EP2945757A1 - Procédé et installation pour le traitement de fûts - Google Patents

Procédé et installation pour le traitement de fûts

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EP2945757A1
EP2945757A1 EP14703024.1A EP14703024A EP2945757A1 EP 2945757 A1 EP2945757 A1 EP 2945757A1 EP 14703024 A EP14703024 A EP 14703024A EP 2945757 A1 EP2945757 A1 EP 2945757A1
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tank
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treatment medium
heat exchanger
temperature
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Hilmar FICKERT
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KHS GmbH
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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
    • B08B9/0804—Cleaning containers having tubular shape, e.g. casks, barrels, drums
    • B08B9/0813—Cleaning containers having tubular shape, e.g. casks, barrels, drums by the force of jets or sprays
    • 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
    • B08B9/0804—Cleaning containers having tubular shape, e.g. casks, barrels, drums
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B2203/00—Details of cleaning machines or methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
    • B08B2203/007—Heating the liquid

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  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a system according to the preamble of claim 7.
  • the KEG-internal cleaning is done with different treatment media that are based on the respective
  • Treatment temperature must be heated, for example, first a pretreatment with a still containing, for example, beverage residues
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method with which by optimal heat recovery, a significant reduction of the energy required for the heating of the treatment media and in particular for the
  • Heating the hot water is achieved.
  • the invention provides that at least during operation of the plant for the first treatment step, i. for the pre-cleaning of the respective KEG interior with the first treatment medium, for example mixed water, exclusively the treatment medium (eg hot water) resulting from the further treatment step, preferably the KEG interior cleaning final treatment step, is used and / or that for heating the treatment step for this further treatment step required second treatment medium,
  • the treatment medium eg hot water
  • the fresh water for example, the fresh water, the heat energy of the first
  • Treatment step discharged treatment medium and / or the heat energy
  • the heat recovery takes place by preheating the second
  • Treatment medium in several stages by a plurality of arranged in a supply line of this medium heat exchangers, i. in a first heat exchanger by utilizing the heat energy of the treatment medium (e.g., mixed water) discharged after the first treatment step, in a second heat exchanger by utilizing the heat energy of the first treatment medium and / or the treatment medium discharged after the further treatment step (e.g.
  • a first heat exchanger by utilizing the heat energy of the treatment medium (e.g., mixed water) discharged after the first treatment step
  • a second heat exchanger by utilizing the heat energy of the first treatment medium and / or the treatment medium discharged after the further treatment step
  • Heat energy of the exhaust air wherein the heat exchangers are preferably arranged sequentially in the order of the hot water tank in the above order.
  • the first heat exchanger is preferably a cyclone heat exchanger. To save as much energy as possible from the first treatment step
  • Treatment medium (such as wastewater) to use for heating the fresh water, this treatment medium by a suitable scheme and / or
  • the treatment medium held until the treatment medium, the total, economically usable amount of heat is removed or until the discharged treatment medium has reached a minimum temperature, which is still slightly above the temperature of the supplied fresh second treatment medium (eg fresh water) and, for example, in the range between 15 ° C and 20 ° C is.
  • a minimum temperature which is still slightly above the temperature of the supplied fresh second treatment medium (eg fresh water) and, for example, in the range between 15 ° C and 20 ° C is.
  • a preferably temperature-controlled valve is provided, which then opens when the temperature of the primary side guided medium falls below a predetermined threshold. In this way it is also possible for the complete emptying of the respective KEGs
  • cyclone or cyclone space in the context of the invention is essentially a container to understand in which separate steam and / or steam from a liquid phase, wherein steam and / or steam as exhaust air via an exhaust duct to the environment outside a production hall Among other things, with the advantage of reducing the annoyance of employees by the exhaust air and avoiding moisture entry into a production hall.
  • the cyclone or cyclone-forming container is for example for its heat exchanger function double-walled with at least one flow channel in the
  • Container wall formed by the second treatment medium e.g.
  • Fresh water is flowed through.
  • Treatment medium is assigned by heat transfer to the secondary treatment medium flowing through this heat exchanger second side (for example, fresh water) at the same time a cooling of the first treatment medium, which the first tank from the one further treatment step (e.g.
  • Treatment medium to a first temperature for example, set a temperature of 60 ° C, which is well below the temperature of the other
  • Treatment step e.g., hot water rinse
  • Treatment medium is. On the supply of additional fresh water in the tank of the first treatment medium can thus be dispensed with. In addition, due to the reduced temperature of the first treatment medium (e.g.
  • Heating device maintain the temperature of the second treatment medium.
