ABSTRACT This paper presents a 2.45 GHz microwave cavity resonator with the novel dual function of both sensitive dielectric characterisation and directed, volumetric heating of fluids in a microfluidic chip. This method is shown to have a higher efficiency (>90 % for methanol), higher rate of heating and more accurate control than previous microfluidic microwave heating methods [1], [2]. The s...

To better understand the effect of various test durations on indoor radon measurement results in Canada, Monte Carlo simulations were performed for test durations of 1 month (30 d), 2 months (61 d), 3 months (91 d) and 6 months (183 d). For each of the specified test durations, a total of 1500 Monte Carlo simulations were performed. Each simulation was compared with the result of a 1-y measurem...

This paper presents a method for the estimation of potential impact of climate change on the heating energy use of existing houses. The proposed method uses the house energy signature, which is developed from the current heating energy use extracted from the utility bills (e.g., for year 2007) and corresponding climatic conditions. The energy signature, which is an energy-related characteristic...

We propose a novel method of laser heating control only through change in polarization of the incident light, keeping its power density constant. The idea combines an antenna effect found in isolated multiwalled carbon nanotubes and the possibility of their heating by light illumination. To observe this we used the Raman spectroscopy technique, where the heating manifests itself in a pronounced...

− Seat occupancy detection systems based on a capacitive or an electric field principle, developed for an automobile seat, may not work well for seats with integrated electric heating systems. A new detection method, suitable for this type of automobile seats, is presented in this paper. In the proposed scheme, the heating element is a part of the sensor system while its operation as a heating ...

Packed bed units generally, represent the most suitable storage units for air heating solar systems. In these systems the storage unit receives the heat from the collector during the collection period and discharges the heat to the building at the retrieval process. A method for sizing of packedbed storage in an air heating system is represented. The design is based on the K-S curves, which hav...

The masking of antigens by aldehyde-containing fixatives or by paraffin embedding procedures is a problem for immunohistochemical studies. Enzymatic digestion, formic acid treatment, microwave heating and autoclave heating have been used to deal with this problem, with microwave heating-based antigen retrieval having become widely used as the method of choice. Microwave heating, however, has th...

We present a method for simulating coronal emissions from solar active regions using observed photospheric magnetograms and an assumption about the coronal heating mechanism as input. The method invokes a “quasi-force-free” (minimized Lorentz force) coronal magnetic solution and a steady-state energy balance model solved along fieldlines. Coronal heating is included using parameterized approxim...