EP3773756A2 - Installation de traitement de récipients - Google Patents

Installation de traitement de récipients

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EP3773756A2
EP3773756A2 EP19712543.8A EP19712543A EP3773756A2 EP 3773756 A2 EP3773756 A2 EP 3773756A2 EP 19712543 A EP19712543 A EP 19712543A EP 3773756 A2 EP3773756 A2 EP 3773756A2
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chlorine dioxide
solution
consumer
metering device
concentration
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Tim HUFENBACH
Jan Muenzer
Bernhard UNRECHT
Merret SACHT
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Krones AG
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    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
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Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a container treatment plant for treating containers, such as bottles, in the beverage processing industry according to claim 1 and a method for disinfecting process water and / or components of a container treatment plant according to claim 7.
  • container treatment plants are already being used with one or more container treatment machines and possibly additional components, such as storage containers or the like.
  • Such container treatment plants can be constructed as "blocked" groups of machines in which the container treatment machines are successively passed through containers and treated in the machines.
  • the container handling machines include not only such machines that allow processing of the containers and, for example, equipment of the containers with certain features such as labels or printed images, but also facilities such as filling machines and passers.
  • pasteurizers which pasteurize a filled container, it may e.g. due to the product used for the deposition of biological material and then to the formation of biofilms in the container treatment machine but also to the formation of microbic otic residues in the process water used in the machine come. If such a biofilm has formed in the machine, it is often difficult to remove.
  • the technical problem to be solved is therefore to ensure reliable disinfection and prevention of biofilms in container treatment plants, while avoiding corrosion of individual components as far as possible.
  • the container treatment plant according to the invention for treating containers such as bottles in the beverage industry comprises a chlorine dioxide generator, a chlorine dioxide consumer comprising at least one container treatment machine, in particular a pasteurizer, such as a tunnel pasteuriser, and a metering device, the one in the chlorine dioxide generator generated solution containing chlorine dioxide may bring into the chlorine dioxide consumer, wherein the chlorine dioxide generator is adapted to produce chlorine dioxide from a reaction of sodium chlorite and sulfuric acid.
  • the chlorine dioxide generator is to be understood as meaning any device which is designed such that the reaction according to the invention of chlorine dioxide can be carried out from sodium chlorite and sulfuric acid (in aqueous solution). These include, in particular, chemical reactors which can maintain certain temperatures and pressures which are considered to be particularly suitable for production over a long period of time.
  • the chlorine dioxide generator may also comprise suitable storage containers for the sulfuric acid and the sodium chlorite in aqueous solution or else in high concentration.
  • the chlorine dioxide generator may include or may be associated with a water supply such that the reaction of sodium chlorite and sulfuric acid to chlorine dioxide may proceed in aqueous solution, and a chlorine dioxide-containing solution may be prepared which is a desired one or predetermined concentration.
  • the chlorine dioxide consumer is generally a device (here container handling machine) that uses chlorine dioxide to perform certain functions. These include preferably disinfection processes in pasteurisers or the like.
  • the metering device is a device which is suitable for supplying a quantity of chlorine dioxide-containing solution to a chlorine dioxide consumer. The supply is not restricted in this case, but may include atomization, continuous feeding or feeding only at intervals.
  • the chlorine dioxide solution also contains the reaction products which, in addition to chlorine dioxide, are formed when sodium chlorite and sulfuric acid react to form chlorine dioxide. These are especially sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
  • the residues of sodium chloride and sodium sulfate are much less corrosive to metal components commonly used in container treatment equipment, while the beneficial disinfecting properties of the solution of chlorine dioxide can be exploited to effectively prevent the formation of biofilms as well as microbial deposits or to dissolve them if necessary.
  • the solutions used with sodium chloride and sodium sulfate are safe and therefore contact with food does not lead directly to contamination and thus rejects.
  • the chlorine dioxide consumer comprises a cooling tower and / or a tunnel recooler and / or a tunnel heater. While the chlorine dioxide can also be used for disinfection at other locations in the container treatment plant, it can be used in particular in cooling towers and tunnel recoolers, since the disinfection of the water used or the like may be favorable for the formation of biofilms ,
  • the container treatment plant comprises a buffer tank for receiving solution generated in the chlorine dioxide generator and for delivering the solution taken up to the metering device.
