ADVANCES IN MICROWAVES

By C. NASAR

CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 DEVELOPMENT OF MICROWAVE HEATING 1 2 OVERVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE ART 1 3 OBJECTIVE AND CONTENT 2 INTRODUCTION OF HEPHAISTOS 2 1 ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING 2 2 STRUCTURE OF HEPHAISTOS 3 MODELING MICROWAVE HEATING 3 1 MATHEMATICAL MODELING 3 2 GREY-BOX MODELING 3 3 BLACK-BOX MODELING 4 CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN 4 1 ADAPTIVE CONTROL 4 2 INTELLIGENT CONTROL 5 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 5 1 VERI?CATION IN HEPHAISTOS 5 2 RESULTS OF SYSTEM IDENTI?CATION 5 3 RESULTS OF DIFFERENT CONTROL METHODS 6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION