Microwave assisted thawing of model frozen foods using feed-back temperature control and surface cooling

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 150-154

  Virtanen, A J ^b   Goedeken, D L ^a   Tong, C H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Feedback control; Microwave; Surface cooling; Thawing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030875259     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1997.tb04388.x     Document Type: Article

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