Washing systems
AssigneeGurtler Industries, Inc.
InventorAndrew Rupnow
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A washing system includes a housing, a drain line, and a recirculation line. The housing receives, via a fluid inlet, fresh water during one or more wash cycles of a wash session. The drain line is coupled to the housing and includes a valve and is also configured to receive soiled water from the housing during the wash session. The recirculation line is coupled to and extends from the valve of the drain line and is configured to receive a portion of the soiled water via the valve. The recirculation line includes an integrated fluid sanitizer module configured to at least partially sanitize the portion of the soiled water, and the recirculation line is configured to deliver sanitized water from the integrated fluid sanitizer module to the fluid inlet of the housing.
Claims7
A process for sanitizing fluid from a tunnel washing system, the process comprising:
- recovering a soiled water from a stage of a tunnel washing system;
- sanitizing the removed soiled water to provide sanitized water having a reduced level of microorganisms by first injecting a chemical into the removed soiled water and then subjecting the mixture of the chemical and the removed soiled water to an advanced oxidated process;
- and,
- recirculating the sanitized water to a stage of the tunnel washing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.