A finite element method based flow and heat transfer model of continuous flow microwave and ohmic combination heating for particulate foods

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-170

  Choi, Won ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Chong Tai ^b   Jun, Soojin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ALE moving mesh; FCM; FEM; Microwave heating; Multiphase foods; Ohmic heating

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEATING; JOULE HEATING; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROWAVE HEATING;

2D NUMERICAL MODELS; ARBITRARY LANGRANGIAN-EULERIAN; DEFORMATION AND MOVEMENTS; FCM; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; MOVING MESH; MOVING MESH TECHNIQUES; OUTLET TEMPERATURE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84909631696     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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