- Francesco Marra
- Team Leader
- [email protected]
- +39089962012
- Italy
- VirProFood, University of Salerno
- Secondary or Higher Education Establishment
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Italian University, with eccellence in Industrial Engineering topics, including food processing, material processing, sustainable technologies
- Topic 1.3.1-2024 (IA) – Developing cost-effective and sustainable technologies adapted to Mediterranean Food Systems to decrease food loss and waste.
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Research team with expertise in food processing, modeling and simulation of food processing, electro-assisted food processing (by radio-frequencies, microwaves, moderate electric fields), food product design, all cost effective and sustainable technologies.
Availability of equipments with TRL between 5 and 8, including 40 Hz to 1200 Hz MEF system for food heating, cooking, pasteurization or extraction of high added value by products; 13.56 MHz RF system for post-harvest processing, 40.68 MHz RF system for defrosting, heating, sanitization of particulate foods, 2.45 GHz microwave system for food processing of for extraction of high added value by-products from food/waste matrices -
cost-effective food processing; sustainable technologies; valorization of food wastes