COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION TOWARDS MICROWAVE

ELIMINATION BY USING ORGANIC COMPOSITE SOLID

BRICK MICROWAVE ABSORBER
Muhammad Irsyad Safwan B. Nasharuddin
Faculty Of Electrical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia
13500 Permatang Pauh, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
irsyadsafwan91@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Waste and radiation pollution has become a serious problem in this recent days. Uncontrollable
waste disposal has affecting environmental issues while microwave radiation lead to various
health issues. To dealing with this issue, organic composite brick absorber is design and
fabricated. This study will show the capability of organic material used which is rice husk,
coconut husk and sawdust as an absorbing material combined with cement as it based. CST
Microwave Studio Suite software are used to obtained the simulation result of the designed
absorber. Free space arch reflectivity measurement method is used to investigate the absorption
performance of the design absorber at frequency range 8 to 12 GHz. This study also will include
the absorption performance of the design absorber with the commercial flat absorber as it
benchmarks. RESULTS
Commercial flat absorber is measured as a benchmark for other measurement.
OBJECTIVES
1. To investigate the capability of raw organic material such as sawdust, rice husk, and
coconut husk as an absorbing material in solid brick microwave absorber.
2. To analyse the comparison on absorption performance of organic composite solid brick
microwave absorber with commercial concrete brick.

METHODOLOGY

1. Research is done to understanding the concept or theoretical study of microwave absorber

so that the correct elements can be used when developing the organic composite brick.
2. CST simulation is used to design and measured the absorber in term of absorption rate and Brick absorber is measured in 2 position which is flat position and stand position
reflectivity loss.
3. Biomass material which is rice husk, coconut husk and sawdust are gathered to used as
filler when developing brick absorber while cement will act as binder.

Flat Position Result Stand Position Result

Rice husk
Flat (dB) Stand(dB)
min max min max
-7.1 -8.7 -14 -25.6

4. Develop 3 type of brick absorber using 3 biomass material. Coconut husk

5. Calculate ratio of mixture.
6. Biomass cement mixture is poured into oiled mould and left for 24 hour to cured. Flat (dB) Stand(dB)
min max min max
-5.2 -5.7 -10.7 -23.3

Sawdust
Flat (dB) Stand(dB)
min max min max
-9.4 -12.8 -9.5 -24
7. Free space arch reflectivity measurement method is used to determine the reflection loss or
absorption performance of the absorber.
8. Brick absorber is place at fix distance under the horn.
9. The horn is mounted on the circular arch and will act as antenna to be used to transmit and CONCLUSION
receive electromagnetic wave signal.
From this study, it can be concluded that the organic composite brick absorber which using rice
10. The transmitting horn will transmit the microwave signal to the material and the remaining husk, coconut husk and sawdust as it materials has ability to absorb microwave signal at
wave will reflected back to the receiving horn. frequency range of 8 to 12 GHz although it still cant reach commercial flat absorber absorption
11. The reflection then is measured. performance which is -40 dB and above.

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