Radio frequency processing and recent advances on thawing and tempering of frozen food products

Y Llave, F Erdogdu - Critical Reviews in Food Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
During radio frequency (RF) thawing—tempering (defrosting) of frozen food products, some
regions, mostly along the corners and edges, heat—thaw first due to the strong interaction of …

Thawing of frozen food products in a staggered through-field electrode radio frequency system: A case study for frozen chicken breast meat with effects on drip loss …

TF Bedane, O Altin, B Erol, F Marra… - Innovative Food Science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Radio frequency (RF) processing has been widely used for thawing–tempering purposes,
and electric field distribution due to electrode design of the RF systems has significant …

Radio-frequency thawing of food products–A computational study

R Uyar, TF Bedane, F Erdogdu, TK Palazoglu… - Journal of Food …, 2015 - Elsevier
Main goal of optimal thawing is to minimize thawing time with least damage to the quality of
frozen food products. Microwave (MW) and radio frequency (RF) applications have potential …

Experimental study of radio frequency (RF) thawing of foods with movement on conveyor belt

TF Bedane, L Chen, F Marra, S Wang - Journal of Food Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Thawing of frozen food products without affecting quality attributes at reasonable processing
time is a crucial step in developing industrial-scale processing equipment. Radio frequency …

A computational study to design process conditions in industrial radio-frequency tempering/thawing process

F Erdogdu, O Altin, F Marra, TF Bedane - Journal of Food Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Conventional thawing processes adopted by food industry are characterized by longer
operation times and food quality losses. Recently, batch and continuous radio-frequency …

Radiofrequency thawing of frozen minced fish based on the dielectric response mechanism

H Yang, Q Chen, H Cao, D Fan, J Huang, J Zhao… - Innovative Food Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
To preserve the quality of frozen food products, the main goal of suitable thawing is to cause
the least amount of damage with the shortest possible thawing time. A radiofrequency (RF) …

Computer simulation of radiofrequency defrosting of frozen foods

Y Llave, S Liu, M Fukuoka, N Sakai - Journal of Food Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The radiofrequency (RF) defrosting of tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) was investigated
experimentally and by mathematical modeling using an innovative three-dimensional (3D) …

Radio frequency heating of foods: principles, applications and related properties—a review

P Piyasena, C Dussault, T Koutchma… - Critical reviews in …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Radio frequency (RF) heating is a promising technology for food applications because of the
associated rapid and uniform heat distribution, large penetration depth and lower energy …

Radio-frequency applications for food processing and safety

Y Jiao, J Tang, Y Wang, TL Koral - Annual Review of Food …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Radio-frequency (RF) heating, as a thermal-processing technology, has been extending its
applications in the food industry. Although RF has shown some unique advantages over …

Experimental investigation of the effect of conveyor movement and sample's vertical position on radio frequency tempering of frozen beef

TK Palazoğlu, W Miran - Journal of Food Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, effect of conveyor movement and sample's vertical position on rate and
uniformity of radio frequency tempering was investigated experimentally at a fixed electrode …