US 12,389,870 B2
CIP system
Anders Holdflod Poulsen, Rayong (TH)
Assigned to E-CIP Concept ApS, Aarhus C (DK)
Appl. No. 17/927,970
Filed by E-CIP Concept ApS, Aarhus (DK)
PCT Filed May 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/062056
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/239435, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2020 00638 (DK), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0217885 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A01J 7/02 (2006.01); A01J 25/10 (2006.01); A01J 25/12 (2006.01); A23C 7/02 (2006.01); B08B 9/027 (2006.01); B08B 9/032 (2006.01)
CPC A01J 7/022 (2013.01) [A01J 25/126 (2013.01); A23C 7/02 (2013.01); B08B 9/027 (2013.01); B08B 9/0325 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) process plant for cleaning of one or more objects comprising:
a primary tank for primary cleaning media;
a supply of freshwater;
one or more forward lines forwarding liquid in the form of primary or secondary cleaning media or water from the CIP process plant to one or more objects where one object comprises one unit or a part of a unit, such as a tank or pipeline, or a combination of units and each object is subjected to a separate CIP flow;
one or more return lines returning liquid in form of cleaning media or water from the object to the CIP process plant;
valves directing the flow through tanks and pipes of the CIP Process Plant, where each forward line comprises valves directing liquid from either the supply of freshwater or from a vessel or a tank into a forward line, and each return line comprises inlet valves directing liquid from the return line into a tank or into a drain;
wherein the forward line(s) is dimensioned and adapted to hold a liquid amount that corresponds to the liquid amount to be used in a first pre-flush step.