Study on the system of the cooking mechanism

Research Project

Project/Area Number	04452322
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	家政学
Research Institution	Ochanomizu University
Principal Investigator	SHIMADA Atsuko お茶の水女子大学, 生活科学部, 教授 (60017233)
Project Period (FY)	1992 – 1993
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
Budget Amount *help	¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000) Fiscal Year 1993: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000) Fiscal Year 1992: ¥5,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000)
Keywords	far infrared radiation / cooking / infrared radiation / heater / crust layr / radiative heating / ヒータ / 波長 / 遠赤外線 / 加熱調理 / 放射伝熱 / 食品 / 食品加工
Research Abstract	Under the fixed heat flux condition of radiative heating, the effects of radiant characteristics of heaters on crust formation and coloring processes at surfaces of white bread and wheat flour batter have been evaluated using five heaters of different kinds. The radiative heat flux from the heater to the sample surface was maintained constant throughout the experiments to examine the combination effects of the wavelength characteristics of the heaters and the absorptivities of tested foods for radiant heat. Results showed that the crust formation and coloring rate were dependent on the wavelength characteristics of the heater used, and that the radiant heating with shorter wavelength led to a greater heat sink into the food samples forming the relatively wet crust layrs compared with the dry layrs formed by heating with longer wave. The coloring rates with the infrared heaters emitting the longer wave were faster than those by the shorter one because of the greater increasing rates of temperature at the food sample surfaces. These results confirmed that both crust formation and coloring rates at a heated food surface were mainly interpreted in terms of the variation of wavelength characteristics of radiant heaters.