Clean-in-place (CIP) systems

For plant clean-in-place applications, Ozone Technology's Pressureless Ozonation Systems provide decentralized water treatment that can be used on-site for surface sanitation of products, equipment, and even the gear worn by personnel.

Advantages of Pressureless Ozonation Systems for CIP systems

• More reliable and easier to deploy because Pressureless Ozonation Systems use ambient air — unlike bulky liquid oxygen (LOX) systems.
• Can make FDA validation and ISO 9000 certification easier to achieve because of the repeatability and consistency of ozone CIP methods.
• Enables better regulatory compliance and reduced surcharges because of lower biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) levels prior to discharge.
• Environmentally friendly. The EPA does not require any record-keeping or reporting of ozone use.
• Ozone is more effective than chlorine in destroying viruses and bacteria.
• Ozone needs only a short contact time, typically 10 to 30 minutes.
• Ozone decomposes rapidly, leaving no harmful residuals.
• Following ozonation, no re-growth of microorganisms (except those protected by turbidity).
• Eliminates safety problems and expense associated with purchasing, shipping, handling, and storing chemicals, because the ozone is created on-site from ambient air. Chemical additives — primarily chlorine compounds — are the most common means of disinfection in U.S. plants and must be followed by dechlorination to prevent formation of carcinogenic byproducts. (UV disinfection is the most common alternative to chlorination and consumes equivalent energy.) Ozone gas offers more effective destruction of microorganisms than chlorine — without the need to transport and store volumes of chemicals. And because ozone reverts to oxygen, effluent discharges can be chemical-free.
• Elevates dissolved oxygen concentrations in the effluent, which can eliminate the need for re-aeration and raise dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in the receiving stream.
• Able to remove detergents from municipal wastewaters.
• When used as a pre-treatment for microbial processes, breaks down residual long-chain organics, usually toxic to microbes, for easier consumption by bacteria.
• Reduces color by oxidizing compounds such as tannins and lignins.
• Removes taste- and odor-causing compounds such as volatile fatty acids, hydrogen sulfides, and ammonia.
• Acts as a microflocculent, enabling the physical removal of resulting suspended solids.