Why Cleaning in Place?
/ Improves plant operation due to repeatable cleanings
/ Improves product quality due to hygiene in the plant
/ Reduces staff time wasted on cleaning tasks
/ Save cleaning costs
/ Safe handling of hazardous substances such as detergent
/ Reduces cost of cleaning chemicals
Process plant design
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Plant and equipment design
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Use of sanitary equipment
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Connection elements and sanitary pipe
For an optimal cleaning effect the individual parameters in the cleaning steps must be adjusted one by one
Parameters and specifications
Detergent titration
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Detergent chemical activity
- Composition
- Concentration
- Surface tension
- dispersion force
Cleaning time
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Total duration of cleaning action
Turbulence
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Mechanical effect of flow with detergent
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wall friction
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Reynolds number
Temperature
- Cleaning solution temperature
Benefits
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Supply of the cleaning agent directly to the equipment to be cleaned
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Dosing and mixing of chemicals and disinfectants separately and safely
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Cleaning solution storage and availability
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Safe heating of cleaning solution
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Control and measurement of operating parameters (eg conductivity, temperature, etc.)
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Control of cleaning processes