EP2303478B1 - Reinigungsmaschine zum Reinigen von Flaschen oder dergleichen Behältern - Google Patents

Reinigungsmaschine zum Reinigen von Flaschen oder dergleichen Behältern Download PDF

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EP2303478B1
EP2303478B1 EP09731449A EP09731449A EP2303478B1 EP 2303478 B1 EP2303478 B1 EP 2303478B1 EP 09731449 A EP09731449 A EP 09731449A EP 09731449 A EP09731449 A EP 09731449A EP 2303478 B1 EP2303478 B1 EP 2303478B1
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Falk Dittrich
Ulrich Wiedemann
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B15/00—Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B15/00—Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area
    • B08B15/02—Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area using chambers or hoods covering the area

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  • the invention relates to a cleaning machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a cleaning machine for cleaning containers in the form of bottles with the features of the preamble of patent claim 1 is known ( DE 38 24 641 C1 ).
  • the known cleaning machine has, inter alia, at least one electrically heated alkaline bath. Whenever the hydrogen concentration of the air in the room above the lye bath exceeds a predetermined limit value, there takes place an air exchange with suction of the air by means of a blower. To remove the hydrogen from the exhaust air, this is compressed and the hydrogen is then burned in a catalyst. The resulting heated exhaust air is used to heat the liquor bath via a heat exchanger provided in addition to the Helzvorraum.
  • a cleaning machine for cleaning containers ( DE 38 16 916 A1 ), in order to aerate the room above a lye bath, a fan having a ventilation device is provided, sucked with the air from the room above the lye bath, passed through a caustic bath arranged in the catalyst for burning the hydrogen and then in the room above the lye bath again is returned.
  • the object of the invention is to design a cleaning machine for bottles or similar containers so that the energy loss is kept as small as possible by the exhaust air.
  • a cleaning machine according to the patent claim 1 is formed.
  • the energy contained in the exhaust air and in particular the potential energy of the hydrogen contained in the exhaust air is supplied to a use.
  • This is done by the exhaust air, optionally after passing through a heat exchanger and optionally after the deposition of a majority of moisture, for example, in this heat exchanger, directly as combustion air of a heater having at least one burner the cleaning machine is supplied, so that the in The hydrogen contained in the combustion air is used for the combustion process, or in that at least the hydrogen is separated or filtered out of the exhaust air and, for example, in concentrated form the gaseous fuel or even the combustion air for at least one burner of the heating device of the cleaning machine is mixed.
  • an exact regulation of the at least one ventilation device or of the at least one suction device as a function of the actual hydrogen concentration in the cleaning machine determined by at least one measuring sensor takes place as an actual value and a predetermined desired value.
  • FIG. 1 1 is the cleaning machine for cleaning containers in the form of bottles 2, the remains of a special equipment (foil) in the form of a metal or aluminum foil.
  • the bottles 2 to be cleaned are supplied to the cleaning machine 1 at a container task 3.
  • the cleaned bottles 2 are removed from the cleaning machine 1 at a container discharge and fed to a further use, for example a filling machine, not shown, for refilling.
  • a problem with this is that the generation of hydrogen significantly increases the risk of the formation of oxyhydrogen gas and thus a significant risk of explosion if the hydrogen concentration reaches a critical limit of about 4%. It is therefore essential to ventilate the interior of the cleaning machine 1, in particular in the region of the immersion baths 6, so that the hydrogen concentration in the entire interior of the cleaning machine is significantly below the critical concentration, ie below 4% by volume based on the respective total volume of air.
  • at least one suction device 8 with at least one blower 9 having at least one fan is provided on the upper side of the cleaning machine 1.
  • a control device 10 for example in the form that the fan 9 or its delivery rate continuously and / or stepwise and / or time-controlled and / or clocked or pulse-shaped as a function of Number of foil-provided bottles 2 is controlled, which are supplied to the cleaning machine 1 to the container task 3 per unit time.
  • a clocked control or time control of the blower 9 it is switched on, for example, for a certain period of time, for example for a period of 60 seconds, as soon as a predetermined number of bottles 2, for example 1000 bottles 2 have been introduced into the cleaning machine 1 via the container task 3 ,
