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Device and method which recovers heat from liquids during cleaning of a plant part that is to be cleaned of a beverage filling plant

US11084068B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Juergen Soellner · Beratzhausen, DE
Holger Mueller · Möhrendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2016
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB08B2209/032
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device for cleaning a plant part that is to be cleaned in a beverage filling plant, including a medium inflow for supplying a cleaning medium to the plant part that is to be cleaned, and having a medium return flow for removing the used cleaning medium from the plant part that is to be cleaned is described. A heating unit is provided for heating the cleaning medium in the medium inflow, and a recuperator is provided for transferring heat energy from the cleaning medium that is removed via the medium return flow to the cleaning medium that is to be supplied to the heating unit.

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