WO2004095953A2 - Verfahren und technische ausführung zur desinfektion und haltbarmachung von lebensmitteln und anderen produkten mittels o3, o2, co2 argon, uv-c licht und ultraschall im vakuum - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a new disinfection method and the technical implementation for the cold sterilization and preservation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, agricultural and horticultural products, food and other products by means of vacuum technology, ozone, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, UV-C light - radiation and ultrasound, according to the preamble of the independent claims.
- Pathogens such as Salmonella, Shighella, Listeria, E. Coli and Enteroh bacteria Fruits and vegetables increasingly cause infectious diseases in consumers.
- Disinfection and packaging under the seal of fresh fruits and vegetables and other fresh foods are therefore essential to guarantee the food safety of fresh products for consumers.
- Chloride is therefore uncertain.
- ozone is a new technology that has been permitted in the USA and also in Japan etc. since June 26, 2001, but which, as a disinfectant method used alone, shows insufficient biocidal results.
- UV radiation only works where the radiation is in direct contact with the product to be disinfected. Microbes in Cavities or on the underside of leaves or goblets cannot be reached with UV light.
- microbes can repair such cracks using special biological survival strategies.
- the object of the invention is to provide a new method and its technical implementation for cold sterilization and preservation of fruits and vegetables, agricultural and horticultural products, food and other products by means of the simultaneous use of vacuum, ozone, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, UV C light and ultrasound
- Ozone, 03 is the 3-atom form of oxygen. Ozone is highly reactive and the most powerful oxidant known. It is 51 times more reactive than chloride and 3125 times faster in the destruction of microorganisms.
- Ozone is a highly unstable molecule in gaseous form, which breaks down again into oxygen ⁇ 2 in a short time (approx. 20 minutes).
- Ozone is generated by UV-C radiation or by corona cathode discharge with approximately 7000 volts.
- Ozone is more soluble in water than oxygen.
- Ozone is gaseous, bluish in color, strongly smelling and harmless with 0.1 mg per liter of air in permanent exposure.
- Ozone works by splitting off an oxygen atom when it comes into contact with organic or inorganic compounds and leads to an oxidation, or rather the dissolution of cell walls and membranes of eucarionts, which leads to the destruction of all fungi, bacteria, viruses, spores and yeasts and which leads to the tracheae - Insect's breathing apparatus is closed, paralyzed and consequently leads to their death.
- Ozone cannot dissolve the multilayered cell wall structure of plants. This means that ozone cannot penetrate the plants, except under long-term exposure to the respiratory stomata. Ozone works in a short contact principle and has no systemic effect.
- Ozone does not leave any residues because it breaks down into oxygen again in a very short time.
- Ozone also does not cause resistance to microbes or plant pests.
- Ozone is not carcinogenic.
- Ozone is therefore an extremely effective biocide against all fungi, bacteria, viruses, yeasts, biofilms, protozoa and higher organisms such as small insects, worms, spider mites and other harmful parasites.
- Ozone has been permitted by the Food and Drug Administration FDA in the United States as an additive in direct contact with food since June 26, 2001.
- Ozone is also approved as a disinfectant by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in the United States.
- UV - C light as electromagnetic direct radiation, has an optimal biocidal effect against bacteria, yeasts, viruses and insects in the 254 nanometer wave range.
- the radiation causes the dissolution of Zeil membranes in microorganisms and destroys DNA structures.
- UV-C radiation generates ozone, which produces highly oxidative, labile hydroxyl compounds under high atmospheric humidity, which significantly increase the effect of ozone as a biocide (microbial hurdle principle)
- UV-C radiation from food has been approved by the FDA in the USA since 1997 and also for plant-based foods and cheese etc. in the German Radiation Protection Ordinance.
- the radiation dose which is given in mW / sec / cm 2 (milli watts per second per square centimeter of irradiated area), is decisive for the efficiency of UV-C radiation.
- the dose for eliminating microorganisms is preferably 4,000 to 150,000 mW / sec / cm 2 (depending on the species)
- CO 2 has a toxic effect on aerobic microorganisms and insects in a concentration of more than 30% and prevents the multiplication of microorganisms at a concentration of 15 to 20% and more.
- CO 2 in high concentrations of more than 4% reduces the cell respiration of fruits and vegetables and closes the respiratory stomata, so that ozone gas cannot penetrate into the plant cells.
- Argon is a noble gas and is active as a catalyst in a concentration of preferably 10% and increases the effect of CO 2 and ozone.
