Journal
JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING
Volume 234, Issue -, Pages 24-40Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2018.04.008
Keywords
Electromagnetic wave; Heat transfer; Modeling; Particles; RE heating
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Funding
- China Scholarship Council under the CSC [201606300080]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFD0401000]
- General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China [31371853]
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Radio frequency (RF) heat treatment is one of the most promising methods for disinfestations and pasteurizations of granular foods but the combined effects of geometry and dielectric properties of granular materials on the non-uniformity of heating in RF are poorly understood. A coupled thermal electromagnetic model for RF heating (27.12 MHz, parallel plate) of a single layer of spherical particles (1-5 cm diameter) was developed using two different formulations of the particles an approach that considers the geometry of individual particles and a simplified approach that considers the effective properties of an air-particle mixture. The spherical particles, prepared from soybean powder, represented dry granular foods. Model predictions were validated using point and spatial temperature measurements. Results show that while an effective properties approach can be sufficient for smaller (-1 cm diameter) particles (with internal temperature range of 3 degrees C), consideration of the exact geometry (individual particles) would be needed for accurate prediction of heating non-uniformities (with internal temperature range of 39 degrees C) in larger diameters (diameter of 5 cm). Heating non-uniformities are present due to corner/edge heating, focusing effect, as well as contact heating between particles or between a particle and the tray. Results should greatly benefit computer-aided design and optimization of RE heating processes for granular products. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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