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This chapter shortly presents the concepts of pulsed electric energy (PEE) generators, treatment protocols and design of batch and continuous treatment chambers (nano- and micro-scale fluidic chips, small-scale cuvettes, laboratory, pilot and industrial scale chambers). The manufacturers of small scale electroporation devices and large scale PEE equipments are also presented with detailing on the types of equipment produced.

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  1. Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Sorbonne Universités, Compiègne Cedex, France

    Eugene Vorobiev

  2. F. D. Ovcharenko Institute of Biocolloidal Chemistry, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Vorobiev, E., Lebovka, N. (2020). Pulse Generators and Producers of Equipment. In: Processing of Foods and Biomass Feedstocks by Pulsed Electric Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40917-3_4

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