An analysis of temperature distributions in microwave heating of foods with non-uniform dielectric properties

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 858-862

  Sakai, Noboru ^a   Wang, Cong ^a   Toba, Shigeru ^b   Watanabe, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Ajinomoto Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; Heat transfer analysis; Microwave heating; Uneven heating

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HEAT CONDUCTION; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE HEATING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOMETERS;

CYLINDRICAL SAMPLES; INFRARED THERMOMETERS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4644252488     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.37.858     Document Type: Article

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