Currently, domestic seaweed production is about 800,000 tons per year, which is the largest seaweed production in the world after China and Japan. However, most seaweeds (Pyropia ssp, Undaria pinnatifida, Saccharina japonica, etc) are consumed in the form of dried products or hot water extracts, and there are many difficulties in developing various products due to difficulties in the manufacturing process. Through the pulsed electric field treatment device, the extraction efficiency can be expected to increase compared to the convectional hot water extraction. Pulsed electric field technology is a non-heating treatment technology in which high-voltage electric energy is processed into cells in the form of pulses, affecting the potential difference of cell membranes, and performing collapse or perforation treatment. In this study, components such as protein and carbohydrate content were extracted by treating Saccharina japonica with PEF, and compared with the hot water extraction method, As a result of experiment at voltages of 0.7 and 1.5㎸ and pulse duration of 5㎲, the crude protein content increased by up to 42% and the sugar content increased by up to 30% compare to the hot water extraction. Higher efficiency results can be expected through optimization of several parameters that may affect the extraction process.

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Pulsed Electric Field, PEF
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• Byeongwoo Ko(German Engineering Research and Development Center LSTME Busan Branch)
• Seunghye Kang(Department of Biotechnology, Division of Bio-Chemical Engineering, Dongseo University)
• Minho Kim(Department of Biotechnology, Division of Bio-Chemical Engineering, Dongseo University)
• Mangi Cho(Department of Biotechnology, Division of Bio-Chemical Engineering, Dongseo University)
• Antonio Delgado(German Engineering Research and Development Center LSTME Busan Branch)
• Alexander Jahn(German Engineering Research and Development Center LSTME Busan Branch)