PlasmaFresh: Cold plasma for global food security

全球人口迅速增长，使粮食安全成为一个紧迫的威胁。英国食品制造商正在寻求可持续和高效的解决方案，以在不损害产品安全和质量的情况下提高生产率。冷大气等离子(CAP)市场到2026年估计价值40亿GB，为应对这些挑战提供了巨大的潜力。作为回应，PlamaFresh正在为食品和饮料行业开发先进的等离子消毒系统，目标是以英国顶级食品制造商为主要客户的企业对企业销售。PlatmaFresh经验丰富的跨学科团队，以及他们与英国主要利益相关者的密切联系，确保开发的技术将经过彻底的测试和验证。虽然目前市场上的替代产品，如紫外线净化系统，在杀灭各种微生物方面效率较低，不针对化学污染物，并且消耗大量能源，但PlatmaFresh的创新技术提供了更好的好处。PlatmaFresh的产品承诺更有效地减少污染，针对更广泛的常见生物和化学污染物，并降低能源消耗，为客户节省大量成本。该项目旨在开发创新的原型并在运行环境中进行验证，项目目标包括：(1)开发适合在运行环境中使用的原型；(2)在实际加工条件下验证所开发的技术；以及(3)向潜在客户演示该技术。

The global population is rapidly growing, making food security an urgent threat. UK food manufacturers are seeking sustainable and efficient solutions to enhance their productivity without compromising product safety and quality. The Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) market, worth an estimated £4 billion by 2026, offers promising potential for addressing these challenges.In response, PlasmaFresh is developing advanced plasma disinfection systems for the food and drink sector, targeting business-to-business sales with top UK food manufacturers as the primary customers. PlasmaFresh's experienced cross-disciplinary team, along with their close links to key UK stakeholders, ensures that the developed technology will be thoroughly tested and validated. While current market alternatives, such as UV decontamination systems, are less effective at killing diverse microorganisms, do not target chemical contaminants, and consume significant amounts of energy, PlasmaFresh's innovative technology offers superior benefits.PlasmaFresh's products promise to reduce contamination more effectively, target a wider range of common biological and chemical contaminants, and cut energy consumption, resulting in significant cost savings for customers. The project aims to develop an innovative prototype and validate it in an operational environment, with project objectives including: (1) development of a prototype suitable for use in an operational environment, (2) validation of the developed technology under realistic processing conditions, and (3) demonstration of the technology with potential customers.