  • This control is based on the finding that the amount of hydrogen produced by chemical reaction in the immersion baths 6 is approximately proportional to the number of bottles 2 provided with the residues of the aluminum foil and thus approximately proportional to the quantity of the bottles into the immersion baths 6 introduced metal or aluminum.
  • the blower 9 is operated via the control device 10 as a function of measurement signals which are supplied to the control device 10 by measuring sensors 11, which respectively supply a measurement signal dependent on the hydrogen concentration and in the dip baths 6 and / or in the region of these dip baths and / or are provided in other areas or dead spaces in the interior of the cleaning machine 1, in which hydrogen could accumulate.
  • the blower 9 is operated via the control device 10 as a function of measurement signals supplied by the measuring sensors 11, a true regulation of the hydrogen concentration within the cleaning machine, and in particular also in the region or above the immersion baths 6, is optimally possible.
  • the waste air arising at the outlet 8.1 of the suction device 8 contains not only hydrogen as the energy source but also a high proportion of internal energy (enthalpy) due to the almost 100% saturation with moisture and relative humidity high temperature, for example, a temperature of about 80 ° C.
  • the invention provides to supply these contained in the exhaust air energy use, namely in the cleaning machine 1 of FIG. 1 for the heating of this machine or the immersion baths 6 and further treatment zones 7.
  • the heating of the cleaning machine 1 via a heating device 12, which consists essentially of a burner 13 for a gaseous or liquid fuel and from a arranged in the combustion chamber of the burner 13 and of a Heat transfer medium flowing through the heat exchanger 14 consists.
  • the burner 13 is supplied via an air inlet 15 combustion air, which is at least partially formed by the accumulating at the suction device 8 and at the outlet 8.1 exhaust air.
  • the outlet 8.1 is connected to the air inlet 15 of the burner 13 in the simplest case.
  • the cleaning machine 1 is operated at an output of 50,000 bottles per hour and it is further assumed that all bottles have 2 residues of the aluminum foil, then about 24 m 3 of hydrogen per hour are produced at atmospheric pressure and at a temperature of about 80 ° C. , and that at an exhaust air flow rate of about 1400 m 3 per hour, which is necessary in a conventional cleaning machine to ensure a hydrogen concentration well below 4%, for example, about 2% safe.
  • the cleaning machine 1 is provided with a central suction device 8 equipped with a single blower 9.
  • a central suction device 8 equipped with a single blower 9.
  • FIG. 2 shows the cleaning machine 1 with a system in which the energy contained in the exhaust air of the at least one suction device 8 is recovered and used in different ways.
  • a heat exchanger 17 and a device 18 for gas separation are provided in a channel 16 connected to the outlet 8.1 and through which the exhaust air of the suction device 8 flows.
  • the exhaust air is taken off at least part of the internal energy resulting from the high moisture saturation and the temperature and via a device 19 which, for example, contains a further heat exchanger and / or a heat pump can, the cleaning machine 1 supplied as process heat or other use.
  • At the device 18 for gas separation is preferably a separate separation of hydrogen (H 2 ) and / or oxygen (O 2 ) from the exhaust air. These components are then admixed, for example via a device 20, to the fuel gas and / or the combustion air for the operation of the gas burner 13 or supplied to another use.
  • H 2 hydrogen
  • O 2 oxygen
  • the heat exchanger 17 in such a way that it preheats combustion air supplied to the burner 13 from another source, for example from the environment, directly or alternatively indirectly, for which the heat exchanger 17 is then provided with two separate, e.g. each of a plurality of flow channels formed flow paths is executed, one of which is traversed by the exhaust air of the at least one suction device 8 and a supplied from the heater 12 combustion air.
  • the hydrogen contained in the exhaust air is then further utilized by combustion, preferably by being deposited on the device 18 and mixed with the fuel gas supplied to the burner 13.
  • the exhaust air of the cleaning machine directly or also via a heat exchanger 17, a device 18 to perform gas separation, in which preferably a separate separation of hydrogen (H 2 ) and / or oxygen (O 2 ) is carried out from the exhaust air, wherein the hydrogen (H 2 ) and / or oxygen (O 2 ) freed drain is returned to the cleaning machine housing, whereby less cold ambient air is sucked into the cleaning machine housing by the blower 9 of the suction device.
  • gas separation in which preferably a separate separation of hydrogen (H 2 ) and / or oxygen (O 2 ) is carried out from the exhaust air, wherein the hydrogen (H 2 ) and / or oxygen (O 2 ) freed drain is returned to the cleaning machine housing, whereby less cold ambient air is sucked into the cleaning machine housing by the blower 9 of the suction device.

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