Container for heat treating materials in microwave ovens
Abstract
The efficiency of a microwave oven of a conventional two-source configuration and energy level is increased by providing the oven with a container for housing a refractory material to be treated. The container is formed of top and bottom walls transparent to microwaves while the sidewalls, in a circular configuration, are formed of a nonmetallic material opaque to microwave radiation reflecting the radiation penetrating the top and bottom walls radially inwardly into the center of the container wherein a casket of heat-insulating material is provided for housing the material to be heat treated. The reflection of the microwave radiation from the sidewalls increases the concentration of the microwaves upon the material being heat treated while the casket retains the heat to permit the heating of the material to a substantially higher temperature than achieveable in the oven without the container.
- Inventors:
-
- (Farragut, TN)
- (Oak Ridge, TN)
- (Knoxville, TN)
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
- OSTI Identifier:
- 866867
- Patent Number(s):
- 4810846
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC) ORNL
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- container; heat; treating; materials; microwave; ovens; efficiency; oven; conventional; two-source; configuration; energy; level; increased; providing; housing; refractory; material; treated; formed; top; bottom; walls; transparent; microwaves; sidewalls; circular; nonmetallic; opaque; radiation; reflecting; penetrating; radially; inwardly; center; casket; heat-insulating; provided; reflection; increases; concentration; retains; permit; heating; substantially; temperature; achieveable; bottom wall; metallic material; radially inward; radially inwardly; microwave oven; energy level; refractory material; microwave radiation; insulating material; heat treated; heat treating; treating materials; radiation reflecting; treating material; source configuration; /219/
Citation Formats
Holcombe, Cressie E., Dykes, Norman L., Kimrey, Jr., Harold D., and Mills, James E. Container for heat treating materials in microwave ovens. United States: N. p., 1989.
Web.
Holcombe, Cressie E., Dykes, Norman L., Kimrey, Jr., Harold D., & Mills, James E. Container for heat treating materials in microwave ovens. United States.
Holcombe, Cressie E., Dykes, Norman L., Kimrey, Jr., Harold D., and Mills, James E. Sun .
"Container for heat treating materials in microwave ovens". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/866867.
@article{osti_866867,
title = {Container for heat treating materials in microwave ovens},
author = {Holcombe, Cressie E. and Dykes, Norman L. and Kimrey, Jr., Harold D. and Mills, James E.},
abstractNote = {The efficiency of a microwave oven of a conventional two-source configuration and energy level is increased by providing the oven with a container for housing a refractory material to be treated. The container is formed of top and bottom walls transparent to microwaves while the sidewalls, in a circular configuration, are formed of a nonmetallic material opaque to microwave radiation reflecting the radiation penetrating the top and bottom walls radially inwardly into the center of the container wherein a casket of heat-insulating material is provided for housing the material to be heat treated. The reflection of the microwave radiation from the sidewalls increases the concentration of the microwaves upon the material being heat treated while the casket retains the heat to permit the heating of the material to a substantially higher temperature than achieveable in the oven without the container.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1989},
month = {1}
}