Ivorra Cano, Antoni, 1974-González-Sosa, JaroldRuiz-Vargas, AlbertArias, Guillem2016-04-282016-04-282014González-Sosa J, Ruiz-Vargas A, Arias G, Ivorra A. Fast flow-through non-thermal pasteurization using constant radiofrequency electric fields. Innov Food Sci Emerg Technol. 2014;22:116-23 DOI:10.1016/j.ifset.2014.01.0031466-8564http://hdl.handle.net/10230/26211Pulsed Electric Field technologies have captured the attention of researchers on food/npasteurization because of their non-thermal inactivation mechanism, which results in fresh-like/nproducts. Nevertheless, high voltage pulsing required by these technologies implies complex and costly/ngenerators. Here, as an alternative, it is proposed a method, partially inherited from research on cell/nelectroporation for gene transfection, in which the liquid to be treated flows at high speed through a/nminiature chamber where the electric field is permanently applied. In particular, it is proposed that the/nconstantly applied electric field consists of an AC signal (> 100 kHz) so that electrochemical byproducts/nare minimized. The method, while being compatible with batch processing, will allow use of/nlower voltages and will avoid the pulsation requirement. The proposal is accompanied by a numerical/nstudy and an in vitro study which demonstrate its feasibilityapplication/pdfeng© Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2014.01.003info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2014.01.003Pulsed Electric FieldElectroporationFlow-ThroughRadiofrequencyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess