdes, M. Willert-Porada, R. Burghardt, P. Bahke, and I. Kleinwachter

Using La,l-X Cex MnO3 Perovskites as the Active Components for Soot Filter Regeneration by Dielectric Fields

465

(14)

Y. Zhang-Steenwinkel, J. Beckers, H.L. Castricum, and A. Bliek

Biomedical Research and Health Issues

Continuous and Pulsed Medical Microwave Devices

479

(8)

F. Sterzer

Image Formation Algorithms with Automatic Skin Detection for Confocal Microwave Imaging

487

(8)

E.C. Fear and M. Okoniewski

FDTD Method for Modelling the Electromagnetic Field Effect on the Human Body in MRI

495

(12)

H. Zhao

Epidemiological Studies of Cancers and Exposures to Radio Frequencies

507

(8)

J.M. Elwood

Index

515

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