Basalt melting by localized microwave-heating (LMH)

Eli Jerby:

“Localized microwave-heating (LMH) of basalt – Lava, dusty-plasma, and ball-lightning ejection by a miniature volcano,” E. Jerby, Y. Shoshani; Scientific Reports, Art. No. 12954, 2019. [Article]

 “Dusty fire-column-like plasma ejected from basalt by localized microwaves,” Y. Shoshani, E. Jerby; Microwave Discharges: Fundamentals and Applications, Ed. Yu. A. Lebedev, pp. 151-157, Publisher: Yanus-K, Moscow, 2018 (Proc. Microwave Discharges: Fundamentals and Applications, MD-10, Zvenigorod, Russia, Sept. 3-7, 2018).

 “Localized microwave-heating intensification — A 1-D model and potential applications,” E. Jerby, Chemical Engineering and Processing, Vol. 122, pp. 331–338, 2017 [PDF]

"Basalt melting by localized-microwave thermal-runaway instability," E. Jerby, Y. Meir, M. Faran, Proc. AMPERE-2013, 14th Int'l Conf. Microwave and High Frequency Heating, Nottingham, UK, September 16-19, 2013, pp. 255-258. [PDF]

"Microwave melting and drilling of basalts," E. Jerby, V. Dikhtyar, A. Anaton, M. Einat; 4th World Congress on Microwave and RF Heating Applications, AIChE, Austin, Texas, Nov. 4-7, 2004. [Abstract] [Poster]

 

 

Conference presentations:

 “Plasma ejection from molten basalt by localized microwaves,” Y. Shoshani, E. Jerby; 17th Int’l Conf. Microwave and High Frequency Heating, AMPERE-2019, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 9-12, 2019.

 “Fire-column-like dusty-plasma ejected from basalt by localized microwaves,” E. Jerby, Y. Shoshani; IEEE 45th Int’l Conf. on Plasma Sciences, ICOPS-2018, Denver, Colorado, June 24-28, 2018.

 “Flying plasma disks in basalt microwave furnace,” V. Dikhtyar, M. Einat, E. Jerby; IEEE 29th Int’l Conf. on Plasma Science, ICOPS-2002, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 26-30 May, 2002.

 

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