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474 <strong>Thermal</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Processing</strong>: New Technologies and Quality Issues<br />

Flange<br />

Power Supplies<br />

and Protection<br />

Systems<br />

Magentron or<br />

Klystron Tube<br />

Water<br />

Load<br />

Circulator<br />

Microwave Power Generator<br />

Electrodes<br />

Applicator<br />

Control and<br />

Automatic<br />

Systems<br />

Typical Microwave Heating System<br />

Electrodes<br />

3 phase 50/60 Hz<br />

Transformer<br />

Ground<br />

Typical Arrangement - Ohmic Heater<br />

Radio Frequency<br />

Generator<br />

Product<br />

Electrodes<br />

Insulating Tube<br />

Flange<br />

FIGURE 15.3 RF dielectric heating as compared with microwave and ohmic heating.<br />

(From Zhao, Y. et al., J. <strong>Food</strong> Process. Eng., 23, 25–55, 2000. With permission.)

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