Development of Packaging and Products for Use in Microwave Ovens - Grand Format

Key Features. Offers systematic coverage of all aspects involved, including principles, materials, design, product development, and modeling. Enables the reader to understand products and packaging materials for use in microwave ovens to a highly technical and detailed level. This fully revised edition includes the very latest developments in products and packaging, including solid state technology.
Development of Packaging and Products for Use in Microwave Ovens, Second Edition, supports the efficient design of microwaveable food products and packaging materials, explaining all essential aspects in a detailed and systematic way. The new edition reviews recent developments and the latest cutting-edge technology, including new materials and package formats, new ideas for product development and new information on developments in microwave technology.
Part One discusses the principles of microwave heating and ovens, with an emphasis on the effect of food dielectric properties and heating uniformity. Microwave packaging materials and design are discussed in Part Two ; chapters cover passive packaging, susceptors, and shielding. Part Three covers product development, food, packaging, and oven safety, including new chapters on solid state technology and safety.
Computer modeling of microwave products and suueptors are discussed in Part Four. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, Development of Packaging and Products for Use in Microwave Ovens is a valuable resource for engineers, manufacturers, and product developers in the food and packaging industries, alongside researchers both in industrial R&D and in academia.