Grigori Torgovnikov

Microwave Soil Heating with Evanescent Fields from Slow-Wave Comb and Ceramic Applicators

Graham Brodie, Grigory Torgovnikov

Journal article  |  2022  |  ENERGIES

Microwave soil heating deactivates weed seeds; however, in many modern agricultural settings, weed seeds are mostly found in the t..

Development of Microwave Slow-Wave Comb Applicators for Soil Treatment at Frequencies 2.45 and 0.922 GHz (Theory, Design, and Experimental Study)

Graham Brodie, Yuriy Pchelnikov, Grigory Torgovnikov

Book Chapter  |  2021

Development of Microwave Slow-Wave Comb Applicators for Soil Treatment at Frequencies 2.45 and 0.922 GHz (Theory, Design, and Experimental Study)

Graham Brodie, Yuriy Pchelnikov, Grigory Torgovnikov

Journal article  |  2020  |  AGRICULTURE-BASEL

In agriculture and industry, it is often necessary to heat surface layers of material like soil, timber, concrete, and so on, with..

Experimental study of microwave slow wave comb and ceramic applicators for soil treatmentat at frequency 2.45 GHz

G Brodie, G Torgovnikov

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  AMPERE 2019 - 17th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating

In many cases in industry it is required to heat or treat surface layers of different material (soil, timber, concrete, plastics a..

Microwave treatment of Eucalyptus macrorhyncha timber for reducing drying defects and its impact on physical and mechanical wood properties

Bruno Monteiro Balboni, Barbara Ozarska, Jose Nivaldo Garcia, Grigory Torgovnikov

Journal article  |  2018  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS

Microwave is a useful and proven tool for increasing permeability of refractory wood and, thereby, it can be used for reducing dry..

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MICROWAVE SLOW WAVE COMB APPLICATORS FOR TIMBER TREATMENT AT FREQUENCIES 2.45 AND 0.922GHz

Graham Brodie, Yuriy Pchelnikov, Grigory Torgovnikov

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Materials Science and Engineering with Advanced Technology

Slow wave comb applicators for timber (and other materials) treatment at frequencies 2.45GHz (Comb1) and 0.922GHz (Comb2), designe..

Using evanescent field applicators for shallow microwave heating

Graham Brodie, Grigori Torgovnikov, Peter Farrell

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

Effect of High Intensity Microwaves to Hardwood Structure Modification and Its Applications in Technology

Grigory Torgovnikov, Peter Vinden

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  8TH HARDWOOD CONFERENCE WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON NEW ASPECTS ON HARDWOOD UTILIZATION - FROM SCIENCE TO TECHNOLOGY

Conveyor belt pressure impregnation of wood

P Vinden, G Torgovnikov, AK Sethy

Book Chapter  |  2017

The Unitreat or Conveyor belt treatment process utilizes residual vacuum trapped in the wood to improve preservative distribution,..

Microwave modification of sitka spruce timber for increasing wood permeability

G Torgovnikov, P Vinden

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  16th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating, AMPERE 2017