  • Treatment medium and / or the heaters can be easily compensated for fluctuations in the production process.
  • Treatment medium for example, fresh water
  • Heat recovery is done by 40% - 50%.
  • FIG. 1 in a schematic functional representation of a system for treating
  • KEGs i. for cleaning and filling KEGs, together with
  • Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the temperature profile when heating of
  • Hot water formed treatment medium in the system of FIG. 1 is Hot water formed treatment medium in the system of FIG. 1.
  • the plant serves to clean KEGs 2 and to fill or refill the cleaned KEGs 2 with a liquid product, for example a beverage, e.g. Beer.
  • a liquid product for example a beverage, e.g. Beer.
  • the cleaning and filling of the KEGs 2 takes place in the reversed state of the KEGs 2, i. with the respective KEG fitting facing down and in several treatment steps, for example at several treatment positions, which are designated in FIG. 1 with 3.1 - 3.6.
  • the KEGs 2 are fed to the plant 1 according to the arrow A at a KEG inlet.
  • the cleaned and refilled KEGs become Annex 1
  • the treatment position 3.1 there is an external cleaning of the KEGs 2, at the treatment positions 3.2-3.5, an internal cleaning of the KEGs 2 and at the treatment position 3.6, the filling of the cleaned KEGs 2.
  • the treatment position 3.2 initially emptying the KEGs 2 of Gregutresten and then a treatment or pre-cleaning of the respective KEG interior with a heated to a first temperature T1 treatment medium in the form of mixed water, in the treatment positions 3.3 and 3.4, a treatment or cleaning of the respective KEG interior with heated brine and acid and at the treatment position 3.5 a treatment or a final flushing of the respective KEG interior with hot fresh water or hot water at a temperature T2, for example at a temperature of 85 ° C or substantially 85 ° C.
  • the temperature T1 is chosen so that a precipitation of protein in the pre-cleaning in the treatment stage 3.2 does not occur, i. the temperature T1 is below 70 ° C and is for example 60 ° C or substantially 60 ° C.
  • Mixed water with the temperature T1 is from a medium or mixed water tank 4.1 and the hot water with the temperature T2 is from a medium or
  • Hot water tank 4.2 provided. To heat the treatment media and to reduce the energy requirement by heat recovery, the treatment positions are also assigned the following functional elements:
  • Embodiment are each formed as a heat exchanger 9.1 or 10.1 and the primary side of a hot heating medium, for example
  • the plant has other media tanks 5.1 - 5.3 for lye (Lye 1 and 2 lye) and acid.
  • lye Lye 1 and 2 lye
  • the gas chambers of this Tanks the gas chambers of this Tanks, the
  • the basic mode of operation of the heat recovery in the system 1 can be described as that of the system 1 via the terminal 13 with a temperature T3, for example, with a temperature in the range between 5 ° C to 15 ° C supplied and for the KEG-internal flush the treatment position 3.5 required fresh water in a supply line of the hot water tank 4.2, ie in a pipe connection 14 between the terminal 13 and the hot water tank 4.2 in is heated to a plurality of stages, first by heat recovery in the heat exchanger 6 by the heated, discharged from the treatment position 3.2 from the respective KEG interior backwater (mixed water) to a
  • Heat exchanger 8 from the exhaust air resulting condensate is passed as return water to the treatment position 3.1, as indicated by the broken line 15 in FIG. Only the so heated by heat recovery to the temperature T6 fresh water is then in the heater 9 on the
  • the primary side of the heat exchanger 6 is also connected to the exhaust air duct 12 for utilizing the heat energy of the exhaust air arising there.
  • the hot water for the respective KEG interior cleaning final hot water flushing via a pipe connection 16 to the treatment position 3.5 is passed.
  • the resulting in the hot water rinse backwater with a temperature well above the temperature T1, for example, with a temperature of about 70 ° C is a pipe connection 16.1 the
  • Pipe connection 17 of the treatment position 3.2 is supplied.
  • the pipeline 16.1 thus forms the only supply line of the mixed water tank 4.1. That at the
  • Treatment position 3.2 accumulating return water is supplied via a pipe connection 17.1 the primary side of the heat exchanger 6, from which this return water is then discarded after sufficient delivery of its heat energy via a provided with a control valve 19 derivative 20.
  • a control valve 19 derivative 20 Preferably takes place at the
  • Treatment position 3.2 before initiating the pre-cleaning with the mixed water from the mixing water tank 4.1 complete emptying of the KEG interior of Greinfsten, which usually have a temperature well below the temperature T1 and are therefore discarded directly on the primary side of the heat exchanger 6 and the opened discharge 20 , Part of the heated to the temperature T1 mixed water is a
  • Pipe connection 18 also supplied to a tank 21 of the treatment position 3.1, are fed from the nozzle 22 for the KEG exterior cleaning via a pump 23.
