Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy (JMPEE)
TITLE	Numerical Modeling for RF and Microwave Heating Using FE Comes of Age [PDF]
AUTHORS	R.A. Ehlers, G.E. Georghiou, H. Malan and A.C. Metaxas 2001 36 4 241-250
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Abstract This paper gives a brief resume of the numerical work carried out over the past decade at the Electricity Utilisation Group using, finite elements for the characterization of RF and microwave heating systems. Maxwell's equations are solved in 3D while, for coronas the Poisson's and particle continuity equations are solved in 2D. In addition work on modeling thin films and the use of parallel computing describes the latest work to emanate from the group. Key Words: numerical, modeling, finite elements, radio frequency heating, microwave heating, coronas, streamers, charge continuity, films, parallel processing