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World’s First Large Scale Solid State Industrial Microwave System

Crescend Technologies  announces the delivery of a 400 kilowatt, solid state L-band power system to a customer site.  It is believed to be the first large scale deployment of high power solid state RF power in the world.  The application is processing large volumes of high value biomass products. World’s Largest The overall system consists

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Electromagnetic Simulation of Antenna Performance Solid-State Microwaves

The advent of high-power solid-state microwave technology makes possible the use of coaxial transmission lines and unconventional antenna configurations, something not previously possible when using magnetrons at ISM frequencies without expensive, lossy waveguide-to-coaxial adapters. With this in mind, computer simulations of microwave heating models can serve as valuable tools in the development and control of

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Why Do Microwaves Heat Things So Quickly?

Microwaves produce a phenomenon called volumetric heating.  Simply stated, they heat the entire mass of an object uniformly.  This is because the microwave penetrated deeply into the object instead of just acting on the surface.  Volumetric heating is unique to microwaves; almost all other forms of heating are conductive, where heat is applied to the surface of

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