Applicator design for microwave enhanced microprocessing

Conference paper (2011)

Authors

G.S.J. Sturm Intensified Reaction and Separation Systems - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
T.D.T. van Gerven Intensified Reaction and Separation Systems - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
G. Stefanidis Intensified Reaction and Separation Systems - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
A.I. Stankiewicz Intensified Reaction and Separation Systems - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Research Group
Intensified Reaction and Separation Systems (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2011

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Process and Energy

Research Group

Intensified Reaction and Separation Systems

Abstract

This research investigates heating in microreactors by application of microwave fields. Problems encountered with microwave heating equipment currently used in microwave enhanced chemistry research are: hardto-predict electromagnetic field patterns, the lack of controllability and optimizabillity of heat generation, and low utilization efficiency. This conflicts with the highly optimized processing conditions that are characteristic for microreactor systems. These issues are related to the resonant nature of microwave fields. To avoid these problems a novel coaxial traveling microwave field applicator is proposed here and a method to optimize it is demonstrated.