P. Ratanadecho et al., A numerical and experimental investigation of the modelling of microwave melting of frozen packed beds using a rectangular wave guide, INT COMM HE, 28(6), 2001, pp. 751-762
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanical Engineering
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
The melting of frozen packed beds by microwave with rectangular wave guide
has been investigated numerically and experimentally. It was performed for
the two different layers, which consists of frozen and unfrozen layers. Bas
ed on the model combined the Maxwell and heat transport equations, the resu
lts show that the direction of melting against the incident microwave stron
gly depends on the structure of layered packed beds because the difference
in the dielectric properties between water and ice. (C) 2001 Elsevier Scien
ce Ltd.