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Sustainable Electroporator for Continuous Pasteurisation: Design and Performance Evaluation with Orange Juice

doi: 10.3390/su14031896
handle: 11392/2481795 , 2067/46815
Electroporation is a simple but effective and sustainable food processing way of treating cell membranes with an electric field. It is employed in a variety of ways in the food industry, ranging from shelf-life extension to green extraction. Despite its wide range of applications, electroporators are out of reach for many labs due to their high development costs, and different electroporators have been tailored to specific applications. The designing sequence of an electroporator that takes the geometry of a treatment chamber and its electrical resistance into account for the design of a pulse generator has not been addressed in published literature. To meet this demand, this study presents a straightforward way to develop a simple, affordable, and portable electroporator for liquid food pasteurisation. The proposed electroporator comprises a coaxial treatment chamber with static mixers and a high-voltage Marx bank based on insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs). The generator has a 4.5 kV output voltage and a peak current rating of 1 kA; however, the modular design allows for a wide range of voltage and current ratings. Treated orange juice using thermal pasteurisation (65 °C, 30 min) was also used for comparison. The performance of the electroporator was studied using chemical and microbial tests. A significant log reduction (5.4 CFU·mL−1) was observed in both the PEF-treated samples with sieves. Additionally, the treated juice visual and chemical color analysis showed that the PEF-treated sample extended the shelf-life after 9 days of storage at 4 °C. This research also examines the energy conversion in these two processing steps. This study assists in developing further electroporators for other food applications with different treatment chambers without compromising the product’s quality.
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia
- Tuscia University Italy
- University of Ferrara Italy
- Universidade de Vigo Spain
- University of Agriculture Pakistan
Energy efficient, Sustainable technology, Solid-state marx generator, Pulsed electric field, Nonthermal pasteurisation, Food safety, Environmental effects of industries and plants, pulsed electric field; sustainable technology; nonthermal pasteurisation; solid-state marx generator; energy efficient; food safety, sustainable technology, solid-state marx generator, TJ807-830, nonthermal pasteurisation, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, 620, Environmental sciences, food safety, pulsed electric field, GE1-350, energy efficient
Energy efficient, Sustainable technology, Solid-state marx generator, Pulsed electric field, Nonthermal pasteurisation, Food safety, Environmental effects of industries and plants, pulsed electric field; sustainable technology; nonthermal pasteurisation; solid-state marx generator; energy efficient; food safety, sustainable technology, solid-state marx generator, TJ807-830, nonthermal pasteurisation, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, 620, Environmental sciences, food safety, pulsed electric field, GE1-350, energy efficient
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