Multi-Physics Field Computation for Microwave Heating of Multi-Mobile Components Based on Transformation Optics and Implicit Function

Abstract

This paper proposed a method based on transformation optics, implicit function, and level set methods to solve the challenge of multi-physics simulation of a microwave heating cavity with two different motion modes. A 3D computation model with a rotating turntable, a lifting support rod, and a sample is proposed as a detailed demonstration. Based on the theory of transformation optics, the rotating turntable is surrounded by two circles with a time-varying, inhomogeneous and anisotropy medium, and the electric field in the moving region is rotated by controlling the two mediums. The implicit function and level set methods compute the lifting motion by setting the properties of the lifting region as a function of space and time. The correctness of the proposed method is verified by comparing the proposed method’s results with the discrete position’s results, and then its accuracy is further verified by experiment. Subsequently, compared with the implicit function and level set methods only, the proposed method is more accurate. Finally, the effects of lifting motion, rotating motion and lifting motion (i.e., spiral motion) on microwave heating uniformity and heating efficiency were analyzed, respectively.