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. Keywords-Microwave energy; microwave field; experimental models; laboratory models; drying and seed treatment

The new environmental friendly microwave technologies represents an important concern in the environmental policies. The use of microwave energy for the processing of different agricultural products presents the advantage of a green technology which allow a uniform distribution of electromagnetic and thermal field with a short relatively time of the process. In the paper is studied the microwave drying technology used in the drying process of oat seeds. In this sense the experiments were carried out for different working conditions of the equipment with respect to applied microwave power and obtained temperatures. A numerical model associated to the problem and solved by the means of finite element method is used. These allows us to obtain the electromagnetic field distribution through simulation inside the microwave dryer. The simulations were performed in order to obtain good quality products that may be used for seeding and food industry. The approached method is flexible so as it can be applied to all cereals.

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