Pulse Power Applied to Process Industry and Environment

Pulsed power application has emerged to become an important technology in today’s industry beyond defense sectors, although historically the applications included particle acceleration, imploding plasmas and related. Pulsed power refers to the technology where a steady accumulation of energy followed by its rapid release, results in the delivery of a large amount of instantaneous power over a very short period of time. By releasing the stored energy over a very short interval a huge amount of peak power can be delivered to a load. The focus of this paper is on the pulsed power applications to process industry and environment; which include processing of fruit juices, beverages and dairy products along with water treatment and alleviation of air pollution problems.