Study of Electromagnetic Properties of the Agricultural Products

Abstract

During microwave or high frequency heating,many material properties affect the heating performance.Among the most significant are the electromagneticproperties, especially the dielectric properties of the food.In addition to these properties, geometry, packaging, andthe microwave oven itself affect the heating. Thisliterature review focuses on multicomponent foodproducts and reheating of prepared foods, but some basicconcepts and mechanisms of microwave heating are alsointroduced.

Keywords

• Electromagnetic polarisation
• Dielectric properties
• agricultural products
• Microwave modelling