  • the introduction of the chlorine dioxide or the solution into the chlorine dioxide consumer by the metering device can thus be decoupled or essentially decoupled from the production of the solution in the chlorine dioxide generator, which also allows a non-continuous introduction of the solution into the chlorine dioxide consumer while the chlorine dioxide generator, for example, continuously generates the chlorine dioxide-containing solution.
  • a discharge rate of the metering device can be controlled by a control unit.
  • the discharge rate is given as the amount of solution or the amount of chlorine dioxide that is applied per unit of time (for example per hour, minute or second).
  • the control of this discharge rate by the control unit is understood to mean that the discharge rate of the metering device is adjusted by means of the control unit and the control unit may cause the metering device to deploy the corresponding solution at the selected application rate.
  • An adaptation of the amount of solution applied to certain factors, such as the degree of contamination in the chlorine dioxide consumer, is thus possible.
  • the metering device may introduce the solution into a wet area of the chlorine dioxide consumer.
  • a wet area is an area in the chlorine dioxide consumer in which water or other liquid substances come into contact with the containers or components of the chlorine dioxide consumer outside a closed circuit. These include, for example, cleaning baths, but also areas in which the containers are sprayed or acted upon with liquids, such as water, in order, for example, to achieve cooling or slow heating, as in a pasteuriser.
  • the container treatment system comprises a pH sensor for measuring the pH in the wet region and / or a chlorine dioxide sensor (such as a form of a redox sensor) for measuring a concentration of chlorine dioxide in the wet region ,
  • a pH sensor for measuring the pH in the wet region
  • a chlorine dioxide sensor such as a form of a redox sensor
  • the pH and / or the concentration or the absolute amount of chlorine dioxide can preferably be determined in real time by continuous measurement or by measurement within short time intervals of one second, a few seconds or minutes to avoid adverse effects of the use chlorine dioxide o- or an acidic or basic environment in the chlorine dioxide consumers recognize.
  • the method according to the invention for disinfecting process water and / or a component of a container treatment system comprising a chlorine dioxide generator, a chlorine dioxide consumer comprising at least one container treatment machine, in particular a pasteurizer, such as a tunnel pasteurizer, and a metering device, comprises that the metering device introduces a chlorine dioxide-containing solution into the chlorine dioxide consumer, so that process water in the chlorine dioxide consumer and / or a component of the chlorine dioxide consumer is supplied with the solution, wherein the solution in the chlorine dioxide generator a reaction of sodium chlorite and sulfuric acid is produced.
  • Process water is to be understood here as the liquid (usually water) which is used in the container treatment machine, for example to heat or clean containers. It does not have to be pure water here. Even aqueous solutions containing other substances besides water are conceivable here and are summarized under the term "process water”. This method enables reliable disinfection of process water used in the machine as well as components within a chlorine dioxide consumer, without the negative corrosive properties of commonly used disinfectant solutions leading to premature, undesired wear.
  • the method may include that the introduction of the solution through the metering device is controlled by means of a control unit, so that the introduction takes place continuously or as a shock metering.
  • a shock metering involves the introduction of the solution over a merely short period of time (a few seconds, such as, for example, 1 second, 2 seconds or 10 seconds), but in large quantities, so that a sudden increase in the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the chlorine dioxide gas Consumers and in particular in an aqueous solution used in the chlorine dioxide consumer is recorded.
  • continuous incorporation of solution produces a slow increase in concentration or, due to further reactions and the exchange of aqueous solution, a constant concentration of chlorine dioxide.
  • a shock dosage may be advantageous if, due to a malfunction, a considerable contamination of the chlorine dioxide consumer occurs, whereas a continuous delivery can fundamentally prevent or at least delay the formation of biofilms.
  • the pH is measured in a wet region of the chlorine dioxide consumer and / or the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the chlorine dioxide consumer is measured and, depending on the pH and / or the concentration, the introduction of the chlorine dioxide Solution is controlled in the wet area. If the goal is to maintain a certain pH or concentration of chlorine dioxide, these methods can reliably maintain the desired value even over a prolonged operation of the container treatment plant.
