//Finding current,voltage and power //Example 15.34(pg. 414) clc clear v=50*20*2//Volume of board to be heated in cm^3 Mw=0.56//weight of wood in gm/cm^3 m=Mw*v/1000//mass of wood in kgm S=0.35//specific heat of wood t=15/60//time in hrs f=30*(10^6)//frequency in cycles/sec t2=150,t1=30//temp in degreeC H=m*S*(t2-t1)//heat required to raise the temp in kcal Hw=H*1000/860//heat required in kW P=Hw/t//power required in Watts e=0.5//efficiency of dielectric heating process Pi=P/e//power input required in Watts Ko=8.854*(10^-12)//absolute permittivity K=5//relative permittivity A=0.5*0.2//area in m i=0.02 C=Ko*K*A/i//capacitance of parallel plate capacitor in F Xc=1/(2*%pi*f*C)//capacitive reactance in ohms cosx=0.05 tanx=19.97 R=Xc*tanx//resistance V=sqrt(Pi*R)//voltage in volts Ic=V/Xc//current through the board in Amps printf('Thus the power required is %2.1f Watts\n',Pi) printf('And Voltage across the board is %3.2f volts\n',V) printf('And the current through the board is %2.3f Amps',Ic)