期刊
JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING
卷 150, 期 -, 页码 99-105出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2014.10.002
关键词
Microwave heating; Computer simulation; Frequency shift; Dielectric property; Heating pattern
资金
- Agriculture and Food research Initiative of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture [2011-68003-20096]
- Agriculture Research center of Washington State University
- Chinese Scholarship Council
This research studied the influence of frequency variation on heating patterns within prepackaged foods in a 915 MHz single-mode microwave assisted sterilization (MATS) system consisting of four microwave heating cavities. The frequencies of the four generators powering the MATS system at Washington State University were measured at different power levels over one year. The effect of frequency shifts in the generators on heating patterns within a model food (whey protein gel, WPG) was studied through computer simulation. The simulated heating patterns were experimentally validated using a chemical marker. Our measurement results showed that a 0.5 kW increase in the microwave power caused the operating frequencies of the generators to increase by 0.25-0.75 MHz. The simulation results suggested that the heating pattern of WPG processed by the MAT,S system was not affected by the varying frequencies of generators within the operating frequency bandwidth (900-920 MHz). In addition, the simulation results revealed that using deionized water as the circulation medium in the MATS system resulted in a 23-37% increase in the temperature of WPG as compared with that when using normal tap water, but did not alter the heating pattern. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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