Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy (JMPEE)
TITLE	Modification of a Household Microwave Oven for Continuous Temperature and Weight Measurements During Drying of Foods [PDF]
AUTHORS	Z. Ökmen and A. Bayindirli 2000 35 4 225-231
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Abstract The main objective of this study was to modify a conventional household microwave oven for recording temperature and weight measurements continuously during microwave drying of foods. A household microwave oven with digital control was equipped with an electronic balance and a set of standard thermocouples that were connected to a PC for continuous data collection. The efficiency of the modified thermocouples was tested against the built-in probe of the oven. It was found that this microwave oven dryer set-up could be used for drying kinetics studies of foods since both the temperature and weight of the sample could be recorded continuously during the microwave drying operation. Key Words: Microwave drying, temperature/weight, continuous measurement