Determination of the coefficient of dielectric losses of the fluidized grain layer
Abstract
Determination of the coefficient of dielectric losses of the fluidized grain layer
Incoming article date: 11.09.2017The article substantiates the necessity of obtaining the dielectric properties of grain materials for studying the processes of microwave convective heat treatment of grain. The shortcomings of the existing methods for studying dielectric properties in the study of a fluidized bed and suspended layer are described. A laboratory installation and an experiment on the investigation of a suspended grain layer are described. The results of experimental studies on the determination of the dielectric loss factor of wheat subjected to microwave treatment are presented. The results obtained for different material densities correspond to the general dynamics, but differ significantly in level. Thus, for a dense layer, which corresponds to a density of 660 kg / m3 in the humidity range of 11-30%, the dielectric loss coefficient varies in the range 0.18-0.42; for the fluidized bed (440 kg / m3) 0.06-0.15; for the weighed (220 kg / m3) 0,1-0,3.
Keywords: energy efficiency, the microwave field, thermal processing of grain, field modeling, direct heating, dielectric