A computational model for calculating temperature distributions in microwave food applications

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 374-384

  Knoerzer, Kai ^a,b   Regier, Marc ^b   Schubert, Helmar ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feedback control; Microwave heating; Microwaves; Minimal treatment; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FOOD PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE HEATING; OPTIMIZATION;

FEEDBACK CONTROL LOOPS; MINIMAL TREATMENT;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 43849105549     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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