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Microwave Processing of Polymers and Biomass Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Clifford E. George ,
G. R. Lightsey  and
A. G. Wehr
Clifford E. George
Affiliation:
Mississippi State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Drawer CN, Miss. State, MS 39762
G. R. Lightsey
Affiliation:
Mississippi State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Drawer CN, Miss. State, MS 39762
A. G. Wehr
Affiliation:
Mississippi State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Drawer CN, Miss. State, MS 39762
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Abstract

Dielectric heating techniques have been applied to plastics drying applications, polymer blending, wood flour drying, and to an existing biomass conversion process. While both radio frequency and microwave equipment is expensive per unit of capacity, certain advantages may be gained in terms of the speed of drying, quality control, and the overall capitalized cost which may make dielectric heating feasible.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 124: Symposium M – Microwave Processing of Materials I , 1988 , 189
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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