Heat and mass transfer in two-phase porous materials under intensive microwave heating

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 403-412

  Dincov D D ^a   Parrott, K A ^b   Pericleous, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maxwell's equations; Microwave heating; Porous media; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVAPORATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVE HEATING; POROUS MATERIALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

MAXWELL SOLVERS; MOISTURE CONCENTRATION; PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 2942589055     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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