  • the chlorine dioxide consumer comprises a pasteurizer with at least one heating zone, a pasteurization zone and a cooling zone, wherein the metering device supplies the solution to the pasteurizer as follows:
  • the heating zone and the cooling zone are areas of the pasteuriser in which the supplied containers are warmed up or cooled down. These can be connected to one another via a common water circuit (recuperation circuit) such that the heat absorbed by the cooling medium (in particular water) in the cooling zone is used by the containers to heat the containers in the heating zone.
  • the pasteurization zone which is arranged in the transport direction of the containers between the heating zone and the cooling zone, is an area in which the containers and any products contained therein are heated to the pasteurization temperature and kept for a certain period of time (a few minutes to a few hours) -) are kept at this temperature to realize a disinfection.
  • the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the solution produced by the chlorine dioxide generator is 15,000 to 25,000 ppm, in particular 17500 to 22500 ppm, and / or the concentration of the solution introduced by the metering device into the chlorine dioxide consumer , in a first dilution stage to a concentration of 2000 to 4000 ppm, preferably 2500 to 3500 ppm, more preferably 3000 ppm is diluted and / or the concentration of the solution, which is introduced from the metering device in the chlorine dioxide consumer, in a second dilution step to 10 to 1000 ppm, preferably 50 to 300 ppm, more preferably 200 ppm is diluted and / or as a target value, a chlorine dioxide concentration in the process water of the consumer of 0.01 to 10 ppm, preferably 1 to 5 ppm, particularly preferably 1 , 5 ppm is given.
  • the first stage of dilution is understood to mean the state of the chlorine dioxide-containing solution which is achieved on the first dilution of the solution produced in the chlorine dioxide generator.
  • the second dilution step is therefore the state of further dilution achieved after diluting the first dilution step. Due to the decomposition of chlorine dioxide already during the transport of the solution into the chlorine dioxide consumer and also during the flow through the chlorine dioxide consumer, a measured value of the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the process water can deviate from the desired target value.
  • the chlorine dioxide generator produces the solution continuously by the reaction of sodium chlorite with sulfuric acid and the solution produced a buffer tank feeds, wherein the metering device removes the solution from the buffer tank. A decoupling of generation and distribution of the solution can be achieved.
  • the metering device supplies the solution to a plurality of chlorine dioxide consumers, the metering device setting the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the solution for each chlorine dioxide consumer independently by adding water to the solution before the metering device introduces the solution into the consumer. Since the solution produced by the chlorine dioxide generator has a certain concentration, by selective addition of water, a "second" solution can be produced, which has a lower concentration, the concentration depending on the needs of the corresponding chlorine dioxide Consumer can be adjusted.
  • the introduction of the solution into the chlorine dioxide consumer takes place at a temperature T ⁇ 50 ° C. at least in the region of the consumer in which the solution is introduced. An unintentional decomposition of the chlorine dioxide in the solution and a concomitant deterioration of the disinfecting effects can thus be avoided.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a container treatment plant according to an embodiment
  • FIG. 2 shows a pasteuriser in connection with a metering device according to an embodiment.
  • This container treatment plant may comprise one or more container treatment machines 1 12 to 1 14, as they are already well known.
  • the container treatment machines 1 12 to 1 14 may be, for example, machines for producing glass bottles or bottles made of plastic such as PET. Particularly preferred is the provision of a pasteuriser, in particular a tunnel pasteurizer.
  • the container treatment machines may include bottle washing machines that can clean recyclable bottles with water and detergents.
  • machines can be used which fill and seal the bottles with a product (filler, capper) and then provide them with equipment features such as labels or printing plates.
  • a pasteurization with the aid of the aforementioned pasteurizer downstream of the filler in the transport direction of the bottles through the container treatment plant takes place.
  • At least one of the container treatment machines is designed as a chlorine dioxide consumer.
  • This can be, for example, the machine 1 12.
