Barrel tank circulation cleaning system

TWI938929BActive Publication Date: 2026-09-11ALLIED SUPREME CORP
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Application Number
TW114112796
Authority / Receiving Office
TW · TW
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-04-02
Publication Date
2026-09-11
Estimated Expiration
2045-04-01

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Abstract

A tank circulation cleaning system includes a tank equipped with a nozzle and a drain hole. The nozzle and the drain hole are connected to a storage tank via a manifold network. The tank is monitored by a control center, which generates corresponding execution commands based on the monitoring data. These execution commands include a degreasing command, a passivation command, and a hot water cleaning command, causing a liquid to circulate and clean the tank through the nozzle and the drain hole. This system solves the problems of traditional industrial tank cleaning methods that require non-heated immersion, resulting in low cleaning efficiency, long cleaning time, high consumption of chemical cleaning agents, difficulty in recycling, and difficulty in control due to inertia during rotation.
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Claims

1. A tank / sump circulation cleaning system, comprising: a tank / sump with a spray head disposed inside and a drain hole disposed on the tank / sump; a storage tank with a manifold network for connecting the spray head and the drain hole of the tank / sump; a sprayer disposed in the manifold network, providing a liquid pressurized in the manifold network; a control center that initiates a cleaning program, issues a detection command to the tank / sump, generates corresponding detection data, generates an execution command based on the detection data, controls the tank / sump, the storage tank, and the sprayer to perform corresponding execution actions according to the execution command, and after the execution action is completed, the control center generates a corresponding review command, the review command including a conductivity detection, wherein the conductivity detection measures the conductivity value of the liquid remaining in the tank / sump after the execution action is completed, wherein... The control center determines the conductivity stability state of the conductivity value; wherein the detection command includes a mechanical polishing detection, a quality control detection and an electrolytic polishing detection, and the execution command includes a degreasing command, a passivation command and a hot water cleaning command.

2. As described in claim 1, in the tub-sink circulation cleaning system, upon receiving the re-inspection command, the control center performs quality control testing on the tub and generates quality control test data. Based on the quality control test data, the control center generates a passivation command and executes the passivation command on the tub. After completing the passivation command execution, the control center generates a corresponding re-inspection command. Upon receiving the re-inspection command, the control center performs electrolytic polishing testing on the tub and generates electrolytic polishing test data. Based on the electrolytic polishing test data, the control center generates a hot water cleaning command and executes the hot water cleaning command on the tub. After completing the hot water cleaning command execution, the control center generates a corresponding re-inspection command. Upon receiving the re-inspection command, the tub's cleaning process is complete.

3. In the tank circulation cleaning system as described in claim 2, if the liquid meets the conductivity stability state in the re-instruction generated after the control center completes the execution of the degreasing command, then the re-instruction causes the control center to perform the mechanical polishing test on the tank. The tank passes the mechanical polishing test. The control center then performs a quality control test on the tank. If the tank fails the mechanical polishing test, the control center generates a degreasing command. After the control center completes the passivation command, a re-inspection command is generated. If the liquid meets the conductivity stability requirement, the re-inspection command causes the control center to perform a quality control test on the tank. If the tank passes the quality control test, the control center performs an electrolytic polishing test on the tank. If the tank fails the electrolytic polishing test, the control center generates a hot water cleaning command. After the control center completes the hot water cleaning command, a re-inspection command is generated. If the liquid meets the conductivity stability requirement, the re-inspection command causes the control center to perform an electrolytic polishing test on the tank. If the tank passes the electrolytic polishing test, the tank completes the cleaning procedure. If the tank fails the mechanical polishing test, the control center generates a hot water cleaning command.

4. The tank circulation cleaning system as described in claim 3, wherein the execution of the degreasing command includes a degreasing cycle and a cooling procedure, wherein, The degreasing cycle includes: heating a degreasing agent in the storage tank via a heat exchanger; delivering the degreasing agent to the nozzle via the manifold network, wherein the sprayer provides pressure to the degreasing agent; discharging the degreasing agent through the drain hole and recovering the degreasing agent via the manifold network; the cooling process includes: the storage tank providing water to the nozzle via the manifold network, wherein the sprayer provides pressure to the water; wherein the water, after passing a conductivity test, is discharged through the drain hole and recovered via the manifold network.

