Facilities and Capabilities
Uniquely designed pilot-scale microwave sterilization system protected by a US Patent No. 7,119,313 to provide fast and relatively uniform heating.
Methods and systems to measure temperature in batch and semi continuous operation modes.
Dielectric property measurement system at 915 MHz for temperatures 4 to 130 ºC.
Finite Element and Finite Difference Time-Domain simulation packages.
Systems and methods for cold spot determination:
infrared imaging and fiber-optic sensors
chemical markers, HPLC and digital imaging system
Methods and equipment to evaluate PA 3679 spores as surrogates for Clostridium botulinum spores.
Sensory Evaluation Lab for quality studies.
