On 7/4/06, Ling SM <ipal11@singnet.com.sg> wrote:
>
> >>My challenge here is finding a cheap and ready packaging material to
> >>hold the gel.  I have tried tea bags and filter papers, but they don't
> >>like to be microwaved.
> >
> >
> > Because you're microwave owen does not control the power, just the energy.
> > AFIR there is only one commercial owen on the market being able to
> > control de power as well. It's a Panasonic with inverter. Google about
> > it.
> > You need a very good ventilation, better than commercial ovens have.
>
> Luck is on my side, is a Panasoinc inverter oven that I have.  I will
> have to play with some of the power control features.  Frankly I had
> given hope of controling the microwave oven power to do a good cooking
> long time ago.
>
> Do you know of special safety concerns when you said a "very good
> ventilation" was needed?   So far my checking indicates that heating
> silica gel is quite safe.

 On any drying process under microwave field you have to take out the humidity
from the probe. There isn't any commercial owen which is doing this in
the right way. Comercial owens are just spreading the humidity and the
ugly smell from the
owen  inside the house. You have to extract the entire oven air volume
in a very short time (about 2x to 10x of the whole time of
processing).
 After drying in microwave field, the silica gel have the same
parameters (talking about the amount of the moisture absorbed measured
in volumetric units) as if was dried with standard heating?
Are you using colored silica gel or the transparent one ? Should be differents.


greetings,
Vasile


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> Ling SM
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