Effect of Electric field on Dielectric Loads by Using the Electrode Plates for Exterminating Pests Applications

Abstract

This research was conducted to analyze the effect of electric field distribution and intensity in dielectric loads. The electric fields were caused by varying the electric power on electrode plates to improve the thermals temperatures of dielectric loads. The dielectric loads of the grains and pests, the rice and rice weevils were the target dielectric materials for analyzing the impact of thermal temperatures of the rice weevils and minimal thermal on the rice. To investigate the difference of electric power on heating predicted by the theoretical model, the electric field distribution and intensity were analyzed by using the finite difference time domain method. Theoretical analyzes was conducted to make power system effective for controlling the electric field distribution on the model. Theoretical and experimental investigations were carried out using dielectric load. The results demonstrated that the efficiency of the dielectric heating exterminated pests and temperature of grains without losing the quality. The advantage of the method is being able to be utilized for the dielectric heating applications to eliminate insects and control the appropriate temperature of the grains in the future.