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Microwave Processing at Ontario Hydro Research Division

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

S. J. Oda  and
I. S. Balbaa
S. J. Oda
Affiliation:
Ontario Hydro Research Division, 800 Kipling Ave. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8Z 5S4
I. S. Balbaa
Affiliation:
Ontario Hydro Research Division, 800 Kipling Ave. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8Z 5S4
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Abstract

Ontario Hydro has established a Process Applications Laboratory dedicated to helping industry apply electrotechnologies for a variety of processes. Demonstration and development of industrial microwave applications are being conducted to provide an important interface between the industrial user and microwave equipment manufacturer. Curing, heating, tempering, sintering, calcining and drying are among the operations that have been successfully demonstrated on a wide range of products including polymers, ceramics, composites, paper and wood products, food, pharmaceuticals and textiles. The benefits of microwave heating are illustrated with examples of feasibility studies performed for manufacturers and a R&D project being conducted in-house.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 124: Symposium M – Microwave Processing of Materials I , 1988 , 303
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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