Methods for treating CIP equipment and equipment for treating CIP equipment
A method for treating CIP equipment is provided according to the present invention. The CIP equipment includes process equipment. The method includes steps of treating the CIP equipment with a multiple phase treating composition comprising a treating liquid phase and a treating gaseous phase and rinsing the CIP equipment with a multiple phase rinsing composition comprising a rinsing liquid phase and a rinsing gaseous phase.
1. A method for treating CIP equipment, the method comprising:
(a) treating the CIP equipment with a multiple phase treating composition comprising a treating liquid phase and a treating gaseous phase, wherein the multiple phase treating composition has a volumetric ratio of the treating gaseous phase of 100 cubic feet per minute to the treating liquid phase of 1 cubic foot per minute; and
(b) rinsing the CIP equipment with a multiple phase rinsing composition comprising a rinsing liquid phase and a rinsing gaseous phase;
wherein the CIP equipment comprises process equipment comprising at least one of an evaporator, a separator, a fermentation tank, an aging tank, or a storage tank.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the process equipment is part of a food industrial plant.
3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the process equipment is part of a beverage industrial plant.
4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the process equipment is part of a pharmaceutical industrial plant.
5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the process equipment is part of a chemical industrial plant.
6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the process equipment is part of a water purification industrial plant.
7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the treating gaseous phase comprises at least one of air, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide.
8. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the multiple phase treating composition comprises a sufficient amount of the treating liquid phase to treat the CIP equipment.
9. A method according to claim 1 , wherein treating the CIP equipment comprises cleaning.
10. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the multiple phase treating composition comprises a sufficient amount of treating gaseous phase to treat the CIP equipment.
11. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
(c) rinsing the CIP equipment with a second multiple phase rinsing composition comprising a second rinsing liquid phase and a second rinsing gaseous phase.
12. A method for treating CIP equipment the method comprising:
(a) treating the CIP equipment with a multiple phase treating composition comprising a treating liquid phase and a treating gaseous phase, wherein the multiple phase treating composition has a volumetric ratio of the treating gaseous phase of 100 cubic feet per minute to the treating liquid phase of 1 cubic foot per minute;
(b) rinsing the CIP equipment with a multiple phase rinsing composition comprising a rinsing liquid phase and a rinsing gaseous phase; and
(c) sanitizing the CIP equipment with a multiple phase sanitizing composition comprising a sanitizing liquid phase and a sanitizing gaseous phase;
wherein the CIP equipment comprises process equipment comprising at least one of an evaporator, a separator, a fermentation tank, an airing tank, or a storage tank.
13. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the process equipment is part of a food industrial plant.
14. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the process equipment is part of a beverage industrial plant.
15. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the process equipment is part of a pharmaceutical industrial plant.
16. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the process equipment is part of a chemical industrial plant.
17. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the process equipment is part of a water purification industrial plant.
18. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the treating gaseous phase comprises at least one of air, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide.
19. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the multiple phase treating composition comprises a sufficient amount of the treating liquid phase to treat the CIP equipment.
20. A method according to claim 12 , wherein treating the CIP equipment comprises cleaning.
21. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the multiple phase treating composition comprises a sufficient amount of treating gaseous phase to treat the CIP equipment.
22. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
(c) rinsing the CIP equipment with a second multiple phase rinsing composition comprising a second rinsing liquid phase and a second rinsing gaseous phase.