Pulsed electric fields processing of foods: An overview

Food Engineering Series

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-26

  Barbosa Cánovas, Gustavo V ^a   Altunakar, Bilge ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High Voltage Pulse; Inactivation Kinetic; Orange Juice; Pulse Electric Field; Pulse Electric Field Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028844475     PISSN: 15710297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-31122-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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