Microwave Drying Revolutionizes Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Processing
The black soldier fly (BSF) business is flying globally. The farmers and Agri-tech innovators are transforming the larvae into the protein-rich animal food, bioplastic material and recyclers of waste. But, with all this advancement, there remains one important difficulty, which is to dry the larvas so as to preserve their nutrient value, and yet in […]
Microwave Heating Systems for High-Throughput Industrial Operations
The present competitive manufacturing environment demands that throughput is not a mere performance measure, but it is a key to business survival. The conventional heating technologies like convection and conduction find it difficult to meet the high-volume industrial needs and, in many cases, they result in bottlenecks during the production process, the production of poor […]
An Overview of Lab-Grown Diamond Manufacturing Processes
Natural diamonds form deep underground, about 177 to 241 km below the surface. Pressures at this depth can reach nearly 50,000 atm. (One atmosphere, or “atm,” is similar to the air pressure at sea-level). Temperatures will vary from 900º to 1,300º C. These intense conditions compress carbon into its most compact type, making diamonds in […]
Changes Chemical and Physical Properties During Microwave Drying of Rice
Conventional rice drying is performed using heated air that transfers energy to the surface of grain kernels by convection. The energy transfer within the kernel is done by conduction. Water is desorbed into the drying air from the kernel surface, and a moisture gradient is established within the kernel, with water molecules diffusion toward the […]
Comparison of Conventional Heating and Drying Methods with Microwaves
The mechanism for drying with microwave energy is quite different from that of standard drying. In standard drying, heat is transferred to the surface of the material by conduction, convection or radiation, and into the interior of the material by thermal conduction. Moisture is initially flashed far from the surface, and therefore the remaining water […]