Generation of pulsed electric fields for processing microbes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1551-1562

  Wu, Tsai Fu ^a   Tseng, Sheng Yu ^a   Hung, Jin Chyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE GENERATORS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); WASTE TREATMENT;

HALF BRIDGE SERIES RESONANT CONVERTER; MICROBE PROCESSING; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS; WIDE PULSES STACKED-WITH-NARROW PULSES;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 7244245374     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.831732     Document Type: Article

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