1. Investigation of the Feasibility of Radio Frequency Energy for Controlling Insects in Milled Rice
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Xingxing Zhu, Yanping Zou, Yanyun Zhao, Tiankui Yang, Wenyun Sun, and Shunshan Jiao
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Absorption of water ,Materials science ,biology ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,food and beverages ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,biology.organism_classification ,040401 food science ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Toxicology ,Adhesion strength ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,Radio frequency energy ,Rice weevil ,Agronomy ,Dielectric heating ,Radio frequency ,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality ,Food Science - Abstract
Many studies showed that radio frequency (RF) holds great potential to control insects in grains, while a few more technical issues need to be addressed to further make this technology ready for industrial application. Therefore, the effect of RF heating rate on rice fissure ratio and broken rate, RF heating lethality on immature rice weevils, and RF disinfestation treatment on cooking and eating quality of milled rice was investigated in this study. Results indicated that RF heating rate had no significant influence on rice broken rate, while fast RF heating rate (>7.2 °C/min) had adverse effects on rice fissure ratio, and mild RF heating rate (
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- 2017
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