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Zusatztext ". . .logical and clear. . .. . . .recommend[ed]. . .to anyone working with food and microwaves. "---Ampere Newsletter ". . .an excellent source. . .. . . .provides much needed clarity to an area overburdened with literally thousands of patents but very few other reviews in the literature."---Trans IChemE ". . .well organized. . ..recommended for academic libraries with electrical engineering collections."---E-Streams Informationen zum Autor Ashim K. Datta, Ramaswamy C. Anantheswaran Klappentext "Integrates principles of electromagnetics, dielectrics, heat and moisture transfer, packaging, solid mechanics, fluid flow, food chemistry, and microbiology to provide a comprehensive overview of microwave processing in a single accessible source." Zusammenfassung "Integrates principles of electromagnetics, dielectrics, heat and moisture transfer, packaging, solid mechanics, fluid flow, food chemistry, and microbiology to provide a comprehensive overview of microwave processing in a single accessible source." Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Fundamental physical aspects of microwave absorption and heating: electromagnetics - fundamental aspects and numerical modelling; electromagnetics of microwave heating - magnitude and uniformity of energy absorption in an oven; dielectric properties of food materials and electric field interactions; fundamentals of heat and moisture transport for microwavable food product and process development. Part 2 Chemical and biological changes due to heating: generation and release of food aromas under microwave heating; bacterial destruction and enzyme inactivation during microwave heating. Part 3 Processing systems and instrumentation: consumer, commercial and industrial microwave ovens and heating systems; measurement and instrumentation. Part 4 Processes at industry and home: microwave processes for the food industry; basic principles for using a home microwave oven. Part 5 Product and process development: ingredient interactions in microwave heating; packaging techniques for microwavable foods. Part 6 Safety: safety in microwave processing....
