Processing of Foods and Biomass Feedstocks by Pulsed Electric Energy

Eugene Vorobiev is a full Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department and a head of the laboratory for Agro-Industrial Technologies at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), FranceNikolai I. Lebovka is a full professor of physics in the Physics Department at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev

• Introduction.- Historical background of processing of foods and biomass feedstock’s by electricity and pulsed electric energy.- Fundamentals of electroporation, theory and existing mathematical models for simulation of PEE processing.- Techniques to detect electroporation.- Pulse generators and producers of equipment.- Solid/liquid extraction and expression.- Drying.- Cooling, freezing, thawing and crystallization.- Fruits: apple, tomato, and citruses.- Sugar crops.- Potato and carrot crops.- Grapes and residues of wine industry.- Biomass feedstocks.