Frequency Distribution in Domestic Microwave Ovens and Its Influence on Heating Pattern.

Heating Performance Assessment of Domestic Microwave Ovens

Due to inherent nature of standing wave patterns of microwaves inside a cavity and dielectric properties of different components in a food, microwave heating leaves non-uniform distribution of energy inside the food volumetrically. Achieving heating uniformity plays critical role in improving the safety of microwave heated products. In this paper, we present a method for assessing heating unifo...

Modeling of Susceptor Assisted Microwave Heating in Domestic Ovens

Susceptors are used in microwavable food packages to facilitate preferential heating. Modeling of susceptor assisted microwave heating in domestic ovens was performed using radio frequency and heat transfer modules of COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2. Two different approaches (domain discretization and transient boundary condition) were studied for taking into the account of discretizing thin susceptor ...

One dimensional models for the microwave heating of moist foodstuffs

Microwave ovens are frequently used in domestic situations for the heating of chilled foodstuffs which are generally approximately 80% by weight water. Rapid, internal heating are some of the key benefits over conventional ovens. The food industry utilises these attributes in a number of ways most in particular with the introduction of microwave ready meals and convenience food. It is important...

Multiphysics Modeling to Enhance Understanding of Microwave Heating of Food in Domestic Ovens

Model-based Optimization of Microwave Heating of Bioproducts

The main drawbacks of microwave heating of bioproducts (e.g. foods) are associated with its nonuniform heating patterns. The objective of this work was to derive optimal operating policies for microwave combination ovens in order to achieve better uniformity of temperature and/or quality. The corresponding optimal control problems were stated considering the microwave power and the oven tempera...