Radio-Frequency Heating in Food Processing

Series Preface Preface Editors Contributors Principles of Radio-Frequency and Microwave Heating Shunshan Jiao, Donglei Luan, and Juming Tang Radio-Frequency and Microwave Applications: Similarities, Advantages, and Limitations Hussein Hassan, Yetenayet Tola, and Hosahalli Ramaswamy Temperature Measurement in Radio-Frequency Applications Dongsheng Guan, Juming Tang, and George B. Awuah Dielectric Properties of Agricultural Products: Fundamental Principles, Influencing Factors, and Measurement Techniques Stuart O. Nelson and Samir Trabelsi Electrical Conductivity Effect on Dielectric Properties and Radio-Frequency Heating Valerie Orsat and Yanti Maslina Mohd Jusoh The Industrial Radio-Frequency Heater Tony Koral The RF 50 OMEGA Technology versus Variable-Frequency RF Technology Jean-Paul Bernard, Jean-Marie Jacomino, and Marilena Radoiu Analysis of Radio-Frequency Industrial Heating Systems Using Computational Techniques A. C. (Ricky) Metaxas and Regas I. Neophytou Modeling Electro-Assisted Processing Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Gianpaolo Ruocco, Francesco Marra, and Maria Valeria De Bonis Radio Frequency Heating Effects on Microbial Destruction Hussein Hassan and Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy Effect of Radio-Frequency Heating on Food Quality Factors Navneet Singh Rattan and Hosahalli Ramaswamy Radio-Frequency Drying of Food Materials Satyanarayan R. S. Dev and Vijaya G. S. Raghavan Radio-Frequency Baking and Roasting of Food Products George B. Awuah, Tony Koral, and Dongsheng Guan Radio-Frequency Thawing and Tempering Navneet Singh Rattan and Hosahalli Ramaswamy Radio-Frequency Pasteurization and Sterilization of Packaged Foods Kunchalee Luechapattanaporn and Juming Tang Radio-Frequency Heating of Dry Foods and Agricultural Commodities Gopal Tiwari and Juming Tang Applications of Radio-Frequency Heating to Meat, Fish, and Poultry Products Ajaypal Singh and Hosahalli Ramaswamy Application of Radio-Frequency Heating of Milk and Dairy Products Derek Wray and Hosahalli Ramaswamy RF Treatment of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Sohan Birla and Juming Tang RF Deinfestation (Pest Control) of Agricultural Products M. E. Sosa-Morales, R. Villa-Rojas, R. Rojas-Laguna, and A. Lopez-Malo Radio Frequency Treatment of Food-Related Materials, Waste, and By-Products Yifen Wang and Shaoyang Liu Radio Frequency in Packaging, Inventory Control, and Tracking in the Food-Processing Industry Lixing (Tina) Wang and Siu-Keung Kwok Index