Nonthermal plasma treatment of Aspergillus spp. spores on hazelnuts in an atmospheric pressure fluidized bed plasma system: Impact of process parameters and surveillance of the residual viability of spores

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue , 2017, Pages 139-149

  Dasan, Beyhan Gunaydin ^a   Boyaci, Ismail Hakki ^a   Mutlu, Mehmet ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus parasiticus; Atmospheric pressure plasma; Fluidized bed reactor; Hazelnut; Inactivation

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DECONTAMINATION; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZED BED FURNACES; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; NITROGEN PLASMA; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERSATURATION;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; HAZELNUT; INACTIVATION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 84994051998     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.09.028     Document Type: Article

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