Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications Proceedings of the Third World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications, September 2002, in Sydney, Australia

by Folz, Diane C.; Booske, John H.; Clark, David E.; Gerling, John F.

• ISBN13: 9781574981582
• ISBN10: 1574981587
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley-American Ceramic Society

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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