Chlorinated Alkaline Pipeline Cleaner With Methane Sulfonic Acid
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorAlan Monken
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Abstract
A chlorinated alkaline cleaning agent and methods for removing food soils with no resultant increase in foam generation. Particularly advantageous is that the addition of methanesulfonic acid in removing food soils with no resultant increase in foam generation.
Claims20
In an improved multifunctional cleaning composition for removing food soils, the improvement comprising:
- (i) from about 0.1% to about 10.0% by weight of the composition including an alkylsulfonic acid or alkaline earth metal salt thereof;
- (ii) from about 0.1% to about 8.0% by weight of the composition including a hypochlorite;
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- (iii) an effective amount of an alkaline agent to adjust solution pH to greater than about 8.
An improved method for removing food soils, the improvement comprising treating a surface with a composition, wherein the composition includes:
- (i) from about 0.1% to about 10.0% by weight of one or more of an alkylsulfonic acid or alkaline earth metal salt thereof;
- (ii) from about 0.5% to about 8.0% by weight of one or more of a hypochlorite;
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- (iii) an effective amount of an alkaline agent to adjust solution pH to greater than about 8.
A method of making a multifunctional cleaning composition for removing and/or inhibiting formation of precipitates comprising combining:
- (i) from about 0.1% to about 10.0% by weight of the composition including an alkylsulfonic acid material or alkaline earth metal salt thereof;
- (ii) from about 0.1% to about 8.0% by weight of the composition including a hypochlorite material;
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- (iii) an effective amount of an alkaline agent to adjust solution pH to greater than about 8.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.