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Dielectric heating techniques have been applied to plastics drying applications, polymer blending, wood flour drying, and to an existing biomass conversion process. While both radio frequency and microwave equipment is expensive per unit of capacity, certain advantages may be gained in terms of the speed of drying, quality control, and the overall capitalized cost which may make dielectric heating feasible.
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George, C.E., Lightsey, G.R. & Wehr, A.G. Microwave Processing of Polymers and Biomass Materials. MRS Online Proceedings Library 124, 189–194 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-124-189
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