Provided is a liquid control device that can, with a compact device configuration, adjust an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, or an electromagnetic wave which is generated from electrodes, and perform an effective therapy or treatment. A liquid control device according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with at least one electrode and a controller that controls at least one of the voltage value, the current value, the frequency, or the phase of a voltage or a current to be applied to the electrode. The liquid control device is characterized in that, in a state where the electrode is disposed so as to face an object unit, the controller adjusts the voltage value, the current value, the frequency, or the phase of the voltage or the current which is to be applied to the electrode, controls an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, or an electromagnetic wave which is generated from the electrode, and, in accordance with the object unit which faces the electrode, performs control on at least one of the output direction of the electric field, the magnetic field, the electromagnetic field, or the electromagnetic wave which is generated from the electrode, and the frequency and the voltage which are applied to the electrode so as to vary over time, or control on the duration in which the voltage is applied to the electrode.
[Problem] To freely control the tone or quality of a substance by applying at least any one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, an electromagnetic wave, a sonic wave, or an ultrasonic wave generated from an electrode having liquid therein or on the surface thereof. [Solution] A tone or quality control device according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized by comprising at least one electrode, and a controller that controls at least one of the voltage value, the current value, the frequency, or the phase of voltage or current to be applied to the electrode, and in a state where a substance containing at least one of wood, leather, metal, inorganic material, organic material, material of animal and plant origin, or composite material having liquid therein or on the surface thereof is disposed to face the electrode, controlling at least any one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, an electromagnetic wave, a sonic wave, or an ultrasonic wave to be generated from the electrode to control the state of the liquid present in or around the substance disposed to face the electrode, thereby controlling the tone or quality of the substance.
Provided are a moisture control apparatus, a moisture control method, a program, a storage medium, a produced object, a product, an apparatus, and a facility that can improve the characteristics of an object through moisture control. In a moisture control apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, a predetermined voltage or current including a DC component and/or an AC component is applied to at least one electrode that generates at least one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, electromagnetic waves, sound waves, and ultrasonic waves to achieve a bonded state of moisture elements in an object disposed to face the electrode, so that a property of the object is able to be improved.
A23L 3/26 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by irradiation without heating
A23L 3/30 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by irradiation without heating by treatment with ultrasonic waves
A23L 3/32 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with electric currents without heating effect
A23L 5/10 - General methods of cooking foods, e.g. by roasting or frying
A23L 5/30 - Physical treatment, e.g. electrical or magnetic means, wave energy or irradiation
A47J 37/12 - Deep fat fryers, e.g. for frying fish or chips
B01J 19/08 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor
B01J 19/10 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor employing sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
B01J 19/12 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor employing electromagnetic waves
C02F 1/48 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage with magnetic or electric fields
C02F 103/20 - Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated from animal husbandry
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MOISTURE CONTROL APPARATUS, MOISTURE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PRODUCED OBJECT, PRODUCT, APPARATUS, AND FACILITY
Provided are a moisture control apparatus, a moisture control method, a program, a storage medium, a produced object, a product, an apparatus, and a facility that can improve the characteristics of an object through moisture control. In a moisture control apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, a predetermined voltage or current including a DC component and/or an AC component is applied to at least one electrode that generates at least one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, electromagnetic waves, sound waves, and ultrasonic waves to achieve a bonded state of moisture elements in an object disposed to face the electrode, so that a property of the object is able to be improved.
B01J 19/12 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor employing electromagnetic waves
A23L 5/30 - Physical treatment, e.g. electrical or magnetic means, wave energy or irradiation
A23L 3/26 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by irradiation without heating
A23L 3/30 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by irradiation without heating by treatment with ultrasonic waves
A23L 3/32 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with electric currents without heating effect
A47J 37/12 - Deep fat fryers, e.g. for frying fish or chips
B01J 19/08 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor
B01J 19/10 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor employing sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
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MOISTURE CONTROL DEVICE, MOISTURE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, GENERATED SUBSTANCE, PRODUCT, DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT
Provided are a moisture control device, a moisture control method, a program, a storage medium, a generated substance, a product, a device and equipment which can improve the characteristics of a substance by controlling moisture. A moisture control device according to one embodiment is characterized in that a prescribed voltage or current having a direct current component and/or an alternating current component is applied to at least one electrode that generates at least one of an electrical field, a magnetic field, an electro-magnetic field, electro-magnetic waves, sonic waves and ultrasonic waves, thereby causing water molecules present inside a substance placed facing the electrode(s) to join together, enabling the nature of the substance to be improved.
B01J 19/12 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor employing electromagnetic waves
A23L 3/26 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by irradiation without heating
A23L 3/30 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by irradiation without heating by treatment with ultrasonic waves
A23L 3/32 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with electric currents without heating effect
A23L 5/30 - Physical treatment, e.g. electrical or magnetic means, wave energy or irradiation
A47J 37/12 - Deep fat fryers, e.g. for frying fish or chips
B01J 19/08 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor
B01J 19/10 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor employing sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
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INGREDIENT CONTROL DEVICE, INGREDIENT CONTROL METHOD, TRANSPORTATION METHOD, COOKING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
A fryer (100) generates electromagnetic waves between a pair of opposed plate antennas (102) to control water that is an ingredient in food, specifically, a water activity of an object. The fryer (100) then applies a DC electric field of +100 V as an offset electric field on the water phase side relative to the oil phase in an AC electric field to irradiate the food with electromagnetic waves at a frequency of 50 kHz. Thus, the interfacial polarization between the water phase and the oil phase can be increased to decrease the interfacial tension between the water phase and the oil phase by approximately 60% and bind water in a pearl-chain structure, thus decreasing the water activity.
A fryer (100) generates electromagnetic waves between a pair of opposing flat plate antennas (102) to control water as a component in food, specifically the water activity of an object. The fryer (100) irradiates the food with the electromagnetic waves of a frequency of 50 kHz by applying, to an alternating-current electric field and as an offset electric field, a direct-current electric field of +100V on the water phase side with respect to oil phase. In this way, the interface polarization between water phase and oil phase is increased, reducing the interfacial tension between water phase and oil phase by approximately 60%, and the water is coupled in beaded fashion, reducing water activity.
[Problem] To improve the taste of deep-fried food and more effectively suppress oil oxidation and degradation by irradiating a food material with radio waves in a fryer radio wave generation device for generating radio waves in an oil tank, and a cooking method using this device. [Solution] A fryer radio wave generation device (2) installed in a fryer for deep-frying a food material housed in an oil tank (11) comprises a pair of sheet electrodes (21, 22) which are disposed with a space therebetween, and an oscillator which passes a high-frequency current through the sheet electrode (21), the pair of sheet electrodes (21, 22) are installed in the oil tank (11) of the fryer (1) so as to be electrically insulated from the oil tank (11), and the sheet electrode (22) is connected to the ground. When the high-frequency current is passed through the sheet electrode (21) from the oscillator, an oscillating current is induced between the pair of sheet electrodes (21, 22) to thereby generate radio waves, and the food material in the oil tank (11) is cooked while being irradiated with the radio waves.
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