Abstract
In previous studies, a method to dry defatted soy flour using a Class-E amplifier have been explored. In this dissertation, a Class-E power amplifier switching at 13.56 MHz is built using a dielectric material. The dielectric material used is defatted soy flour and it serves as a series capacitance in the load network. A drive circuit to optimize the circuit to maximum efficiency is based on the curiosity nano PIC18F57Q43 micro-controller which aids results from the DS18B20 temperature sensor and shunt resistor for feedback control. The Class-E power amplifier generates high alternating current voltages in the kilovolts range, from a 12 V DC supply source. The operation of the defatted soy flour capacitor is in relation to dielectric heating theory also known as RF heating.