Heating uniformity and rates in a domestic microwave combination oven

Journal of Food Process Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 398-424

  Rakesh, V ^a   Datta, A K ^a,b   Amin, M H G ^b   Hall, L D ^b  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINATION METHOD; COMBINATION MODES; COUPLED ELECTROMAGNETICS; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HEATING METHOD; HEATING MODE; HEATING PATTERN; HEATING PROCESS; HEATING UNIFORMITY; NONUNIFORMITY; PHYSICS-BASED MODELING; UNIFORM HEATING;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVE OVENS; MICROWAVES; OVENS; STOVES;

HEATING;

EID: 67650491288     PISSN: 01458876     EISSN: 17454530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2007.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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