5. The tank circulation cleaning system as described in claim 3, wherein the passivation command includes a passivation cycle and a cooling procedure, wherein, The passivation cycle includes: heating a passivating agent in the storage tank via a heat exchanger; delivering the passivating agent to the nozzle via the manifold network, wherein the sprayer provides pressure to the passivating agent; discharging the passivating agent through the drain hole and recovering the passivating agent via the manifold network; the cooling process includes: the storage tank providing water to the nozzle via the manifold network, wherein the sprayer provides pressure to the water; wherein the water, after passing conductivity detection, is discharged through the drain hole and recovered via the manifold network.

6. The tank circulation cleaning system as described in claim 3, wherein the hot water cleaning command includes a pre-wash program, a hot wash program, and a cooling program, wherein, The pre-wash procedure includes: the storage tank provides water to the nozzle via the manifold network, wherein the sprayer provides pressure to the water; the water is discharged through the drain hole after conductivity detection, and the water is recycled through the manifold network; the hot wash procedure includes: heating the water in the storage tank via a heat exchanger; the water is delivered to the nozzle via the manifold network, wherein the sprayer provides pressure to the water; the water is discharged through the drain hole after conductivity detection, and the water is recycled through the manifold network; the cooling procedure includes: the storage tank provides water to the nozzle via the manifold network, wherein the sprayer provides pressure to the water; the water is discharged through the drain hole after conductivity detection, and the water is recycled through the manifold network.

7. The tank circulation cleaning system as described in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the mechanical polishing inspection includes an appearance inspection, a roughness inspection, a white cloth inspection, a gloss inspection, and a dyne value inspection; the quality control inspection includes a water film test, a pH value test, the roughness inspection, a blue spot test, and the gloss inspection; and the electrolytic polishing inspection includes the appearance inspection, the roughness inspection, the white cloth inspection, the gloss inspection, the water film test, the pH value test, the blue spot test, and the gloss inspection.

8. The tub / sump circulation cleaning system as described in claim 7, wherein the mechanical polishing inspection, the quality control inspection, and the electropolishing inspection include a pass / fail standard value, which includes: the pass / fail value for the appearance inspection is that the area of ​​any blemish or defect is less than 0.5% of the inner surface area of ​​the tub / sump; the pass / fail value for the roughness inspection is that the arithmetic mean roughness value (Ra) is less than 0.8 μm; the pass / fail value for the white cloth inspection is that the area of ​​stains on a white cloth is less than 5 cm²; the pass / fail value for the gloss inspection is that when measured at a 20-degree angle, the gloss GU (Gloss Unit) value is between 90 and 110 GU, when measured at a 60-degree angle, the gloss GU (Gloss Unit) value is between 60 and 80 GU, and when measured at an 85-degree angle, the gloss GU (Gloss Unit) value is between 10 and 30 GU; the pass / fail value for the gloss inspection is that when measured at a 20-degree angle, the gloss GU (Gloss Unit) value is between 10 and 30 GU. The dyne value is between 100 and 130 GU; the gloss unit value is between 75 and 95 GU when measured at a 60-degree angle, and between 25 and 45 GU when measured at an 85-degree angle; the acceptable standard for the dyne value test is a surface energy between 38 and 42 millinewtons per meter (mN / m); the acceptable standard for the water film test is a water film with a thickness between 0.3 and 0.5 mm, where the film is uniformly formed, without obvious leakage or instability; the acceptable standard for the conductivity test is that the conductivity value reaches a stable value after decreasing from high to low; the acceptable standard for the pH value test is a pH value between 6.5 and 7.5; and the acceptable standard for the blue spot test is that the number of blue spots is less than 5, and the range of blue spots is less than 0.5% of the inner surface area of ​​the tank.

9. The tank circulation cleaning system as described in claim 8, wherein the pressure ranges from 2 to 5.

10. The tank circulation cleaning system as described in any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the water quality comprises deionized water (DIW) or ultrapure water, wherein, The resistivity of this ultrapure water is 18.2 MΩ·cm.

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