Interactions of Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma with Solid and Liquid Food Systems: A Review

Food Engineering Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 82-108

  Surowsky, Björn ^a   Schlüter, Oliver ^b   Knorr, Dietrich ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold plasma; Food quality; Food safety; Microbial inactivation; Plasma liquid interaction; Plasma surface interaction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SAFETY; LIQUIDS;

COLD PLASMAS; FOOD QUALITY; LIQUID INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL INACTIVATION; SURFACE INTERACTIONS;

THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

EID: 84931560722     PISSN: 18667910     EISSN: 18667929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12393-014-9088-5     Document Type: Review

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