  • a chlorine dioxide consumer is to be understood as such a container treatment machine, which either continuously or at intervals (periodically or not periodically) requires chlorine dioxide or a solution containing chlorine dioxide.
  • These include, in particular, machines in which biofilms and microbiotic deposits can form.
  • machines are considered in which a product is filled into containers or processed, filled containers filled with product.
  • these include fillers and pasteurizers, as well as recoolers and warmer.
  • Cooling towers which can be used to cool container treatment plants can also be treated with a suitable chlorine dioxide-containing solution, for example to suppress the formation of biofilms.
  • the or each chlorine dioxide consumer (that is, for example, one or more of the container treatment machines 1 12 to 1 14) is connected to a metering device 102 via appropriate transport systems for a chlorine dioxide-containing solution 143 to 146, so that the metering device 102 can supply the chlorine dioxide-containing solution to each chlorine dioxide consumer.
  • the feeding of the chlorine dioxide-containing solution preferably takes place in a wet region of the chlorine dioxide consumer, that is to say into a region which is filled with water or at least is charged with it.
  • the invention provides that the metering device 102 is connected to a chlorine dioxide generator 101 via a suitable line.
  • a suitable line This can be realized for example by a continuous line 141 to 142.
  • the later described element 1 1 1 is not provided and the chlorine dioxide generator 101 is thus connected directly to the metering device 102.
  • the metering device can be understood in the broadest sense as a device which is adapted to supply a certain amount of chlorine dioxide-containing solution to the chlorine dioxide consumers or to introduce into this. While the supply lines 143 to 146 are shown separately, they can also be understood as part of the metering device 102, which can consequently extend into the chlorine dioxide consumers.
  • the metering device may be associated with suitable means for supplying the chlorine dioxide-containing solution. These may, for example, be pumps which introduce the chlorine dioxide-containing solution into a continuous liquid stream (water or the like) which then circulates in some way within the chlorine dioxide consumer.
  • chlorine dioxide-containing solution is carried out, as described above, preferably in wet areas, since it usually comes here especially in contact with product and conditions prevail (temperature, humidity and the like), which may favor the growth of biofilms.
  • the chlorine dioxide-containing solution can be fed to a water cycle of a bottle washer, which supplies a pre-wet with water.
  • the metering device can also be connected to spray nozzles or atomizers, which are each arranged and designed to introduce the chlorine dioxide-containing solutions into the chlorine dioxide consumer. Such embodiments (see also FIG.
  • the metering device 102 can furthermore be connected to a control unit 180, which controls the metering device, in particular the discharge of chlorine dioxide-containing solution through the metering device 102, to the chlorine dioxide consumer (s).
  • the control unit which is designed, for example, as a computer or other arithmetic unit for controlling systems, can also be connected to the chlorine dioxide consumers and / or the chlorine dioxide generator 101.
  • the controller 180 may receive information regarding, for example, a pH within the chlorine dioxide consumer or a concentration of chlorine dioxide in the chlorine dioxide consumer. This data may then be used by the controller 180 to control the delivery of chlorine dioxide-containing solution to the respective chlorine dioxide consumers, depending on the pH or concentration of chlorine dioxide.
  • a sensor for detecting the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the chlorine dioxide consumer can be a signal indicative of the concomitant problem. is passed to the control unit 180, which then determines by comparison of the measured concentration with a target value, whether an addition of chlorine dioxide-containing solution must take place and, if so, how much of this solution must be added. This occurs when the chlorine dioxide concentration is below the desired set point. If the concentration is higher than the desired set point, the control unit can determine that the metering device 102 should prevent, for example, the release of chlorine dioxide-containing solution to the corresponding chlorine dioxide consumer until the concentration falls back to or below the desired setpoint value.
  • the chlorine dioxide generator 101 may basically be formed as a chemical reactor or other device suitable for chlorine dioxide using sodium chlorite and sulfuric acid according to the following reaction equation manufacture.
  • the corresponding reaction takes place in aqueous solution, ie in particular in the presence of water and the OH and H + ions contained in neutral water. These are for clarity and since they do not participate in the reaction, not shown in the above equation.
