Analysis of radio frequency (RF) power distribution in dry food materials

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 548-556

  Tiwari, G ^a   Wang, S ^a   Tang, J ^a   Birla, S L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Dielectric properties; Power uniformity index; Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM ELECTRODES; COMPUTER MODELS; DRY FOODS; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; ELECTRODE GAP; FINITE ELEMENT; PARALLEL PLATES; PARALLEL-PLATE ELECTRODES; POWER DENSITIES; POWER UNIFORMITY INDEX; RADIO FREQUENCY; RADIO FREQUENCY POWER; RELATIVE POSITIONS; RF ELECTRODES; RF HEATING; RF SYSTEM; RF-POWER; SAMPLE SHAPE; SAMPLE SIZES; SCALING-UP; SIMULATED RESULTS; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RADIO WAVES; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY;

RADIO;

EID: 79952447871     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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