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US 8,896,831 B2Granted
Method and device for the validation of contamination and cleaning in a system
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorHans Scheuren
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Abstract
A method for the determination of the degree of contamination of an examination object, such as a system for filling liquid foodstuffs, or a component or subsection of a system, in particular a pipe, including measuring a property distribution of a first examination medium before and after passage through the examination object.
Claims24
A method for determining a degree of contamination of an examination object, comprising:
- determining the degree of contamination of the examination object by measuring a property distribution of a first examination medium before and after passage of the first examination medium through the examination object;
- determining a cleaning property of the examination object by measuring a property distribution of a second examination medium before and after passage of the second examination medium through the examination object;
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- comparing the property distribution of the second examination medium after passage through the examination object with the property distribution of the first examination medium after the passage through the examination object,
- wherein the first examination medium includes a suspension of a first liquid and a solid.
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A device for determining a degree of contamination of an examination object, comprising:
- a conveying device configured to remove a first and a second examination medium from an intake container and to pass the first and the second examination medium through an examination object and into an output container;
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- a detection device configured to:
- determine a property distribution of the first examination medium by measuring a property distribution of the first examination medium before and after passage of the first examination medium through the examination object;
- determine a cleaning property of the examination object by measuring a property distribution of a second examination medium before and after passage of the second examination medium through the examination object;
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- compare the property distribution of the second examination medium after passage through the examination object with the property distribution of the first examination medium after the passage through the examination object to determine the degree of contamination of the examination object,
- wherein the first examination medium includes a suspension of a first liquid and a solid, and
- wherein the second examination medium includes a second liquid.
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