Accession Number:

ADA090491

Title:

An Analytical Approach for Use with Waveguide Enzyme-Inactivation Investigations.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Feb 77-30 Sep 78,

Corporate Author:

GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

Personal Author(s):

• Wang,Johnson J. H.

Report Date:

1978-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

49.0

Abstract:

A numerical analysis technique has been developed to compute the fields inside a three-dimensional arbitrarily-shaped heterogeneous dielectric or biological body inside a rectangular waveguide. The numerical computation involves a dyadic Greens function containing a double infinite series, which is evaluated by a partial summation technique. The numerical results compared very well with reflection and thermographic measurements. This analytical approach should be an efficient tool in guiding the design of microwave applicators used for rapid inactivation of enzymes. Author

Descriptors:

• *ENZYMES
• *NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• *ENZYME INHIBITORS
• EXCITATION
• WAVEGUIDES
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• MICROWAVES
• THREE DIMENSIONAL
• INFINITE SERIES
• GREENS FUNCTIONS
• DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES
• BIOLOGICAL INACTIVATION

Subject Categories:

• Biochemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE