[EN] Both high temperature phases and microstructure transformations of stoneware products
microwave and conventionally (gas and electric) fired are investigated aiming at a better
understanding of factors affecting their ...
[EN] Introducing a thin conductive layer into a finite-mesh (as inherent in e.g. finite difference time domain (FDTD) and finite element (FEM) methods) typically requires a dedicated equivalent macroscopic model allowing ...
Moisan, Michel; Nowakowska, H.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] In contrast to RF produced plasmas, in the case of microwave plasmas the energy from the electromagnetic (EM) field is communicated only to electrons since ions, being a few thousand times much heavier than electrons, ...
Calinescu, Ioan; Vintila, Alin; Diacon, Aurel; Vinatoru, Mircea; Chipurici, P.; Galan, Ana Maria; Velea, Sanda(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] Algae are very effective in capturing the sun's energy, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and nutrients to turn them into useful substances (carbohydrates, oils, proteins, etc.). Besides the main metabolites, there ...
[EN] Microwave irradiation is an energy-efficient and a rapid-heating method to decrease the activation energy of chemical reactions via both thermal and non-thermal effects of microwave photons 1). Recently, hydrogen-reduction ...
[EN] Microwave (MW) heating benefits organic synthesis by affording higher product yields in shorter time periods than conventional heating, yet it suffers from poor scalability and is limited to polar solvents in typical ...
[EN] The proper use of microwave heating can significantly increase the production cycle time and energy efficiency in industrial heating processes compared to conventional heating methods. The main challenge of this ...
[EN] Microwave technology has come a long way from the sixties when the first microwave ovens were developed. This first generation of microwave ovens uses only microwaves to heat the substrate and with an efficiency of ...
Sawada, S.; Horikoshi, Satoshi(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] The research of in-liquid plasma that uses microwave as an energy source can be
generated without depending on the electric conductivity of the solution, so it has wide
application. However, it is not practical ...
Fukushima, Jun; Takizawa, Hirotsugu(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] Concentration of microwave E-field between material particles is considered to cause the enhancement of sintering1 and chemical reaction under microwave irradiation. For example, it is usually required 1700 °C to ...
Tamang, Siddharth; Aravindan, S.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] Joining of dissimilar pure Copper (Cu) to Stainless Steel (SS304) is necessitated in many
industrial applications such as heat exchangers and electrical contacts. Advantages of both
the materials such as high ...
Gil-Flores, Lorena; Salvador Moya, Mª Dolores; Peñaranda Foix, Felipe Laureano; Rosa, Roberto; Veronesi, Paolo; Leonelli, Cristina; Borrell Tomás, María Amparo(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] Zirconia is one of the most used ceramics, especially for biomedical applications, due to its exceptional mechanical properties. However, it is commonly known that its properties can be diminished owing to a low ...
[EN] For drying building structures, dielectric heating using RF energy (13.56 MHz) is an
efficient and fast alternative to conventional heating methods relying solely on heat transfer
from the surface to the interior ...
Karelin, Vadim; Salomatov, Vladimir(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] Microwave heating is widely used in the energy, construction, forestry, chemical and food industries, etc. There are many publications that discuss the main mechanisms that occur during microwave heating. For a better ...
Sanchez, Juan; Nova Giménez, Vicente; Bachiller Martin, Maria Carmen; Villacampa, Belen; de la Rua, Alberto; Kronberger, Rainer; Peñaranda Foix, Felipe Laureano; Boria Esbert, Vicente Enrique(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] Liquid Crystal (LC) is an anisotropic liquid material which flows like a liquid, but at the same time its molecules have an orientational order like in the solid state [1]. Thus, LC is a promising dielectric material ...
Vinatoru, Mircea(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-15)
[EN] The literature related to microwave and ultrasound working simultaneously is rather infrequent. The reason is obvious: microwave irradiation is of electromagnetic origin while ultrasound is a mechanical vibration ...
[EN] Previous studies on the microwave drying of corn seeds have shown that the process parameters employed play a very important role in determining the properties and quality of this grain (Gürsoy et al, 2013). Among ...
[EN] Braking conditions are a fundamental issue for the railway and have been a limiting factor in network capacity & timetabling. This work was focused on taking high power microwave generated plasma out of the ...
[EN] Low laminar burning velocity’s and slow reactions propagation are among a key problem in combustion processes with low calorific gas mixtures. The mixtures have a laminar burning velocity of 10 cm/s to 15 cm/s or even ...