  • the heat exchanger 6 is used as a cyclone heat exchanger, i. designed so that the supplied via the pipe connection 17.1 return water in which the primary side of the heat exchanger 6 forming cyclone or cyclone space 6.1 is maintained by vortex formation until optimal or maximum possible heat transfer to the secondary side of this heat exchanger. 6
  • the primary side of the heat exchanger 7 is in the illustrated embodiment part of a mixed water circuit, the pipe connection in Fig. 1 is denoted by 24 and containing a circulating pump 25 which is connected with its input to the mixing water tank 4.1 and the output of both the pipe joint 24th and the pipe connection 17 are connected, so that the pump 25 serves on the one hand for conveying the mixed water to the treatment position 3.2 and on the other hand for returning mixed water through the primary side of the heat exchanger 7 in the mixing water tank 4.1 and thus for preheating the fresh water in this heat exchanger 7.
  • a bypass 26 is provided with control valve 27.
  • a temperature for example, a temperature of about 70 ° C, which is above the temperature T1
  • the preheating of the fresh water in the heat exchanger 7 and the cooling of the hot, returned to the mixing water tank 4.1 via the pipe connection 16.1 return water for example, by controlling the volume flow of the mixed water through the heat exchanger 7 by means of the pump 25 or by means of a further control valve and not shown / or by controlling the volume flow of the fresh water through the heat exchanger 7 using the control valve 27 in the bypass 26.
  • the latter is also used for example on
  • the heater 10 and the heat exchanger forming this heater 10.1 are part of a hot water circuit with the pipe joint 28, in which the secondary side of the heat exchanger 10.1 is arranged, and with a pump 29 whose input is connected to the hot water tank 4.2 and its output to the pipe connections sixteenth and 28, so that the pump 29 on the one hand for conveying the hot water to the treatment position 3.5 and on the other hand as a circulation pump for removing the hot water from the hot water tank 4.2 and for returning the hot water through the heat exchanger 10.1 in this tank and thus to maintain the temperature T2 is used for the hot water.
  • the heating in the heat exchanger 10.1 is controlled by the volume flow of the primary heating medium flowing through the primary side, for example water vapor, as well as the heating of the fresh water is controlled to the temperature T2 in the heat exchanger 9.1.
  • Fig. 3 shows with the line I, the gradual heating of the terminal 13 with the temperature T3 supplied cold fresh water by heat recovery during operation of the system 1 to the temperature T6, which is well above the temperature T1 and, for example, only slightly below
  • Temperature T2 is. In the heater 9, only a further heating of the fresh water to the differential temperature is required to reach the temperature T2. With the broken line II and the temperature profile of the fresh water is shown without preheating by heat recovery. In In this case, it is necessary to heat the fresh water alone in the heater 9 from the temperature T3 to the temperature T2, which means a much higher energy demand, ie in the inventive design of the temperature difference ⁇ 2 ⁇ between the temperatures T3 and T6 corresponding Heat energy saved by the heat recovery.
  • Treatment positions 3.1 - 3.6 are provided. Of course, it is possible to perform a plurality of treatment steps at one or else at several treatment positions on the respective KEG 2 in chronological succession, by appropriate control of the treatment media required for the individual treatment steps. Furthermore, it was assumed above that the heat exchanger 7 is arranged on the primary side in a circuit enclosing the fresh water tank 4.1 for the mixed water. Preferably, however, the heat exchanger 7 is a
  • tank-integrated heat exchanger of the tank 4.1 that is, the heat exchanger 7 is arranged for example in the tank 1 and then has, for example in its formation as a tube bundle heat exchanger or coiled tubing heat exchanger only the flow channel, which forms the flowed through by the fresh water secondary side.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé destiné à traiter des fûts dans une installation en mettant en œuvre plusieurs étapes de traitement, ledit procédé comportant au moins une première étape de traitement qui est mise en œuvre de préférence après avoir vidé le fût concerné de son contenu résiduel et consiste à traiter l'intérieur du fût au moyen d'une eau mixte mise à disposition dans un premier réservoir et présentant une première température. Une autre étape du procédé consiste ensuite à traiter l'intérieur du fût concerné au moyen d'une eau chaude laquelle est mise à disposition dans un deuxième réservoir et laquelle présente une deuxième température, la deuxième température étant supérieure à la première température.
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