Design and testing of a prototype ohmic thawing unit

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-222

  Roberts, John S ^a   Balaban, Murat O ^a   Zimmerman, Rudy ^a   Luzuriaga, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ohmic thawing; Shrimp

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; FOOD PROCESSING; FROST EFFECTS; THAWING;

SEAFOOD;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 0031859563     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(97)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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