Microwave power absorption in single- and multiple-item foods

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-265

  Zhang, H ^a,b   Datta, A K ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Dielectric property; Heating; Multi compartment; Non uniformity; Simultaneous

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FOOD PROCESSING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVE OVENS; ABSORPTION; FOOD PRODUCTS;

POWER ABSORPTION;

FOOD PRODUCTS; MICROWAVE HEATING;

POWER ABSORPTION; TWO-COMPONENT MATERIALS;

EID: 0142126299     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030803322438027     Document Type: Article

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