Microwave sterilization mechanism

Microwave sterilization mechanism

Microwave pasteurization and sterilization technology was launched in the 1960s . Due to various constraints, such as basic research is not in place, equipment and processes are not closed, and the development in the 1960s was extremely slow. In the 1980s, as these issues are resolved, microwave sterilization once again become the focus of attention. Because in the process of food production and finished product storage, traditional methods such as high temperature sterilization, pasteurization, freezing and nuclear radiation are used to sterilize food. However, these equipments are bulky, have long processing time and are not completely sterilized. It is not easy to achieve automated production, and at the same time affect the original flavor and nutrients of the food. Microwave insecticidal sterilization is to make the microorganisms in foods have the combined effect of microwave thermal effect and non-thermal effect, which can cause the body protein and physiological active substances to mutate, resulting in abnormal growth and development of the organism until death, thereby achieving sterilization of the food. The purpose of pest control is to achieve the desired effect that pasteurization or other conventional heat sterilization methods cannot solve or cannot achieve at all. Jinan Xinhong Microwave Equipment Co., Ltd. is committed to the production of food industry equipment integrating drying and sterilization according to this principle. It can be applied to microwave drying, fresh-keeping and microwave sterilization of various foods and herbs. Microwave sterilization and fresh-keeping is the microwave treatment of food, so that the bacteria in the food lose vitality or death, and ensure that the bacteria in the food storage period does not exceed the allowable range specified in the Food Sanitation Law, thus prolonging the shelf life of the food. . The use of Jinan Xinhong microwave equipment for pasteurization and sterilization has many advantages, as follows:

( 1 ) Microwave sterilization can sterilize the inside of food in a short period of time. It is found that in the micro-power plant, various polymer polar genes and mobile groups constituting microorganisms are intensely planned and vibrated. It is a mutation in proteins and nucleic acids. This is different from the traditional heating effect.

Under normal circumstances, mold, yeast and common microorganisms are heated by Xinhong microwave equipment for 1 min and heated to 70~ 80 °C Can kill, achieve the purpose of sterilization, at 65~ 66 °C Spores of penicillin can be killed by irradiation with microwave for 2 min .

Microwave radiation technology can kill microorganisms at lower temperatures, microwave processing of grain, food technology in 60~ 70 °C It can play the role of insecticide and sterilization.

( 2 ) The sterilization effect is good. As long as the predetermined operation condition, the amount of bacteria per gram of hundreds of thousands of medicines after microwave sterilization, the bacteria can be controlled within 5000 / g, less than 50 mildew control / g. The Chinese herbal medicines treated by the microwave process can be produced into traditional Chinese medicines, which can fully meet the national health standards.

( 3 ) Operating temperature 60~ 80 °C , the action time is a few minutes. Therefore, the intrinsic appearance quality of the processed food products, raw materials, and Chinese herbal medicines, and the color and efficacy of the Chinese herbal medicines are not greatly affected . For example, the volatile oil content of spices, spices, and essences is determined by comparison: microwave sterilization drying loss is 20% , and steam sterilization drying loss is 80% .

( 4 ) Safe and convenient operation, which can improve working conditions and reduce labor length.

( 5 ) Compared with cobalt 60 sterilization, microwave sterilization has no pollution and pollution residue, and the operation is safe, and the cost is reduced by more than 30 times.

( 6 ) Microwave can also be used to sterilize packaging and control mold growth. Since most of the packaging is transparent to microwaves, the packaged food can be subjected to microwave heat sterilization.

The microwave equipment produced by Jinan Xinhong Equipment Co., Ltd. is recognized for its killing effect on bacteria, mold, yeast, fungi and enzymes. At present, there are roughly two thermal and biological effects (non-thermal effects) on microwave sterilization mechanism. The former believes that microwave energy is converted into heat energy in the microbial body, and the temperature of the microwave energy is increased, so that the thermal protein in the body is thermally coagulated and killed. The latter believes that in addition to the thermal effect, more importantly, its biological effects accelerate the death process of microorganisms.