The widespread deployment of microwave food processing in domestic and industrial settings, necessitates quality assurance. This review critically assesses key microwaved-food quality assurance issues such as process lethality, product degradation mechanisms, non-uniform heating and volumetric temperature sensing. Non-uniform heating, the root-cause of quality assurance problems, is shown to have negative consequences on process energy consumption, and linked to the poor controllability of conventional microwave power sources, magnetrons. A case is therefore made for the use of solid-state generators as alternative power sources by a cost-benefit analysis, which includes energy and reliability aspects. The feasibility of a paradigm shift to solid-state power delivery in the development of smart processing systems, is shown, and potential commercialisation opportunities, identified.

微波食品加工在家庭和工业环境中的广泛应用需要质量保证。这篇评论对关键的微波食品质量保证问题进行了严格评估，例如过程杀伤力，产品降解机制，加热不均匀和体积温度感测。加热不均匀是质量保证问题的根本原因，对过程能耗有负面影响，并与常规微波电源磁控管的可控性差有关。因此，通过成本效益分析，有理由将固态发电机用作替代电源，其中包括能源和可靠性方面。展示了在智能处理系统开发中向固态功率传输模式转变的可行性，