  • the chlorine dioxide generator first generates a corresponding chlorine dioxide-containing solution with the residues of the reaction (ie sodium chloride and sodium sulfate) having a chlorine dioxide concentration of 20,000 ppm.
  • the residues of the reaction ie sodium chloride and sodium sulfate
  • concentrations 15,000 to 25,000 or in particular 17500 to 22500 ppm are possible here.
  • Such a concentration can be generated without too much effort with regard to the reaction parameters.
  • the chlorine dioxide-containing solution thus prepared is diluted with water directly, for example still in the chlorine dioxide generator 101, so that the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the aqueous solution (also called the first dilution stage) is 2000 to 4000, preferably 2500 to 3500, in particular 3000 ppm drops.
  • a chlorine dioxide-containing aqueous solution of this concentration of chlorine dioxide is stable over a certain period of time and can be advantageously stored if an immediate decrease of the produced chlorine dioxide-containing solution by the metering device does not take place.
  • a buffer tank 1 1 1 is provided, into which the solution, which has already been diluted to about 3000 ppm chlorine dioxide concentration, is brought out of the chlorine dioxide generator 101. This can be done, for example, via the line 141 which leads from the chlorine dioxide generator 101 into the buffer tank 11.
  • the chlorine dioxide-containing solution can be stored until it is used by the adjoining the buffer tank 1 1 1 metering device 102. This can be connected to the buffer tank 1 1 1 via the line 142 and remove the chlorine dioxide-containing solution from the buffer tank.
  • Embodiments in which a "standard solution" is provided in the buffer tank 11 1, which has a certain predetermined concentration of chlorine dioxide, for example 3000 ppm or even 1000 ppm, are particularly advantageous.
  • the metering device 102 may include or may be associated with a water tank so that the metering device may further dilute a quantity of chlorine dioxide-containing solution removed from the buffer tank 11 by addition or mixing with water from the associated water tank. until the desired concentration is reached.
  • the metering device for each chlorine dioxide consumer and depending on, for example, the required amount of chlorine dioxide, remove the standard solution stored in the buffer tank 1 1 1 and can dilute to the appropriate concentration with the addition of water, so that For each purpose, a suitable chlorine dioxide enriched solution can be provided in real time by the metering device 102. It is envisaged that the standard solution in the buffer tank has a concentration that is higher than the concentration required in each chlorine dioxide consumer.
  • an interaction with the control unit may be advantageous.
  • the control unit instructs the metering device to deliver a shock metering of chlorine dioxide-containing solution.
  • a surge dosage always the same volume amount (for example, 10 liters) chlorine dioxide-containing solution is supplied to the corresponding chlorine dioxide consumers.
  • the standard solution 1 1 1 can be diluted from the buffer tank with water so that the resulting, to be supplied to the chlorine dioxide consumer amount of chlorine dioxide-containing solution contains exactly the amount of chlorine dioxide, which is necessary is to adjust the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the chlorine dioxide consumer to the desired value.
  • control unit may not only be connected to the metering device and the chlorine dioxide consumers, but additionally to the chlorine dioxide generator 102. If, for example, it is established on the basis of a measured value of the concentration of chlorine dioxide in a chlorine dioxide consumer (for example 1 12) that 1 12 chlorine dioxide-containing solution has to be supplied to the chlorine dioxide consumer, the control unit can first instruct the chlorine dioxide generator 101, which produce chlorine dioxide-containing solution.
  • This can either be a chlorine dioxide-containing solution according to the "standard solution” described above or the chlorine dioxide generator can by addition of water, the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the prepared solution already to the concentration corresponding to the second dilution stage, ie 10 to 1000 ppm , in particular 50 to 300ppm reduce. It can be provided that the chlorine dioxide generator generates only as much chloro-dioxide-containing solution as to be dispensed by the metering device to the chlorine dioxide consumer. This embodiment is preferred when the total consumption of chlorine dioxide-containing solution is relatively small and excess produced chlorine dioxide-containing solution would have to be stored for a long time until it would be supplied for use in a chlorine dioxide consumer. Finally, because of the volatility of chlorine dioxide, chlorine dioxide-containing solution can sometimes be stored with great effort under constant cooling and protected from light.
