Application of radio-frequency heating technology in agriproduct and food industry

  • LIU Man ,
  • NAN Jingchang ,
  • CONG Mifang ,
  • LIU Chao
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  • 1(School of Electrics and Information Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, China)
    2(Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

Received date: 2022-05-24

  Revised date: 2022-06-20

  Online published: 2023-05-16

Abstract

Radio frequency (RF) heating technology is a heating method that has received much attention in recent years. It is widely used in the processing of food and agricultural products because of its rapid heating, good uniformity, energy-saving, low maintenance costs, and so on. The working principle and characteristics of RF heating technology were first discussed, and it was proposed that the uniformity of RF heating could be improved by using the simulation implementation of COMSOL software. Then, by analyzing the application literature of RF heating technology in recent years, the research progress of RF heating technology in the fields of thawing, drying, sterilization, and insecticidal was reviewed. Finally, the remaining problems of RF heating technology were proposed, and the future research direction was prospected.

Cite this article

LIU Man , NAN Jingchang , CONG Mifang , LIU Chao . Application of radio-frequency heating technology in agriproduct and food industry[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2023 , 49(8) : 289 -296 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.032410

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