several treatment
chamber configurations were used, and equipment with 5, 30,
and 80 kW average power levels was developed to process up to
10.000 l/h capacity.60 The down side effects of using PEF
treatment for industrial purposes are mainly the high industrial
cost. In fact, the price for a PEF unit processor for inducing cell
disintegration was estimated to be around $197,000, for a
processing flow rate of 10 t/h, with an energy input of 10 kJ/kg,
and an average output power of 30 kW.61