Heat and Mass Transfer during Microwave Steam Treatment of Contaminated Soils

Microwave-assisted stripping of oil contaminated drill cuttings

“…Enhanced soil stripping processes have also been reported, with Buettner and Daily (1995) demonstrating an air stripping system which utilised electrical heating of the bulk contaminated soil. Higher temperatures have been shown to enhance contaminant removal in soil stripping processes (Pina et al, 2002), and the limitations of conventional heating have been identified by Di et al (2000), who demonstrated a microwave-assisted stripping process for soil remediation. In the latter case, microwaves were used to generate steam from wet soil, with the steam forming a medium to desorb or entrain the organic contaminants.…”

Utilization of Steam Heat Generated via Microwave Energy in Seafood Cooking

“…Furthermore, in all the microwave ovens tested, the combination of the covered microwave pan with the added water along with the microwave energy generated a "steam environment" similar to conventional steamers. Our study indicated that the added water is necessary for the development of steam and the heat was generated unevenly via traditional microwave energy [1]. The evenness of heating was quite evident when the lobsters and shrimp were cook by steam generated by microwave energy using covered microwave containers.…”

“…There are many advantages to using microwave steaming compared to conventional steamers [1,3]. First, the microwave units are portable and do not require expensive and complicated steam and waste water plumbing hookups.…”

“…A solution to these issues is the use of microwave-generated energy to steam-cook seafood. Advantages of steam-cooking using microwave-generated energy include quick and complete heating of food and elimination of problems associated with the loss of moisture [1,2].…”

Internal Heating Effect and Enhancement of Drying of Ceramics by Microwave Heating with Dynamic Control

“…The heat generation rate by microwave in the wet zone is modeled approximately by a linear function of the local moisture content as (Di et al 2000)…”