The use of microwave drying process to the granular materials

Abstract

The use of electro thermal technologies based on microwave energy represents an important step in the development of new innovative solutions. The numerical modelling allows to study the influence of the high frequency electromagnetic and thermal field on the dielectric materials during the drying process before achieving practical installation. So, when is developed the experimental model will be already known some of the phenomena that characterize the system, being eliminated a number of unknown issues. This paper describes experiments conducted to gather data on production parameters in order to improve the stored corn seed quality. The interpretation and dissemination of results triggers the description of "recipes" for drying corn seeds. The described method is flexible and can be applied to near any agricultural seeds in further researches.