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In connection with these advantages, the number of electro technological microwave
installations is constantly growing both in everyday life and in industry [2,3]. Therefore, there is a
need to create efficient, improved electro technological microwave heating installations, as well as
reliable power supplies for these installations [5,6].
There are various designs of electro technological microwave installations. For drying bulk
materials, microwave installations of a conveyor type have certain advantages, in which microwave
energy is distributed throughout the volume of the installation due to the use of several generators of
microwave oscillations [5].
The proposed design of such an installation is shown in figure 1. The setup contains six beam-
type chambers equipped with six TOSHIBA E3328 magnetrons with a nominal output power of 3 kW
[6]. These magnetrons operate at a frequency of 2450 MHz, which is excellent for processing bulk
materials such as grains, fruits, vegetables and herbs. Each microwave generator has its own
independent from other power sources. Such an organization of power supply allows the installation to
operate uninterruptedly even in the event of failure of one or two magnetrons [7,8].
Figure 1 - The design of the conveyor-type microwave installation
1 - system for delivering material to a conveyor belt; 2 - system of protection against microwave
radiation; 3 - ventilation system; 4 - processed material; 5 - system for receiving from a conveyor belt;
6 - ventilation pipes; 7 – conveyor belt drive; 8 – installation control system;
9 - rollers-tensioners of the conveyor belt
Objects and methods of research. The belt conveyor consists of a closed traction element
(tape), which is also a working element that moves along movable roller bearings and goes around the
guides. The upper branch of the belt, on which the load is located, moves along the fixed corrugated
roller bearings. The lower part of the belt (idle) moves on straight roller bearings 9. The belt is driven
by a drive drum 7 connected to an electric motor. During processing, the processed material is
continuously moved through the working chamber by means of a winding mechanism.
Raw material 4 is fed from container 1 onto a transport belt that transmits microwave radiation
and enters the installation where processing takes place. As it passes through the chamber, the
processed substance becomes 50-80% lighter by removing all liquid from the processed product. The
moisture evaporated from the raw material is removed using an exhaust fan and ventilation pipes 6.
After passing through the drying cycle through the microwave chambers, the raw material enters the
receiving system from the conveyor belt 5.
To protect personnel working with this installation from microwave radiation, protective
screens 2 are provided, which are installed at the inputs and outputs of microwave cameras. Protective
screens are flexible foil sheets on which a material absorbing microwave radiation is applied. This
solution allows you to absorb the excess microwave energy reflected from the raw material.
The process of starting the installation takes place in the following mode: before turning on
the magnetron generators, the conveyor belt is set in motion, then the power sources of the magnetrons
and the engine of the ventilation system are turned on. Then the processed material begins to arrive on
the conveyor belt from the delivery system. By this moment, the magnetrons are already entering the
operating mode, and the technological process of drying the processed material is taking place. You
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