• DocumentCode
    2595368
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-10 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • 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.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-754-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5973373
  • Filename
    5973373
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2595368