Heating concentrations of microwaves in spherical and cylindrical foods: Part One: In planes waves

Food and Bioproducts Processing

Volumn 83, Issue 1 C, 2005, Pages 6-13

  Zhang, H ^a,b   Datta, A K ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cavity; Computational electromagnetics; Focusing; Frozen; Sphere; Unfrozen

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOOD PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE HEATING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CAVITY; CAVITY STANDING WAVES; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; CYLINDRICAL FOODS; FROZEN FOODS; HEATING CONCENTRATIONS; SPHERICAL FOODS; UNFROZEN FOODS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 16244369800     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/fbp.04046     Document Type: Article

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