Device for the vaporization of a sterilizing agent

A device (1) for generating sterilizing vapor from a liquid sanitizing or sterilizing agent operable in a sterilization chamber (CS) of an equipment for sterilization of products when brought to a depressurized condition and sealed off from an external environment that is external to said sterilization chamber CS), said device (1) by comprising:

• a body (1a), defining a vaporization pre-chamber (2) having a tubular shape and configured for communication with said sterilization chamber (CS);
• injection means (3), arranged at an inlet of said vaporization pre-chamber (2) and provided for feeding said liquid sanitizing or sterilizing agent into said vaporization pre-chamber (2), said injection means (3) configured for nebulizing said liquid sanitizing or sterilizing agent to obtain nebulized particles having an average diameter of less than 50 micrometers;
• at least one induction coil (4), arranged coaxially on an outside of said vaporization pre-chamber (2) and extended axially for a portion of a total length of said vaporization pre-chamber (2) and configured to bring about heating of said body (1a) including said pre-chamber (2) with an electromagnetic field generated by said induction coil (4) configured to produce ionization of said sanitizing or sterilizing agent, and wherein a temperature increase generated in said body (1a) and within said pre-chamber (2) is configured to vaporize said sanitizing or sterilizing agent injected therein with the diameter of the nebulized particles of the sanitizing or sterilizing agent configured to promote ionization of the nebulized particles and to accelerate their vaporization of the nebulized particles.