Microwave modelling and validation in food thawing applications
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Tilford, Tim 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8307-6403, Baginski, Ed, Kelder, Jasper, Parrott, Kevin and Pericleous, Koulis A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7426-9999
(2007)
Microwave modelling and validation in food thawing applications.
Journal of Microwave Power & Electromagnetic Energy, 41 (4).
pp. 30-45.
ISSN 0832-7823
Abstract
Developing temperature fields in frozen cheese sauce undergoing microwave heating were simulated and measured. Two scenarios were investigated: a centric and offset placement on the rotating turntable. Numerical modeling was performed using a dedicated electromagnetic Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) module that was two-way coupled to the PHYSICA multiphysics package. Two meshes were used: the food material and container were meshed for the heat transfer and the microwave oven cavity and waveguide were meshed for the microwave field. Power densities obtained on the structured FDTD mesh were mapped onto the unstructured finite volume method mesh for each time-step/turntable position. On heating for each specified time-step the temperature field was mapped back onto the FDTD mesh and the electromagnetic properties were updated accordingly. Changes in thermal/electric properties associated with the phase transition were fully accounted for as well as heat losses from product to cavity. Detailed comparisons were carried out for the centric and offset placements, comparing experimental temperature profiles during microwave thawing with those obtained by numerical simulation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | microwave heating, thawing, rotation, Maxwell's equations, heat transfer, numerical simulations, moving meshes |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Pre-2014 Departments: | School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Computational Mechanics & Reliability Group School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Computational Science & Engineering Group School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Computer & Computational Science Research Group School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Computer Science School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Computer Systems Technology School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Mathematical Sciences |
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| Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2019 14:44 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/1113 |
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