Controlled ice nucleation under high voltage DC electrostatic field conditions

Food Research International

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 879-884

  Orlowska, Marta ^a   Havet, Michel ^a   Le Bail, Alain ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Electrofreezing; Electrostatic field; Freezing; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; DC VOLTAGE; DISTILLED WATER; ELECTROFREEZING; ELECTROSTATIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FLAT ELECTRODES; FROZEN FOOD; HEATING SYSTEM; HIGH VOLTAGE DC; ICE NUCLEATION; ICE NUCLEI; NUCLEATION RATE; NUCLEATION TEMPERATURE; PELTIER ELEMENTS; PLATE ELECTRODES; SAMPLE COOLING;

COOLING; ELECTROSTATICS; FREEZING; ICE; ICE CONTROL; SUPERCOOLING;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 67349135292     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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