  • the embodiment described first in which the chlorine dioxide generator continuously generates chlorine dioxide-containing solution and feeds it to the buffer tank 11 1 Be advantageous, since always a direct addition of chlorine dioxide-containing solution through the metering device to the corresponding chlorine dioxide consumers is possible and there is no "waiting time" during which the chlorine dioxide generator must first generate the chlorine dioxide-containing solution.
  • the embodiment of a chlorine dioxide consumer in the form of a pasteuriser described in FIG. 2 can be combined with any of the embodiments just described with regard to the metering device, the chlorine dioxide generator 101 and in particular the buffer tank 11 1 of FIG if appropriate.
  • the pasteurizer shown in FIG. 2 as one of the chlorine dioxide consumers 12 is provided as a tunnel pasteurizer and for this purpose comprises a tunnel 220 through which the bottles are transported in the form of a disordered mass flow.
  • Pasteurizers of this form are usually several meters long and transport through them takes place only slowly, so that the residence time of the bottles 230 in the pasteurizer can take several minutes to a few hours.
  • the Pasteur is usually divided into three areas. In a region 221, the heating area, which is first arranged in the direction of transport, the bottles 230, which at this time are already filled with a product and sealed, are heated. This is usually done by applying sprayed hot water from a suitable means 251, for example an arrangement of nozzles or atomizers.
  • the thus heated bottles are then transferred to area 222, known as the pasteurization zone.
  • area 222 known as the pasteurization zone.
  • the temperature is constantly kept high enough to pasteurize the product. Typical temperatures are above 50 ° C, in some cases even over 80 ° C.
  • the cooling zone 223 in the transport direction of the bottles 230 adjoins the pasteurization zone 222.
  • the bottles 230 are re-pressurized with a medium by a suitable means 253 (analogous to the means 251), so that they are cooled to a lower temperature than in the pasteurization zone 222.
  • a suitable means 253 analogous to the means 251
  • water can be used again.
  • the cooling zone 223 and the Anicarmzone 221 are connected together in the form of a Rekuperationsniklaufs.
  • the cold water used to cool the bottles 230 in the cooling zone 223 may be supplied via a suitable conduit 270 to the heating zone 221, in particular to the means 251 in the heating zone, to control the amount of heat absorbed by the initially cold water Use bottles in the cooling zone 223 to heat the cold bottles in area 221.
  • a line 280 can be provided, which feeds the water used in the heating zone 221 and now cooled down to the cooling zone 223 in order to cool the bottles which have arrived there.
  • the metering device 102 is connected to at least one of the zones 221, 222 or 223 via suitable lines 21 1 to 213. These may be lines equipped with pumps, which in particular can distribute the chlorine dioxide-containing solution via the means for applying 251 to 253 in the corresponding areas. Since the temperature in the pasteurization zone 222 is usually above 50 °, a supply of chlorine dioxide-containing solution during the operation of the pasteurizer can be dispensed with here. Nonetheless, a conduit 212 may be provided to the means for pressurizing 252 in this area to achieve exposure to chlorine dioxide-containing solution during a stoppage time of the pasteuriser during which also the pasteurization zone 222 is cooled.
  • the heating zone 221 and the cooling zone 223 can either be applied separately or independently of one another with chlorine dioxide-containing solution.
  • a sensor 261 or 263 may be provided, which is designed to measure a pH of the water used and / or to measure a concentration of chlorine dioxide in the water used.
  • the metering device can then supply to the means for applying 251 or 253 to the corresponding zone 221 or 223 chlorine dioxide-containing solution. This embodiment is particularly advantageous if the zones 221 and 223 do not form a closed system for recuperation.
  • these zones are advantageously connected to one another via the lines 270 and 280.
  • the metering device 102 the means 253 for loading the bottles in the Cooling zone 223 supplies chlorine dioxide-containing solution.
  • the chlorine dioxide contained in this solution is then not only distributed in the region 223, but additionally introduced via the line 270 into the region 221. Alternatively or additionally, the introduction can also take place via the line 280 from the region 221 in the region 223.
