Thermal and non-thermal phenomena in microwave processing

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Abstract

It is known that microwave heating differs from the conventional heating in the following characteristic phenomena: Rapid heating, Internal heating, Selective heating and the so-called Non-thermal effects. Although there are many discussions and criticisms on the non-thermal effects so far, it attracts attention of the engineers and the researchers. Therefore, investigations still have been performed for finding new processing of materials, such as energy effective process, special process for developing new functional materials and so on. It is of significance to consider the nature of non-thermal effect in microwave processing. In this article, it is intended to discuss some phenomena in microwave processing obtained in author's previous studies from viewpoints of thermal or non-thermal effect, they are classified into the following three groups: 1. Thermal effects appeared to be non-thermal, 2. The microwave heating accompanied with other phenomena and 3. Inherent phenomena raised by MW irradiation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProcessing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites VII
EditorsMorsi M. Mahmoud, Amar Bhalla, Narottam P. Bansal, J. P. Singh, Ricardo H. R. Castro, Navin Jose Manjooran, Gary Pickrell, Sylvia Johnson, Geoff Brennecka, Gurpreet Singh, Dongming Zhu
PublisherAmerican Ceramic Society
Pages67-75
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781119183877
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
EventProcessing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites VII - Materials Science and Technology 2014 Conference, MS and T 2014 - Pittsburgh, United States
Duration: 2014 Oct 122014 Oct 16

Publication series

NameCeramic Transactions
Volume252
ISSN (Print)1042-1122

Other

OtherProcessing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites VII - Materials Science and Technology 2014 Conference, MS and T 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh
Period14/10/1214/10/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Materials Chemistry

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