Microwave Heating as an Alternative Quarantine Method for Disinfestation of Stored Food Grains
Insects and pests constitute a major threat to food supplies all over the world. Some estimates put the loss of food grains because of infestation to about 40% of the world production. Contemporary disinfestation methods are chemical fumigation, ionizing radiation, controlled atmosphere, conventiona...
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| description | Insects and pests constitute a major threat to food supplies all over the world. Some estimates put the loss of food grains because of infestation to about 40% of the world production. Contemporary disinfestation methods are chemical fumigation, ionizing radiation, controlled atmosphere, conventional hot air treatment, and dielectric heating, that is, radio frequency and microwave energy, and so forth. Though chemical fumigation is being used extensively in stored food grains, regulatory issues, insect resistance, and environmental concerns demand technically effective and environmentally sound quarantine methods. Recent studies have indicated that microwave treatment is a potential means of replacing other techniques because of selective heating, pollution free environment, equivalent or better quality retention, energy minimization, and so forth. The current paper reviews the recent advances in Microwave (MW) disinfestation of stored food products and its principle and experimental results from previous studies in order to establish the usefulness of this technology. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb70a931231b4d5785e49144c0e73d112025-02-03T01:02:18ZengWileyInternational Journal of Food Science2314-57652013-01-01201310.1155/2013/926468926468Microwave Heating as an Alternative Quarantine Method for Disinfestation of Stored Food GrainsIpsita Das0Girish Kumar1Narendra G. Shah2Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, IndiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, IndiaCentre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, IndiaInsects and pests constitute a major threat to food supplies all over the world. Some estimates put the loss of food grains because of infestation to about 40% of the world production. Contemporary disinfestation methods are chemical fumigation, ionizing radiation, controlled atmosphere, conventional hot air treatment, and dielectric heating, that is, radio frequency and microwave energy, and so forth. Though chemical fumigation is being used extensively in stored food grains, regulatory issues, insect resistance, and environmental concerns demand technically effective and environmentally sound quarantine methods. Recent studies have indicated that microwave treatment is a potential means of replacing other techniques because of selective heating, pollution free environment, equivalent or better quality retention, energy minimization, and so forth. The current paper reviews the recent advances in Microwave (MW) disinfestation of stored food products and its principle and experimental results from previous studies in order to establish the usefulness of this technology.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/926468 |
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| title_short | Microwave Heating as an Alternative Quarantine Method for Disinfestation of Stored Food Grains |
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