Introduction

Development and adoption of agricultural product and food processing technologies is largely driven by such market requirements as quality improvement and cost reduction. However, commonly used technologies that utilise convection-based heating and chemical treatment have reached their efficiency limits. Moreover, some practical problems of long-term storage and improvement of organic purity can hardly be resolved by traditional technologies.

The objective of the proposed research program is development of fundamentally new technologies, which utilise microwave energy to handle in an efficient way such important issues such as:

• productivity
• yield stability in dry climatic zones
• organic purity
• cost efficiency

More than 12-yeasrs long research and commercial application have proved efficiency and flexibility of the microwave processing technologies in different climatic zones of Ukraine and Russia. The technologies can be applied to various agricultural and food products just by optimising the process parameters and equipment settings. It is important to emphasize, that these technologies are environmentally friendly. They are flexible and can be easily adapted to local climatic zones in different countries and locally cultivated varieties of agricultural products.

Project	Comments
1. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for decontamination of grain stored in silos and intended for export a microwave unit for processing of silos a microwave unit for grain treatment at the silo loading stage a microwave unit for grain treatment at the ship loading stage	Microwave power: 5kW 25kW 50kW 915MHz frequency
2. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for heating viscous oil (fuel oil) stored in tanks at temperatures below +20 C	Microwave power: 25-50kw at 915MHz
3. Completion of the design and production documents for a new modification of the seed pre-treatment unit MICROSTIM-2M	Microwave power: 3kw at 2450mHz
4. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for drying hardwood and destruction of timber borers	Microwave power: 50kw at 915MHz
5. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for production of high quality tomato pulp and souses	Microwave power: 10-25kw at 915MHz
6. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for extraction of components for medical drugs, perfumes and organic antiseptics	Microwave power: 10-50kw at 915MHz
7. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for extension of bread freshness
8. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for processing of fodders to improve their properties, assimilation and decontamination	Microwave power: 25 - 50kw at 915MHz
9. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for high quality defrosting of meat, fish, fruits and vegetables targeting energy saving and organic purity	Microwave power: 10 - 50kw at 915MHz
10. Development of a microwave unit for processing of products packed in plastic, glass or cardboard containers	Microwave power: 10 - 25kw at 915MHz
11. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for industrial scale mushroom processing ( decontamination and drying )	Microwave power: 3kw at 2450MHz
12. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for drying of basalt fibber	Microwave power: 100kw at 915MHz
13. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for low temperature processing of products preserved in plastic containers	Microwave power: 15-25kw at 915MHz and 10kw at 2450Mhz
14. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for plant-oil and oil-yielding product extraction	Microwave power: 10kw at 915MHz at 2450Mhz
15. Development of a family of microwave units and technologies for processing of liquid products such as juice, beer, wine to improve their quality and extend duration of storage	Microwave power: 10-50KW at 915MHz
16. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for drying of ceramics, porcelains and bricks	Microwave power: 10-40KW at 915MHz
17. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for fixation of electrical insulation on the surface of thin electrical wire	Microwave power: 6KW at 2450MHz
18. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for disinfection (destruction of staphylococcus, etc) in hospitals	Microwave power: 1.5KW at 2450MHz
19. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for disinfection of bank notes	Microwave power: 3KW at 2450MHz
20. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for processing of polygraphic and printed materials such as drying glue joints, etc	Microwave power: 3-5KW at 2450MHz
21. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for refinement and dehydration of vegetable and olive oil	Microwave power: 10-50KW at 2450MHz
22. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for soil treatment in greenhouses, or rice fields	Microwave power: 5KW at 915MHz
23. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for drying of cotton	Microwave power: 5KW at 2450MHz
24. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for drying and disinfection of wool	Microwave power: 25-50KW at 2450MHz
25. Development of a family of microwave units and technologies for processing of vegetables to extend their duration of storage	Microwave power: 0.7KW at 2450MHz
26. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for drying of grain stored in silos	Microwave power: 5-10KW at 2450MHz
27. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for drying and disinfection of tobacco	Microwave power: 10KW at 2450MHz
28. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for processing of wine to accelerate its maturity	Microwave power: 5-10KW at 2450MHz
29. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for drying of biological materials such as snake poison, etc	Microwave power: 5KW at 2450MHz
30. Development of a microwave unit and technologies for disinfection of storage bags and storage containers	Microwave power: 3-5KW at 2450MHz