Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy (JMPEE)
TITLE	Modeling of a Fluidized Bed Irradiated by a Single or a Multimode Electric Microwave Field Distribution Study [PDF]
AUTHORS	G. Roussy, S. Jassm and J-M Thiebaut 1995 30 3 178-187
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Abstract The validity of a mathematical model of heat transfer in a fluidized bed has been carefully studied when the bed was placed in a single mode rectangular cavity, or in a multimode cavity. It has been proved that the hypothesis of the equality of the solid and gas temperatures can be accepted in the stationary state and during cooling, although heat transfer between the solid and gas is efficient. When the bed is irradiated in the multimode cavity, the model can fail because the electric field distribution depends on the movement of the solid particles of the bed. Key Words: Fluidized bed, Heat transfer modeling, Catalyst irradiation, Multi and single mode cavity