TW201827135A - Bottle washing and sterilization equipment with automatic germicide replenishing function capable of regulating density of germicide solution for bottle washing - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a bottle washing and sterilization equipment with automatic germicide replenishing function, which comprises a replenishment controller, a bottle washing and sterilization device and a conductivity meter. The bottle washing and sterilization device sequentially comprises an original solution storage tank, a first pump, a diluted solution storage tank, a second pump, a filter, a heater, a bottle washing machine, and a waste solution recycle machine that are linked with pipes. The diluted solution storage tank is connected with a water inlet pipe having a switch valve. The switch valve and the first and second pumps are electrically connected with the replenishment controller. The conductivity meter is connected with the pipe between the second pump and the filter and electrically connected with the replenishment controller. The bottle washing and sterilization equipment utilizes the conductivity meter along with the replenishment controller to determine the density of germicide solution and control the replenishment amount of soft water or original germicide solution to the diluted solution storage tank, so the density of germicide solution may be maintained within a standard range.

Description

Bottle washing and sterilization equipment with automatic dosing function of fungicide

The present invention is a bottle washing and sterilizing device with an automatic dosing function of a bactericide, especially a bottle sterilizing device for arranging a bottle sterilizing agent and performing cleaning and sterilization of an empty bottle.

A portion of the food or beverage is filled in an empty bottle and packaged into a commodity for sale. wherein, as shown in FIG. 5, in the production process of the commodity, the empty bottle is first passed before filling the food or drink. The bottle sterilizing device 90 performs the sterilization of the empty bottle, and the bottle sterilizing device 90 includes a raw liquid storage tank 91, a diluent storage tank 92, a filter 93, and a heater connected in series by a pipeline. 94. A bottle washing machine 95 and a waste liquid recovery machine 96. A first pump 97 is disposed between the raw liquid storage tank 91 and the diluent storage tank 92. The diluent storage tank 92 is further connected with a connected soft water source. The water injection pipe 921 is provided with a second pump 98 between the diluent storage tank 92 and the filter 93. The waste liquid recovery machine 96 is provided with a return pipe 99 communicating with the diluent storage tank 92.

Taking peracetic acid as a sterilizing agent as an example, the stock solution tank 91 is provided with a concentration (volume percent concentration) of 5% peracetic acid stock solution, and the peracetic acid stock solution is periodically and quantitatively added to the first pump 97. In the diluent storage tank 92, the water injection pipe 921 also periodically and quantitatively injects soft water into the diluent storage tank 92, so that the peracetic acid solution is mixed with the soft water to a concentration of a standard value (0.48%). ~0.68%) of the peracetic acid dilution solution is sent to the filter 93 through the second pump 98 for filtration, and the filtered peracetic acid dilution solution is again heated by the heater 94, and then enters the The bottle washer 95 performs the cleaning and sterilizing operation of the empty bottle, and the waste liquid recovery machine 96 recovers the used acetic acid waste liquid, and after filtering and the like, returns to the diluent storage tank 92 through the return pipe 99. Inside.

However, in the present bottle sterilization device 90, the concentration of the peracetic acid diluent in the diluent storage tank 92 is measured by the operator, so that the effect of controlling the concentration of the peracetic acid diluent can be controlled at any time. The first pump 97 still periodically and quantitatively adds the peracetic acid stock solution to the diluent storage tank 92 when a condition such as an empty bottle supply interruption or an abnormal shutdown of the rear line of the production line occurs, resulting in the diluent storage tank 92. The concentration of the peracetic acid dilution in the solution is biased toward the upper limit of the standard value (0.68%).

The main purpose of this creation is to provide a bottle washing and sterilizing device with a sterilizing agent automatic dosing function, thereby improving the concentration control of the sterilizing agent diluent at any time, and unconditionally performing the sterilizing agent stock solution timing. The quantitative addition causes a problem that the concentration of the sterilizing agent diluent is too high.

