Modeling electro-assisted processing using computational fluid dynamics

Radio-Frequency Heating in Food Processing: Principles and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 167-188

  Ruocco, Gianpaolo ^a   Marra, Francesco ^b   de Bonis, Maria Valeria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MASS TRANSFER;

ASSISTED PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COUPLED COMPUTATIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; MODEL APPROACH; MULTI-PHYSICS; PROCESS INSPECTION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 85053447091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17740     Document Type: Chapter

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