High Alkaline Cleaner for Polymerized Zero Trans Fat Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Polymerized zero trans fat soils are difficult to clean due to their stability and tendency to form hard residues on surfaces, especially in food processing environments, leading to increased cleaning costs and equipment replacement.
Innovation Solution
A high alkaline-solvent composition comprising alkaline wetting and saponifying agents, chelating/sequestering systems, and surface modifying-threshold agents, along with surfactants and cleaning boosters, is used to break down and remove polymerized zero trans fat soils from surfaces, optimized for enhanced cleaning at various temperatures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional cleaning methods are used on polymerized zero trans fat soils, then cleaning cost increases and equipment replacement becomes necessary, but the soils remain difficult to remove due to their stability and polymerization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by using high alkaline cleaners with pH levels significantly higher than conventional cleaners. The high alkalinity (high pH) chemically attacks the polymerized zero trans fat soils, breaking down the stable polymerized structures that resist conventional cleaning methods. This parameter change in chemical strength enables removal of soils that would otherwise require equipment replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses composite cleaning formulations combining multiple active ingredients including high alkaline agents, surfactants, solvents, and enzymatic components. This composite approach creates a synergistic effect where each component addresses different aspects of the polymerized fat structure - the alkaline agents break chemical bonds, surfactants emulsify released fats, solvents penetrate the soil matrix, and enzymes digest organic components, collectively overcoming the soil's stability.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If zero trans fats are used in food products, then health risks are reduced, but polymerized residues form on equipment surfaces that are more difficult to clean than trans fat or saturated fat residues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs parameter changes by utilizing high alkaline conditions (elevated pH) and elevated temperatures during the cleaning process. These parameter changes accelerate the breakdown of polymerized zero trans fat residues. The high alkalinity chemically saponifies the polymerized fats, while heat increases reaction rates and helps melt and loosen the adhered soils, making them removable despite their difficult nature.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces intermediary substances including surfactants and solvents that act as mediators between the high alkaline cleaner and the polymerized zero trans fat soils. These intermediaries help penetrate the soil structure, emulsify released fats, and facilitate removal. The enzymatic components also serve as biological intermediaries that specifically target and digest the organic polymerized fat structures.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The composition effectively disrupts and removes polymerized zero trans fat soils from surfaces, reducing cleaning costs and extending equipment life by improving cleaning efficiency at both ambient and elevated temperatures.
Implementation Method 1
one or more alkaline wetting and saponifying agents
Implementation Method 2
a surfactant or surfactant system
Implementation Method 3
a chelating/sequestering system
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to high alkaline cleaners, cleaning systems and methods for removing polymerized zero trans fat soils. The high alkaline cleaner of the present invention generally includes one or more alkaline wetting and saponifying agent(s), a chelating/sequestering system and a surface modifying-threshold agent system. In various embodiments, the cleaners may include, at least one cleaning agent comprising a surfactant or surfactant system and/or a solvent or solvent system and/or a cleaning booster such as a peroxide or sulfite type additive. The cleaners may also include one or more components to modify the composition form and/or the application method in some embodiments. All components described above may also be optimized optionally, to provide emulsification of a composition (both as a usable product or a concentrate that can be diluted to form a usable product). The use of the high alkaline cleaner of the present invention has demonstrated enhanced cleaning characteristics especially at higher temperatures (100° F. to about 200° F.) but also shows enhanced cleaning at ambient temperatures.