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Microwave Bean Roaster [PDF] |
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M.A.K. Hamid,
N. J. Mostowt and P.Bhartia 1975 10 1 109-114 |
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Abstract This paper describes an
application of microwave power for the roasting of beans (soybeans,
rapeseeds, coffee beans, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, peanuts
and the like) for the sake of destroying the anti-tripsin
enzyme (or growth inhibitor) and thus facilitating safe nutritional
consumption by humans and animals. A leaky waveguide applicator developed for
this purpose is described and analyzed while representative results of bean
roasting are presented to illustrate the improvement in efficiency and
lowering of cost relative to present techniques. |
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