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Microbiological Control And Mechanisms Of Action Of High Voltage Atmospheric Cold Plasma, Lu Han
Microbiological Control And Mechanisms Of Action Of High Voltage Atmospheric Cold Plasma, Lu Han
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Dielectric barrier discharge-atmospheric cold plasma (DBD-ACP) is a promising non-thermal technology effective against a wide range of microorganisms. These studies were performed using a custom built DBD-ACP system. The inactivation efficacy was found to be governed by a series of critical control parameters, including treatment time, mode of exposure (Direct/Indirect exposure), applied voltage, applied gas content but was also very dependent on the characteristics of treatment targets. In this study, these parameters were investigated using in-package design along with a post-treatment storage procedure to align with industrial processing times as well as mitigation of post-process contamination. A range of food …