Role of various elliptical shapes for efficient microwave processing of materials

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1399-1412

  Basak, Tanmay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cylinders; Elliptical shapes; Microwave

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE HEATING;

GRAYSCALE IMAGES; POWER ABSORPTION; THERMAL RUNAWAY;

FOOD PROCESSING;

ASPECT RATIO; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FOOD PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 34250201492     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11160     Document Type: Article

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