In order to achieve the purpose of the previous disclosure, the bottle washing and sterilizing device with the automatic dosing function of the fungicide comprises: a dosing control device; a bottle washing and sterilizing device, which comprises a raw liquid storage tank connected in series by a pipeline, a first pump, a diluent storage tank, a second pump, a filter, a heater, a bottle washer and a waste liquid recovery machine, the diluent storage tank is connected to a water injection pipe having an on-off valve The waste liquid recovery machine has a return pipe connected to the diluent storage tank, and the first pump, the second pump and the switching valve of the water injection pipe are electrically connected to the dosing control device; and a conductivity The meter is connected to the pipeline between the second pump and the filter and electrically connected to the dosing control device.

The bottle washing and sterilizing device with the automatic dosing function of the sterilizing agent is applied to the washing and sterilizing operation of the empty bottle. Among them, the peracetic acid is used as the sterilizing agent, and the raw liquid storage tank is provided with a concentration of 5% peracetic acid stock solution. The diluent storage tank is internally filled with the peracetic acid dilution solution mixed with the peracetic acid solution and the soft water, and has the following advantages: 1. The concentration of the peracetic acid dilution solution can be detected at any time: the creation has a fungicide automatic addition The conductivity meter of the medicinal function of the bottle sterilizing device is connected to the pipeline between the second pump and the filter, and the second pump is used to extract the peracetic acid diluent inside the diluent storage tank. After that, a portion of the peracetic acid dilution solution contacts the conductivity meter, so that the conductivity meter can detect the conductivity of the peracetic acid dilution solution, and the conductivity control device is based on the conductivity proportional to the concentration. The conductivity measured by the conductivity meter further calculates the concentration of the output peracetic acid diluent. 2. Maintaining the peracetic acid dilution in the standard concentration range (0.48%~0.68%): when the conductivity measured by the conductivity meter is calculated by the dosing control device, the concentration of the peracetic acid diluent is high, The medicine control device controls the on-off valve of the water injection pipe, so that soft water starts to be injected into the diluent storage tank to reduce the concentration of the peracetic acid dilution liquid; and when the conductivity meter detects the concentration of the peracetic acid dilution liquid When the temperature is low, the dosing control device controls the first pump to start extracting the peracetic acid stock solution, and injecting the peracetic acid stock solution into the diluent storage tank to increase the concentration of the peracetic acid. The concentration of the peracetic acid dilution is maintained in a standard concentration interval.

In addition, the bottle sterilizing device with the sterilizing agent automatic doping function may further comprise a first liquid level controller and a second liquid level controller, wherein the first liquid level controller extends into the raw liquid storage tank Internally and electrically connected to the dosing control device, the second liquid level controller extends into the diluent storage tank and is electrically connected to the dosing control device, and performs liquid level by the second liquid level controller In the detection, when the liquid level is lower than a specific horizontal plane, the dosing control device performs the addition of soft water and peracetic acid stock solution, and at the same time, the first liquid level controller is used to perform the equal proportion of the peracetic acid stock solution, so that the added The concentration of the soft water and the peracetic acid solution can be up to 0.58%.

In addition, the dosing control device has an operation panel, and the operator can operate the operation panel to perform the setting of the bottle sterilization automatic dosing device, and simultaneously check the state of the bottle sterilization automatic dosing device.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 , which is a preferred embodiment of the bottle sterilizing device with the sterilizing agent automatic doping function, which comprises a dosing control device 10 , a bottle sterilizing device 20 and a conductive device. Meter 30.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the bottle sterilizing device 20 includes a raw liquid storage tank 21, a first pump 22, a diluent storage tank 23, and a second pump 24 connected in series by a pipeline. a filter 25, a heater 26, a bottle washer 27 and a waste liquid recovery machine 28, the diluent storage tank 23 is connected to a water injection pipe 231 having a switching valve, the waste liquid recovery machine 28 has a communication The returning tube 29 of the diluent storage tank 23, the first pump 22, the second pump 24 and the switching valve of the water injection pipe 231 are electrically connected to the dosing control device 10.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the conductivity meter 30 is connected to a pipeline between the second pump 24 and the filter 25 and electrically connected to the dosing control device 10 .

