Is it more efficient to heat large quantities of water with microwaves?

Subject: Is it more efficient to heat large quantities of water with microwaves?

Date: Wed Sep 1 21:26:22 1999
Posted by Scott Rhoades
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 936235582.Eg

Message:


I have been told that it is more efficient to heat water with microwaves 
than with other electrical based heat sources. If this is so, then why has 
no one developed a residential (or commercial) hot water heater (or have 
they)? Would such a hot water heater be cheaper to run and would it need to 
have any special shape?

Re: Is it more efficient to heat large quantities of water with microwaves?

Current Queue | Current Queue for Engineering | Engineering archives

Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Engineering.