Computation of airflow effects on heat and mass transfer in a microwave oven

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 181-190

  Verboven, Pieter ^a   Datta, Ashim K ^b   Anh, Nguyen Trung ^a   Scheerlinck, Nico ^a   Nicolä, Bart M ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination heating; Computational fluid dynamics; Oven design; Radiation; Sogginess; Surface heat transfer coefficient; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

AIRFLOW EFFECTS;

MICROWAVE OVENS;

EID: 0037880468     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(02)00456-9     Document Type: Article

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