Coupled electromagnetic and heat transfer model for microwave heating in domestic ovens

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 100-111

  Pitchai, K ^a   Birla, S L ^a   Subbiah, J ^a   Jones, D ^a   Thippareddi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optic thermocouples; Finite difference time domain method; Heat transfer; Microwave heating; Modeling; Thermal image

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CAVITY PARAMETERS; CELL SIZE; COLD SPOTS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CYLINDRICAL MODELS; DEVELOPED MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTRIBUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETIES; HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HEATING TIME; HEATING UNIFORMITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY; MODEL PARAMETERS; NONUNIFORM HEATING; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL IMAGES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SAFETY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVE OVENS; MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMOCOUPLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84860837874     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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