About the Authors

Gábor Géczi

geczi.gabor@gek.szie.hu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Engineering, Institute for Environmental Engineering Systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary

Márk Horváth

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Environmental Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary

Tímea Kaszab

Affiliation Department of Physics and Control, Faculty of Food Science, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Gonzalo Garnacho Alemany

Affiliation Escola Politècnica Superior, University of Vic, Vic, Spain

Competing Interests

During the course of this study, the authors have received funding from three commercial sources (Gramex 2000 Kft, Új Mező Kft and Livestock Performance Testing Ltd.) in the form of access to research materials and/or services without charge. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Developed the microwave and water bath termostat comparative experiments: GG. Conceived and designed the experiments: GG MH TK GGA. Performed the experiments: GG MH TK GGA. Analyzed the data: GG MH TK GGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG MH TK. Wrote the paper: GG TK.