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the bottle sterilizing device with the sterilizing agent automatic doping function further includes a first liquid level controller 40 and a second liquid level controller 41 , and the first liquid level controller 40 The second liquid level controller 41 extends into the diluent storage tank 23 and is electrically connected to the dosing control device 10, and is electrically connected to the dosing control device 10, and is electrically connected to the dosing control device 10, and As shown in FIG. 3, the dosing control device 10 can further have a pair of first liquid level controller 40 and a second liquid level controller 41, a first liquid level warning light 11 and a second liquid level warning. The lamp 12, in addition, the dosing control device 10 may further have an operation panel 13.

The bottle washing and sterilizing device with the automatic dosing function of the sterilizing agent is applied to the cleaning and sterilization of the empty bottle. Among them, the peracetic acid is used as the sterilizing agent, and the raw liquid storage tank 21 is provided with a concentration of 5% peracetic acid solution. The diluent storage tank 23 is provided with a peracetic acid dilution solution in which soft water is mixed with the peracetic acid stock solution, and the concentration of the peracetic acid dilution solution is within a standard value range (0.48% to 0.68%).

As shown in FIG. 4, in the process of performing bottle sterilization, the peracetic acid solution is periodically and quantitatively delivered into the diluent storage tank 23 by the first pump 22, and the switch of the water injection pipe 231 is switched. The valve is also periodically opened, and the soft water is periodically injected into the diluent storage tank 23, and the peracetic acid dilution liquid mixed with the soft water is transported by the second pump 24, the peracetic acid. The diluent will pass through the filter 25 and the heater 26 after passing through the pipeline provided with the conductivity meter 30, and finally enter the bottle washer 27 for cleaning the empty bottle, and the washed waste liquid will collect and enter the liquid. The waste liquid recovery machine 28 performs a process such as filtration of the waste liquid, and the treated waste liquid is returned to the diluent storage tank 23 through the return pipe 29.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the peracetic acid dilution liquid passes through a pipe provided with the conductivity meter 30, the conductivity meter 30 can measure the conductivity of the peracetic acid dilution solution by using The conductivity is proportional to the concentration, and the dosing control device 10 further calculates the concentration of the output peracetic acid diluent according to the conductivity measured by the conductivity meter 300, and the dosing control device 10 selectively stores the diluent. The soft water or the peracetic acid stock solution is added to the tank 23, wherein the dosing control device 10 controls the first pump 22 to pass the peracetic acid when the concentration of the peracetic acid diluent is close to the standard lower limit (0.48%). The stock solution is delivered into the diluent storage tank 23 to increase the concentration of the peracetic acid diluent; and when the concentration of the peracetic acid diluent is close to the upper limit of the standard (0.68%), the dosing control device 10 controls The switch valve of the water injection pipe 231 injects soft water into the diluent storage tank 23 to reduce the concentration of the peracetic acid dilution liquid, so that the concentration of the peracetic acid dilution liquid can be maintained within a standard value range (0.48%~0.68%). .

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the second liquid level controller 41 extending into the diluent storage tank 23 can detect the liquid level of the peracetic acid dilution in the diluent storage tank 23, when the peracetic acid dilution liquid When the liquid level is lower than a specific horizontal plane, the dosing control device 10 simultaneously adds the soft water and the peracetic acid stock solution, and simultaneously mixes the soft water and the peracetic acid stock solution with the first liquid level controller 40. The added soft water and the peracetic acid stock solution can be mixed into a 0.58% aqueous solution of peracetic acid, and the addition ratio of the soft water and the peracetic acid stock solution is calculated according to the volume percent concentration definition formula, wherein the volume percent concentration is defined as follows: For example, when it is necessary to add 100 cubic centimeters (cm ³ ) of a 0.58% aqueous solution of peracetic acid, the volume (V ₁ ) of the peracetic acid solution having a concentration of 100% added is calculated as: It can be known that the volume of the peracetic acid stock solution with a concentration of 100% added is 0.58 cm ³ . However, the concentration of the peracetic acid stock solution added in this creation is only 5%, so the volume of the added concentration of 5% peracetic acid stock solution is calculated. (V ₂ ) is calculated as: Further, it was calculated that the volume of the added 5% peracetic acid stock solution was 11.6 cm ³ , so that it was found that when a 100 cm ³ aqueous solution of peracetic acid was added, the volume of the added 5% peracetic acid stock solution was 11.6 cm ³ .

