Title
Ohmic heating of beef at 20 kHz and analysis of electrical conductivity at low and high frequencies
Date Issued
01 July 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Udo T.
Fukuoka M.
Sakai N.
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The increase in temperature during ohmic heating (OH) at 20 kHz of conventional beef (CB) and wagyuu beef (WB) was evaluated by analyzing the effects on drip loss due to cooking, shrinkage and microstructure changes. The effects of parallel and series current directions, temperature (5–65 °C), frequency (50 Hz–20 kHz), and chemical composition on the EC values of samples were evaluated. A mathematical explanation of the effect of current direction on EC was provided. A low drip loss due to cooking and shrinkage were found in both beef treated by OH at 20 kHz and 50 V. A good temperature uniformity independent of the current direction was obtained in CB. Increasing the frequency caused a drop in resistance and an increase in heating rate, thereby decreasing the heating time needed for beef muscles, especially for CB, due to its high water and low fat content. A large amount of endogenous fat in WB does not generate heat as quickly as CB muscles due to the poor conductivity of fat; therefore, the presence of fat decreases EC, resulting in uneven heating.
Start page
91
End page
101
Volume
228
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Alimentos y bebidas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85042516998
Source
Journal of Food Engineering
ISSN of the container
02608774
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan ( 16K00808 ).
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