• DocumentCode
    1723497
  • Title

    Dual-frequency ultrasonic washing machine for fruits and vegetables

  • Author

    Zhu Changping ; Wang Bin ; Gong Runhang ; Liu Yitao ; Zhu Jin ; He Zhenbing ; Ren Qinggong ; Han Qingbang

  • Author_Institution
    Changzhou Key Lab. of Sensor Networks & Environ. Sensing, Hohai Univ., Changzhou, China
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    152
  • Lastpage
    153
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a fruits and vegetables washing machine using ultrasonic technology. The pesticide residues on fruits or vegetables can be peeled off by ultrasonic waves effectively. The washing machine produces two frequencies ultrasonic, 140 kHz f or washing fruits or vegetables and decomposing pesticides, 80 kHz for other cleaning such as dishes. Cleaning experiment and its results are shown in this paper.
  • Keywords
    agricultural products; agrochemicals; food safety; ultrasonic cleaning; washing machines; cleaning; dual-frequency ultrasonic washing machine; fruits; pesticide residues; vegetables; Acoustics; Conductivity; Degradation; Inductors; Signal generators; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Washing machines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Consumer Electronics - Taiwan (ICCE-TW), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Taipei
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCE-TW.2015.7216828
  • Filename
    7216828