As shown in FIG. 3, the operator can know the original liquid storage tank 21 and the dilution by the first liquid level warning light 11 and the second liquid level warning light 12 on the dosing control device 10. The liquid level position inside the liquid storage tank 23, and the operator can also perform the parameter setting of the bottle sterilizing device with the automatic dosing function of the sterilizing agent by operating the operation panel 13 of the medicinal control device 10, and simultaneously Check the status of the bottle sterilizing equipment with the automatic dosing function of the sterilizing agent.

In summary, the bottle washing and sterilizing device having the automatic dosing function of the sterilizing agent can be used with the medicinal control device 10 through the conductivity meter 30 to measure and adjust the concentration of the peracetic acid diluent at any time. The concentration of the peracetic acid diluent can be maintained within the standard range. In addition, the bottle sterilizing device can further add the peracetic acid solution and the soft water through the first liquid level controller 40 and the second liquid level controller 41, and The added peracetic acid stock solution and soft water were added in proportion to a concentration of 0.58% peracetic acid diluted solution.

10‧‧‧ Dosing control device
11‧‧‧First level warning light
12‧‧‧Second level warning light
13‧‧‧Operator panel
20‧‧‧Wash bottle sterilization device
21‧‧‧ stock solution storage tank
22‧‧‧First pump
23‧‧‧Diluent storage tank
231‧‧‧Water injection pipe
24‧‧‧Second pump
25‧‧‧Filter
26‧‧‧heater
27‧‧‧Wash bottle washer
28‧‧‧Waste recovery machine
29‧‧‧Return pipe
30‧‧‧Conductivity meter
40‧‧‧First level controller
41‧‧‧Second level controller
90‧‧‧Wash bottle sterilization device
91‧‧‧ stock solution storage tank
92‧‧‧Diluent storage tank
921‧‧‧ water injection pipe
93‧‧‧Filter
94‧‧‧heater
95‧‧‧Wash bottle washer
96‧‧‧Waste recovery machine
97‧‧‧First pump
98‧‧‧Second pump
99‧‧‧ return pipe

Figure 1 is a schematic plan view showing a preferred embodiment of a bottle sterilizing apparatus having a sterilizing agent automatic medicizing function. Figure 2: Schematic diagram of the diluent storage tank for the bottle washing and sterilizing equipment with the automatic dosing function of the fungicide. Figure 3: Schematic diagram of the dosing control device for the bottle washing and sterilizing device with the automatic dosing function of the fungicide. Figure 4: Schematic diagram of the state of use of the bottle washing and sterilizing equipment with the automatic dosing function of the fungicide. Figure 5: A schematic plan view of a conventional bottle washing and sterilizing device.

Claims (4)

A bottle washing and sterilizing device with a sterilizing agent automatic doping function, comprising: a dosing control device; a bottle washing and sterilizing device, comprising: a raw liquid storage tank connected in series with a pipeline, a first pump, a diluent storage tank, a second pump, a filter, a heater, a bottle washer and a waste liquid recovery machine, the diluent storage tank is connected to a water injection pipe having an on-off valve, the waste liquid recovery machine Having a return pipe connected to the diluent storage tank, the first pump, the second pump and the inlet valve of the water injection pipe are electrically connected to the dosing control device; and a conductivity meter is connected to the conductivity meter The pipeline between the second pump and the filter is electrically connected to the dosing control device. The bottle washing and sterilizing device with the automatic dosing function of the sterilizing agent according to claim 1, wherein the bottle sterilizing device having the automatic dosing function of the sterilizing agent comprises a first liquid level controller and a second liquid level controller The first liquid level controller extends into the raw liquid storage tank and is electrically connected to the dosing control device, and the second liquid level controller extends into the diluent storage tank and is electrically connected to the dosing control Device. The bottle cleaning device with the automatic dosing function of the sterilizing agent as claimed in claim 2, wherein the dosing control device has a first liquid level corresponding to one of the first liquid level controller and the second liquid level controller respectively Warning light and a second liquid level warning light. A bottle sterilizing apparatus having a sterilizing agent automatic medicizing function according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the medicinal control device has an operation panel.