A system for direct injection of selected thermal-infrared (IR) wavelength radiation or energy into articles for a wide range of processing purposes is provided. These purposes may include heating, raising or maintaining the temperature of articles, or stimulating a target item in a range of different industrial, medical, consumer, or commercial circumstances. The system is especially applicable to operations that require or benefit from the ability to irradiate at specifically selected wavelengths or to pulse or inject the radiation. The system is particularly advantageous when functioning at higher speeds and in a non-contact environment with the target.

A system for direct injection of selected thermal-infrared (IR) wavelength radiation or energy into articles for a wide range of processing purposes is provided. These purposes may include heating, raising or maintaining the temperature of articles, or stimulating a target item in a range of different industrial, medical, consumer, or commercial circumstances. The system is especially applicable to operations that require or benefit from the ability to irradiate at specifically selected wavelengths or to pulse or inject the radiation. The system is particularly advantageous when functioning at higher speeds and in a non-contact environment with the target.

Device and method suitable for disinfecting herbs in small quantities, e.g. for home use, using plasma, are disclosed. The device comprises a sealable vessel dimensioned and configured to contain herbs in chunks, in granular form such as particles or in powder, in a treatment region of the sealable vessel. The device further comprises a power source configured to generate electromagnetic (EM) power sufficient for plasma generation in a plasma generation region of the sealable vessel. The sealable vessel is optionally detachable from the device. A portable sealable vessel configured to store and transport herbs, the herbs being microbially sealed therein, is also disclosed. The portable sealable vessel may be positioned in a slot of the device so as to generate plasma in the portable sealable vessel and disinfect the herbs. A multi-slot device is also disclosed, enabling plasma disinfection of herbs in a multitude of distinct sealable vessels.

The disclosure provides methods of producing a salt product which includes starting with a quantity of salt, placing the salt under an infrared light for a period of time, exposing the salt to sunlight for a period of time, exposing the salt to maifan stones for a period of time, and roasting the salt while being contained in clay pots that are surrounded with elements such as apatite, tourmaline, germanium, maifan (barley stone), volcanic rocks, titanium, and illite at high temperature for a period of time. The salt may include sea salt.

The present invention discloses a photodynamic inactivation method of Salmonella. The method using riboflavin as a photosensitizer adopts a blue light source to photodynamically inactivating Salmonella, which belongs to the technical field of sterilization for inactivating food-borne pathogenic Salmonella. The photosensitizer used in the present invention is one of essential vitamins of the human body. The riboflavin (a food-grade photosensitizer) is safe and non-toxic, and has a significant effect for inactivation of Salmonella. Moreover, the present invention is capable of controlling the risk of salmonellosis, short in treatment time, simple in operation, and capable of thoroughly inactivating Salmonella, and has certain control and prevention effects. The present invention provides a method for effective inactivation of Salmonella in food, which is low in cost, simple in operation and wide in application and can better promote the development of the food sterilization technology.

The present invention discloses a photodynamic inactivation method of Salmonella. The method using riboflavin as a photosensitizer adopts a blue light source to photodynamically inactivating Salmonella, which belongs to the technical field of sterilization for inactivating food-borne pathogenic Salmonella. The photosensitizer used in the present invention is one of essential vitamins of the human body. The riboflavin (a food-grade photosensitizer) is safe and non-toxic, and has a significant effect for inactivation of Salmonella. Moreover, the present invention is capable of controlling the risk of salmonellosis, short in treatment time, simple in operation, and capable of thoroughly inactivating Salmonella, and has certain control and prevention effects. The present invention provides a method for effective inactivation of Salmonella in food, which is low in cost, simple in operation and wide in application and can better promote the development of the food sterilization technology.

A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The energy modulation agent has a normal predominant emission of radiation in a first wavelength range outside of a second wavelength range (WR2) known to produce the change, but under exposure to the applied initiation energy produces the change. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.

In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

The invention relates to an assembly and a method for completely sterilizing at least one object. For this purpose, a chamber is provided in which the object is sterilized. A plasma system for producing reactive species is associated with the chamber. A conveying means is arranged in such a way that a circulation mass flow leads through the plasma system and over the at least one object through the chamber and back to the conveying means. An outlet (8) is fluidically associated with the chamber such that an effective mass flow (8W) can be led out of the chamber.