This invention provides a method and device for disinfecting any products, materials or environment as any complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors that can include gases, liquids and solids like soil or artificial plant growing media or animals and plants comprising the step of treating them with one or more infrared lights of LED emitters.

This invention provides a method and device for disinfecting any products, materials or environment as any complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors that can include gases, liquids and solids like soil or artificial plant growing media or animals and plants comprising the step of treating them with one or more infrared lights of LED emitters.

A system and method for energy control in general and more specifically a system and a method for controlling a threshold energy level for a chemical reaction is provided.

This is performed using a pad having an impression of an energy.

A system and method for energy control in general and more specifically a system and a method for controlling a threshold energy level for a chemical reaction is provided.

This is performed using a pad having an impression of an energy.

A device (10) for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing particulate material. The device (10) includes: an outer housing (40); a material inlet (43); a material outlet (44); a material guide channel (41) for guiding the material through the device (10) to the material outlet (44); at least one electron source (20) for generating an electron beam; and a treatment zone (19), located in the material guide channel (41), for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing while the material is free falling. The device (10) has at least one inner shielding section (51, 52) disposed within the outer housing (40) and enclosing the material guide channel (41) for shielding off radiation produced during treatment. A method for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing particulate material using such a device (10) is also disclosed which includes: a) generating an electron beam, and b) pasteurizing and/or sterilizing the material, while the material is free falling in the treatment zone (19).

A device(s) and method for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing particulate material using an electron beam. The device (10) includes at least one electron source (20) for generating an electron beam, a treatment zone (19) in which the material, particularly a freely falling material, can be pasteurized and/or sterilized by the electron beam, and a material channel (21) arranged in the region of the treatment zone (19) in which the material can be pasteurized and/or sterilized by the electron beam. A planar protective element (23), which is at least partially permeable by the electron beam, is arranged between the electron source (20) and the material channel (21). The device (10) includes a holding frame (120) which holds the protective element (23) and which has a cavity (121) through which a cooling fluid can flow.

A device(s) and method for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing particulate material using an electron beam. The device (10) includes at least one electron source (20) for generating an electron beam, a treatment zone (19) in which the material, particularly a freely falling material, can be pasteurized and/or sterilized by the electron beam, and a material channel (21) arranged in the region of the treatment zone (19) in which the material can be pasteurized and/or sterilized by the electron beam. A planar protective element (23), which is at least partially permeable by the electron beam, is arranged between the electron source (20) and the material channel (21). The device (10) includes a holding frame (120) which holds the protective element (23) and which has a cavity (121) through which a cooling fluid can flow.

A system and method for food sterilization utilizing microwave-generated plasma. The plasma is used to irradiate food to destroy pathogens on the food, whereby the food is sterilized. The plasma may be a low-temperature, high-pressure plasma.

A system and method for food sterilization utilizing microwave-generated plasma. The plasma is used to irradiate food to destroy pathogens on the food, whereby the food is sterilized. The plasma may be a low-temperature, high-pressure plasma.

A plasma sterilization apparatus includes a voltage-applying unit that applies a voltage to a sterilization target having conductivity; a pair of electrodes that apply, in a discharged state, the voltage applied by the voltage-applying unit to the sterilization target via a dielectric; and a position changing unit that changes a relative position between the pair of electrodes and the sterilization target.