- Ultrasound generated by a transducer with a wavelength of min. 20 kHz (kilo-heart) to 100 kHz (kilo-heart) destroys cell walls of bacteria, fungi and yeast and plastids and has a potentiating effect on the disinfectant gases due to the cavitation phenomenon and dissolves biofilms on surfaces using the suction principle.
- a vacuum impregnates and penetrates the injected biocid gases into the products to be disinfected.
- the invention of the new disinfection and sterilization process consists essentially in the new combination application of ozone, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, UV-C light, ultrasound and vacuum and the applied technology with the appropriate technical equipment and special functionality.
- the new sterilization and durability process consists of the following main technical components:
- a vacuum pump with electric or pneumatic vacuum and injection valves for fresh air A vacuum pump with electric or pneumatic vacuum and injection valves for fresh air.
- UV-C lamps with 185nm (nanometer) in the vacuum tube and 254 nm (nanometer) in the pre and post tunnel.
- a gas tank for CO 2 (carbon dioxide) with pressure gauges and with connecting lines A gas tank for argon with pressure gauges and connecting lines
- a fan for generating negative pressure in the vacuum tunnel and for residual evacuation of residual gases.
- a gas concentration measuring devices for ozone, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and argon with sensors in the vacuum chamber are provided.
- UV-C lamps with 185 nm (nanometer) wavelength, installed in the tunnel.
- UV-C lamps with 254 nm (nanometer wavelength before and after the water tunnel.
- the product to be disinfected is fed into the vacuum tunnel chamber in a batch process via a conveyor belt consisting of quartz glass elements.
- the conveyor belt is moved up and down with an eccentric roller vibrator so that the goods under the UV-C lamps turn on all sides and the UV-C light can reach all parts and parts of the items to be sterilized.
- a vacuum is then created via the vacuum pump by withdrawing the atmospheric air to a level of preferably 50 to 200 mbar (milli bar).
- the gas mixture of ozone, oxygen, CO 2 and argon is automatically injected into the vacuum chamber up to a negative pressure of approx. 750 mbar.
- concentrations of the injected gases are preferably as follows: ozone 15%, oxygen 45%, carbon dioxide 30% and argon 10%.
- the product to be disinfected is pulsed with ultrasound waves at a frequency of min. bombard k20 Hz (kilo-heart) at intervals of preferably 5 seconds.
- the pressure vessel is connected to the gas mixer and automatically compensates for gas concentrations depending on the setting using a sensor system.
- the vacuum chamber is ventilated with fresh air so that no residues of the disinfectant gases remain.
- the disinfected product automatically leaves the vacuum tunnel and runs on a conveyor belt made of quartz. Glass elements in a UV-C light tunnel to the filling station. This avoids secondary infections via the air on the product.
- the disinfected and sterile end product goes directly to the aseptic packaging station, where it is hermetically sealed or shrink-wrapped in pouches, trays or boxes.
- the application method preferably includes the following main steps:
- the product to be disinfected passes through a quartz glass element in a continuous process flow process existing conveyor belt in the washing tunnel.
- the conveyor belt is moved up and down with an eccentric roller shaker in such a way that the goods under the UV-C lamps turn on all sides and the UV-C light can reach all parts and parts of the items to be sterilized.
- the product to be disinfected falls, in the immersion process, into the water enriched with ozone, oxygen, carbon dioxide and argon, where it is transported on a quartz-glass belt , showers with water jets simultaneously spray products that float on the water surface, so that there is constant intimate contact with the disinfectant water.
- the disinfection water bath is swirled by means of compression air from various nozzles so that the product to be disinfected in immersion constantly comes into contact with the disinfection gases dissolved in the water.
- the disinfection process takes approx. 2 to 6 minutes and can be programmed.
- UV-C lamps with 185 nm (nanometer) and 254 nm (nanometer) are installed in a light tunnel.
- the product In and above the water bath in the disinfection tunnel, the product simultaneously passes through an ultrasound ring, the pulse works at a frequency of preferably min. 20 to 100 kHz.
- the product is simultaneously bombarded with ultrasound waves and irradiated with UV-C light and exposed to biocidal gases. 6.
- the immersion process in the water bath of the products to be disinfected can be carried out either in the loose state or in the plastic box process.
- the disinfected product After passage through the wet disinfection tunnel, the disinfected product is still exposed to UV-C radiation on the quartz glass conveyor belt in the sterile Air Jet air dryer or a centrifugal dryer.
- the new sterilization process has achieved extremely good results in laboratory and industrial applications.
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