Title :
Improving energy efficiency by heating greenhouse crops with microwaves
Author :
Guess, M.J. ; Hunter, Ian C. ; Abunjaileh, A.I.
Author_Institution :
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. Heating greenhouse crops with microwaves offers potential improvements in energy efficiency of at least 50%. Presented here are results confirming plants can be grown successfully, and to similar standards as conventionally heated plants, using microwave heating. The performance of the plants is a function of the resultant temperature and the uniformity of the heating pattern within the plant. Heating uniformity can be improved by using circularly polarized incident electric fields.
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-754-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5973373
