One of the most effective ways to prepare for extracting or removing intracellular fluid from plant material is its electric impulse treatment at initial processing stage before squeezing juice, dehydrating raw materials, drying materials, etc. As the parameters and modes that determine this process can be identified only experimentally, a device including a high-voltage impulse generator was designed. Plant tissue damage degree was assessed by changing resistance and phase shift. Intensive juice extraction was observed when high-voltage impulses in the amount of up to 100 units were supplied to plant material. With continued processing and increase in the number of impact impulses, the intensity of juice yield decreased, and the expended energy was spent on heating the plant material. The evaluation method based on quantitative analysis of pulse shape of flowing measuring current is proposed. The designed digital control device allows confirming the dependence of measured electrophysical parameters on changes occurring in plant material caused by electric impulse processing. The designed algorithm can be used as the basis of automatic control system operation for electroimpulse processing of plant materials before pressing.
Extraction of juice and removal of excess liquid from vegetable raw materials (vegetables, fruits, melons and crops, etc.) are the main technological operations during juice processing. The quality and quantity of the finished product depend on the efficiency of its implementation, for example, the drying process that determines the prime cost of its production. Therefore, technologies that allow solving this problem automatically in the most efficient way are relevant and require close attention not only of processing enterprises of various ownership forms, but also of research scientists. Such technologies include electric impulse processing of raw materials of plant origin before extraction or removal of moisture in the manufacture of juices, mashed potatoes, pastes, the drying of melons and fruits, etc. This technology has a great prospect, as it is characterized by low energy consumption, environmental cleanliness, food safety and can be fully automated. The control system of electric impulse processing, first of all, should receive primary information about the depth of the effects and the destruction of the intra-cellular structure of plant raw materials. The application of the received information allows electric impulse processing to adjust the frequency of the acting pulses and the voltage amplitude. This approach leads to reduction in the electrical energy input into the vegetable raw material for the destruction of cellular structures and, accordingly, to decrease in its consumption. The conducted studies allow asserting that it is best to use information on the change in the phase angle as the received information on the change in the electrophysical properties of plant tissue. The designed automatic system can be integrated with minimal constructive modifications into already existing lines for the processing of vegetable raw materials.
In accordance with announced technology, a laboratory research complex is needed for researching the influence of electropulse effects on locust larvae (capsules) and identification of the processing modes and construction design required to cause their irreversible (fatal) damage. In this regard, a schematic diagram of a laboratory research complex for electropulse processing has been developed and its structure has been determined. A separate question concerned a source of high voltage and a shaper of high-voltage impulses. A special design of a high-voltage impulse generator has been developed. This design can produce impact impulses of various durations - the impulse duration depends on the capacitive storage; with maximum amplitude of 16 kV and current per impulse of up to 400 A. The generator uses a capacitive storage discharge through a thyratron controlled by a microcontroller to the load. The proposed high-voltage impulse generator is necessary for researching the effect of electropulse high-voltage technology on the irreversible damage of locust larvae located in the soil layer, and for the experimental identification of the operating modes of the electrical part of the designed electrotechnological system, which allows for destruction of locust capsules directly in the field. The designed high-voltage generator was tested in operational mode when working with a load, which was the soil volume placed between the electrodes in the working chamber. The shape of the operational impulse and its parameters comply with predefined characteristics for electropulse cultivation of soil massif with locust larvae (capsules). After the tests, minor structural adjustments were made, and the generator itself was prepared for experimental studies in the laboratory.
The object of research in the chapter is the plant tissue of weeds, fruits, vegetables, melons, etc. The purpose of the presented research is to study the process of electro-impulsive irreversible damage of plant tissue as the basis for energy saving, efficient electro-technologies with minimal negative effects of chemical components on the environment and food products. The chapter presents the results of experiments carried out by the team of researchers that allowed it to determine the technological indices of the irreversible electro-impulse damage of plant tissue (weeds, fruits, vegetables, melons, etc.), which is the basis for developing the technology of electro-impulse destruction of weeds, electro-impulse plasmolysis of fruits and melons cultures. This research was conducted in the southern region of the country and combined the efforts of several scientific groups of researchers.
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