Abstract
Abstract Microbial tests were conducted to determine the effect of pulsed electric field treatment on microbial inactivation of gram negative Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 suspended in simulated milk ultra filtrate (SMUF). Kinetic analysis of microbial inactivation due to combined pulsed electric field (PEF) and thermal treatments of E. coli was investigated. A generalized correlation for the inactivation rate constant as a function of both electric field intensity and treatment temperature was derived. Comparison between experimental and theoretical variation of E. coli concentration with time after PEF treatment in a complete recirculation mode was conducted using the inactivation kinetics developed from the single pass measurements. Industrial relevance PEF technology has a tremendous potential to replace thermal pasteurisation for products which are sensitive to temperature. In this work a pulsed electric field process was mathematically modelled and a generalized correlation for the inactivation rate constant as a function of electric field intensity and treatment temperature was derived. The correlation is needed for the design of industrial PEF systems.
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