عنوان

Radiofrequency power disinfects and disinfests food, soils and wastewater

شماره

LA88z364kh

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Radiofrequency power disinfects and disinfests food, soils and wastewater

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Lagunas-Solar, Manuel C.; Zeng, Nolan X.; Essert, Timothy K.; Truong, Tin D.; Pina U., Cecilia

متن يادداشت

Radiofrequency (RF) is an advanced telecommunication technology first invented in the early 1900s, which is in use today for wireless communication worldwide. Because of its ability to penetrate and heat various materials, RF has the potential to disinfect and/or disinfest food, agricultural and environmental materials. However, research to validate this approach has been restricted by limited understanding of how RF photons interact with materials, and by limited access to and the high cost of its source electronics. Since the early 1990s, we have conducted research at UC Davis on continuous RF power applications using nonconventional RF systems and new operational concepts. Laboratory tests have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of RF power to disinfect and/or disinfest fresh produce, rice, soils, agricultural wastewater, and other foods and materials. Likewise, rapid pulses of RF are lethal to arthropod pests and may provide a nonthermal disinfestation process for fresh, temperature-sensitive commodities, as well as a promising alternative to the fumigant methyl bromide.

تاريخ نشر

2006

عنوان

California Agriculture

شماره جلد

60/4

عنصر شناسه اي

Lagunas-Solar, Manuel C.; Zeng, Nolan X.; Essert, Timothy K.; Truong, Tin D.; Pina U., Cecilia

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y