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in the centre <strong>of</strong> the tray. The initial <strong>and</strong> final temperature has been measured,<br />

using a digital thermocouple after a cycle under MW radiations with the operative<br />

conditions reported in Table 2.3. The velocity <strong>of</strong> the tray has been modified in<br />

every cycle, starting from the safety value <strong>of</strong> 224 cm/min, equivalent to the 40%<br />

<strong>of</strong> maximum velocity up to 560 cm/min, that is the greatest tray velocity. The<br />

number <strong>of</strong> tray passages has been modified in a way to maintain constant the<br />

time <strong>of</strong> exposure under MW radiation. Velocities less than 224 cm/min have been<br />

discarded, because there is the hazard that the hermetic door <strong>of</strong> the applicator 10<br />

could hit the tray not completely entered in the cavity. Figure 2.17 illustrates the<br />

obtained results.<br />

Figure 2.17: Influence <strong>of</strong> the tray velocity on the temperature increase.<br />

The tray velocity does not exert any meaningful effect on the dielectric heating.<br />

While the time <strong>of</strong> MW radiation is the key parameter for the temperature raising.<br />

10 That is automatically closed.<br />

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