Power electronics converter with Marx generator configuration based PEF for liquid food sterilization

Author

Ghani, S.A. ; Ibrahim, W.I. ; Ghazali, M.R. ; Azli, N.A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

21-22 June 2011

Firstpage

416

Lastpage

419

Abstract

Pulse electric field (PEF) is an important technique in food treatment to inactivate microorganism. This PEF is an alternative method from conventional thermal methods in food sterilization industry. The role of PEF is to maintain the foods flavor for a small difference range of temperature to find fresh quality of nutritious foods. The new topology for power electronics converter with Marx configuration based on PEF has been proposed and designed using MATLAB/Simulink. The results of the simulation work will be analyzed to determine the workability of the circuits in fulfilling the required specifications for effective sterilization of liquid food. The topology has been carried out due to several advantages compared to the preceding circuits.

Keywords

food processing industry; microorganisms; power convertors; power electronics; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; sterilisation (microbiological); Marx generator configuration; PEF; circuit workability; food sterilization industry; food treatment; fresh nutritious food quality; inactivate microorganism; liquid food sterilization; power electronics converter; pulse electric field; Capacitors; Generators; Integrated circuit modeling; MATLAB; Microorganisms; Power electronics; Topology; marx generator; pulsed electric field; simulation; sterilization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering (INECCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pahang

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-229-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INECCE.2011.5953917

Filename

5953917