发明名称 |
Prevention of electrochemical and electrophoretic effects in high-strength-electric-field pumpable-food-product treatment systems |
摘要 |
Microorganisms are deactivated in a food product using an electrode placed into electrical contact with the food product. A current signal is applied to the electrode during a specified time period, causing a deactivating charge to build up on the first electrode. An electrical field results from the deactivating charge having an electric field strength of at least 5,000 volts/cm. Substantially all of a residual charge is removed from the first electrode during a discharge period, such that an approximately zero net charge is delivered to the first electrode following the discharge period, thereby reducing electrophoretic side-effects. The current signal causes an electrical double layer at the electrode to charge to a prescribed voltage. One embodiment, the prescribed voltage does not exceed a reaction voltage of a prescribed reacting material species for more than a prescribed threshold period, thereby reducing electrochemical reactions within the food product.
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申请公布号 |
US5447733(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1995.09.05 |
申请号 |
US19940354233 |
申请日期 |
1994.12.08 |
申请人 |
PUREPULSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
发明人 |
BUSHNELL, ANDREW H.;CLARK, REGINALD W.;DUNN, JOSEPH E.;LLOYD, SAMUEL W. |
分类号 |
A23L3/32;(IPC1-7):A23L3/32 |
主分类号 |
A23L3/32 |
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