RADIO FREQUENCY TREATMENT TO PHYTOSANITIZE WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS USED IN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

摘要

#$%^&*AU2017204776A120180712.pdf#####ABSTRACT A method for treating wood packaging materials using Radio Frequency heating includes the steps of heating wood packaging materials using RF heating and applying a pressure before the heating or incrementally applying a pressure during the heating until a temperature of the wood packaging materials reaches at least 60 'C and that temperature is maintained for at least 1 minute. 3272396v1D/D Step 1: Loading the chamber Step 2: Set operational frequency Step 3: Set power density Step 4a: Incremental pressurization Step 4b: Pressurization of workload Step 5: Depressurization of the unit following treatment Step 6: Unloading and optional posttreatment temperature check FIG. 6