Microwave heating of waste results in chemical breakdown that can lead to conversion mixed materials fuel. Heating mixtures with microwave energy rather than incineration faster and therefore be more efficient. Here we address small volumes food widely differing temperature-dependent electrical properties. Uniform is accomplished mode mixing within a loaded cavity by spatial power combining sol...

The variational asymptotic method for unit cell homogenization is used to find the sensitivity of the effective properties of periodically heterogeneous materials, within a periodic base-cell. The sensitivities are found by the direct differentiation of the variational asymptotic method for unit cell homogenization (VAMUCH) and by the method of adjoint variables. This sensitivity theory is impl...

Solid electrolytes are an unusual group of materials which have high ionic conductivity with negligible electronic conductivity. Examples are now known involving high conductivity of most monovalent and some divalent ions, e.g. Ag+ in RbAg415, Na' in /?-alumina, Li' in H-doped Li,N, 02in 9Zr0, * 1 Y 203 (yttria-stabilised zirconia), Fin PbSnF4 and H + in H U 0 2 P 0 4 * 4 H 2 0 (hydrogen uranyl...

The characterization of mixed oxides of TiO2/SiO2 and TiO2/Al2O3 prepared by sol-gel methods is described. Application of the TiO2/Al2O3 material for the photocatalytic decomposition of salicylic acid gave improved activity relative to TiO2-only materials. The photocatalytic activity of TiO2/SiO2, TiO2/Al2O3, and TiO2 toward the photocatalytic decomposition of phenol demonstrated the enhancemen...