Effects of process and product parameters on the shape of nanosecond pulses used in high-field liquid food treatment

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 520-526

  Jayaram, Shesha H ^a   El Hag, Ayman H ^a,b   Espino Cortes, Fermin P ^a   Wong, R J ^a   Leibovitch, Chaim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RAFAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Food sterilization; High voltage; Microbial killing; Pulsed electric field

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FOOD PROCESSING; INDUCTANCE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CIRCUIT INDUCTANCE; FOOD STERILIZATION; LIQUID FOOD TREATMENT; LOW VOLTAGE CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL KILLING; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 17644427710     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.844850     Document Type: Article

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