US 2020/0002149 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND SANITIZING A DISPENSING INSTALLATION

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cleaning and sanitizing system for a dispensing installation that uses a single pump to pull in non-caustic, non-abrasive, and non-corrosive cleaning solution, which in turn draws in ambient air. The mixture of air and liquid is discharged into a cylindrical flow controller that discharges a flow of alternating liquid cylinders and air cylinders. The air cylinders eliminate the boundary layer and laminar sublayer, which in turn allows the liquid cylinders to apply a maximum shear force associated with the hydrodynamic entry region consistently cleaning the length of the beverage or product line with mechanical cleaning and sanitizing action, which is subsequently carried away within the liquid cylinder.

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Dependent claims

A system for cleaning and sanitizing a dispensing installation, comprising:

a pump having a suction side and a discharge side;
a liquid reservoir connected to the suction side of the pump;
a cylindrical flow controller having an inlet port and a cylinder outlet port, wherein the inlet port is connected to the discharge side of the pump;
a source of gas in communication with discharge side of the pump configured to provide a mixed phase of liquid and gas;
and
a product line connected to the cylinder outlet port, wherein the cylindrical flow controller is configured to produce alternating air cylinders and liquid cylinders through the cylinder outlet port.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for cleaning and sanitizing a dispensing installation

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Method and apparatus for cleaning and sanitizing a dispensing installation

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Abstract

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