Handbook of Microwave Technology for Food Applications
edited by Ashim K. Datta
and R.C. Anantheswaran
This interdisciplinary volume provides a comprehensive overview of microwave processing in a
single accessible source.
Handbook of Microwave Technology for Food Applications focuses on uniformity as the
primary challenge of heating food safely and conveniently with microwave technology.
Features
- Outline of the component hardware of a microwave system as well as
instrumentation and measurement techniques
- Description of temperature and moisture changes and their effect on microwave absorption
- Clarification of guiding principles for heating complex food systems in specially
developed packages
- Cavity heating and flavor, microbial, and enzymatic changes that occur during microwave
heating
- Strategies for product development of microwaveable foods
- Industrial microwave processes and effective home use of microwave ovens
- And more!
Contents
- Fundamental Physical Aspects of Microwave Absorption and Heating
- Electromagnetics: Fundamental Aspects and Numerical Modeling
- 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 Microwaveable Food Product and Process
Development
- Chemical and Biological Changes Due to Heating
- Generation and Release of Food Aromas Under Microwave Heating
- Bacterial Destruction and Enzyme Inactivation During Microwave Heating
- Processing Systems and Instrumentation
- Consumer, Commercial, and Industrial Microwave Ovens and Heating Systems
- Measurement and Instrumentation
- Processes at Industry and Home
- Microwave Processes for the Food Industry
- Basic Principles for Using a Home Microwave Oven
- Product and Process Development
- Ingredient Interactions and Product Development for Microwave Heating
- Packaging Techniques for Microwaveable Foods
- Safety
- Safety in Microwave
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