  • the embodiment just described for the regions 221 and 223 coupled either in the form of a recuperation cycle or for regions 221 and 223 operated in isolation can be used in particular if a substantially continuous supply of chlorine dioxide-containing solution is to be used.
  • the sensors 261 and 263 then measure the pH and / or the concentration of chlorine dioxide continuously or at certain time intervals (several minutes), with which the control unit described in FIG. 1 then controls the metering device and optionally the chlorine dioxide generator described above for the release of chlorine dioxide-containing solution.
  • a sensor 271 is arranged in the line 270 and measures the chlorine dioxide concentration in the solution conducted through the line 270.
  • the sensors 261 and 263 may then be redundant.
  • a sensor 281 may also be provided in the line 280, which measures the chlorine dioxide concentration of the solution conducted through this line.
  • the water which cools in the heating zone 221 and gives off heat to the bottles to be heated can also be conducted into the region 223 after the bottles have been heated, in order to serve as the cooling medium for the bottles to serve and absorb heat given off by them. Any heat losses occurring can be compensated by a heating device in the region of the line 270, by always keeping the water transported therein at a constant temperature.
  • the metering device 102 does not introduce a chlorine dioxide-containing solution into the pasteuriser during operation of the pasteurizer. In this case it can be provided that it is checked during the stoppage of the machine (as during maintenance work) whether the removal of biofilms is necessary. In such a case, the metering device 102 can then be correspondingly controlled in order to introduce a more concentrated chlorine dioxide-containing solution into the pasteurizer, in particular the regions 221 to 223, during the stoppage of the pasteurizer.
  • a more concentrated chlorine dioxide-containing solution with, for example, a concentration of 2 mg of chlorine dioxide per liter can also successfully remove already forming biofilms, whereas in the previously described continuous operation and the continuous supply of chlorine dioxide-containing solution also a lower concentration of 1 mg per liter or 0 , 1 mg per liter is sufficient can be as completely as possible to prevent the formation of biofilms. Also combinations of these are conceivable, so that during the continuous operation continuously chlordi oxide-containing solution is supplied, so that a certain concentration of chlorine dioxide is permanently found in the water used in the pasteurization in the zones 221 and 223 to the formation of biofilms at least partially suppress. During maintenance, a high-dosed chlorine dioxide-containing solution can be added.
  • FIG. 2 While the description of FIG. 2 is directed to the application of components or at least portions 221-223 to prevent the formation of biofilms or unwanted deposits, it is understood that by incorporation of the chlorine dioxide-containing solution also the water used in the pasteurizer ( Process water) can be disinfected / cleaned in this way. Microbial residues can thus be killed already in the process water and thus before deposition on components of the container treatment machine.
  • Process water Process water
  • This of course also applies to all embodiments described with reference to FIG. 1, so that by introducing the chlorine dioxide-containing solution into a container treatment machine of the container treatment system by the metering device, not only a disinfection or cleaning of the individual components of the respective machine takes place, but simultaneously , additionally or alternatively, the process water is cleaned / disinfected.
  • the embodiments are not limited to the use of pasteurisers in connection with the metering device.
  • Other embodiments with tunnel recoolers, warmers, in particular tunnel heaters, or cooling towers required for cooling the container treatment plants are also conceivable.

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L'invention concerne une installation de traitement de récipients (100) destiné à traiter des récipients, tels que des bouteilles, dans l'industrie de traitement de boissons. L'installation de traitement de récipients comprend un générateur de dioxyde de chlore (101), un consommateur de dioxyde de chlore (112, 113, 114), qui comprend au moins une machine de traitement de récipients, en particulier un pasteurisateur, tel qu'un pasteurisateur à tunnel, et un dispositif de dosage (102) qui peut introduire une solution, qui est générée dans le générateur de dioxyde de chlore et qui contient du dioxyde de chlore, dans le consommateur de dioxyde de chlore. Le générateur de dioxyde de chlore est conçu pour produire du dioxyde de chlore à partir d'une réaction de chlorite de sodium et d'acide sulfurique.
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