Solid state pulsed power source for pulsed electric field and plasma treatment of food products

PPPS 2001 - Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2001

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1294-1297

  Prins, H A ^a   Beurskens, R H S H ^a   Crcyghton, Y L M ^a   Dutreux, N ^a   De Haan, S W H ^b   Roodenburg, B ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRODUCTS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SHOTCRETING; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

CRITICAL PROCESS PARAMETERS; HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATION; INACTIVATION EFFICIENCY; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; PULSED POWER SOURCES; RECTANGULAR-SHAPED; SOLID-STATE PULSED POWER; STREAMER DISCHARGES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84939806664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PPPS.2001.1001786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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