Applications of pulsed electric fields technology for the food industry

Food Engineering Series

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 197-221

  Toepfl, Stefan ^a   Heinz, Volker ^b   Knorr, Dietrich ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b German Institute of Food Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric Field Strength; Energy Input; Osmotic Dehydration; Pulse Electric Field; Pulse Electric Field Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902555031     PISSN: 15710297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-31122-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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