Cyclic microwave thawing of frozen meat: Experimental and theoretical investigation

Chemical Engineering and Processing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-389

  Taher, B J ^a   Farid, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Effective heat capacity; Microwave heating; Moving boundary; Thawing of meat

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEATS; MICROWAVE HEATING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CYCLIC MICROWAVE THAWING; FROZEN MEAT;

THAWING;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 0034743696     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(01)00118-0     Document Type: Article

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