关键词: 冷源等离子体, 冷杀菌技术, 食品杀菌

Abstract:

Cold plasma is a mixture with high ionized state at atmospheric pressure. Within the mixture, there are lots of active species and particles which can attack the cells of microorganism to control their normal growth and lead to death. But there is no significant temperature changes during this reaction process. As a non-thermal sterilization method, cold plasma has a broad prospect of application in food disinfection industry. This paper briefly introduced the generation of cold plasma, their emerging system and major reactive species. The paper also introduced the research activities about cold plasma application in food industry.

Key words: cold plasma, non-thermal disinfection technology, food sterilization