Microwave modeling and validation in food thawing applications

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 30-45

  Tilford, Tim ^a   Baginski, Ed ^b   Kelder, Jasper ^b   Parrott, Kevin ^a   Pericleous, Koulis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Maxwell's equations; Microwave heating; Moving meshes; Numerical simulation; Rotation; Thawing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MESH GENERATION; MICROWAVE HEATING; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROTATION; THAWING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); MICROWAVE FIELD; MICROWAVE MODELING; MOVING MESH; POWER DENSITIES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; UNSTRUCTURED FINITE VOLUME METHODS;

MICROWAVES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOKING; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEATING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOKERY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEATING; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 45549088411     PISSN: 08327823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08327823.2006.11688570     Document Type: Article

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