Pulsed electronic field(PEF) 처리에 의한 우유 단백질과 물리화학적 특성의 변화를 확인하기 위하여 원유, 탈지유, HTST, LTLT, UHT 우유를 PEF 처리하였다. 시료 중의 단백질을 SDS-PAGE로 확인하였을 때, PEF 처리에 의한 우유 단백질의 변성은 관찰할 수 없었다. Differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)로 우유 단백질의 열변성 정점 온도(Td)를 분석한 결과, 탈지유를 65oC에서 PEF 처리하였을 때 Td가 87.66oC에서 97.18oC로 증가하여 PEF 처리가 우유 단백질의 변성에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다. PEF 처리에 의한 alkaline phosphatase, protease, lactoperoxidase의 잔존효소활성을 측정한 결과, 원유와 탈지유에서 alkalinephosphatase는 PEF 처리에 의해 효소활성이 감소하였다. 또한 protease와 lactoperoxidase의 활성은 PEF 처리에 의해 영향을 받지 않았다. 65oC에서 PEF 처리한 원유는 처리하지 않은 원유보다 높은 갈색도를 나타내었으나, 기타 우유는 PEF에 의한 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 우유를 PEF 처리하였을 경우 산도의 변화는 관찰되지 않았고 pH의 경우에도 PEF 처리 여부에 따라 유의적인 차이는 있었으나 크게 변화하지는 않았다.

Using high voltage electric fields induced by high voltage AC (10-12 kV/cm, 20 kHz) and pulsed (20-30 kV/cm, 40 Hz) electric field generator as a semipermanent and environment-friendly disinfecting apparatus, the disinfection effect of coliform group in the effluent of sewage plant was investigated. The effects of electric field strength, treatment time, discharge area of a discharge tube, water quality factors (electric conductivity, pH and SS) on its death rate were examined. The death rate of coliform group was increased with increasing electric field strength and treatment time. For AC and pulsed electric field generator, the critical electric field strength was 6 kV/cm and 2 kV/cm, respectively, and the critical treatment time was 5 min and 2 min, respectively, regardless of electric field strength. Comparing the death rate of coliform group by AC and pulsed electric fields used in this study, its death rate was higher for the latter than the former, but did not increase linearly with increasing electric field strength. The results obtained for the effects of discharge area, electric conductivity, pH and SS on the death rate of coliform group using AC electric field (12 kV/cm, 20 kHz) were as follows: its death rate showed the trend to increase linearly with increasing discharge area; for the effect of electric conductivity, its death rate was increased with increasing electric conductivity, regardless of ionic species, increased with increasing cationic valency, but was similar between the same cationic valency; the pH 5～9 used in this study did not affect its death rate; its death rate was decreased with increasing SS concentration.