Hard Surface Cleaning Composition for Room Temperature Detergency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cleaning agents used at room temperature suffer from insufficient detergency and excessive bubble generation, leading to inefficiencies and cost issues in cleaning processes.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning agent composition comprising specific carboxylic acid compounds, alkyleneoxy group-containing compounds, and oxypropylene group-containing compounds, which work together to enhance detergency while minimizing bubble formation at room temperature.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If cleaning is performed at normal temperature to save energy, then energy cost is reduced, but detergency performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical composition parameters of the cleaning agent by incorporating specific compounds (carboxylic acid compound, alkyleneoxy group-containing compound, and oxypropylene group-containing compound) to enable effective cleaning at normal temperature, thus resolving the contradiction between energy savings and cleaning performance
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a composite cleaning agent formulation combining multiple specific compounds working together to achieve both energy efficiency and effective detergency at normal temperature, rather than relying on a single ingredient
2Reliability
If the amount of cleaning agent is increased to compensate for poor detergency, then cleaning performance may improve, but bubble generation increases and overflows
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the concentration and type of cleaning agents used, achieving effective detergency with lower amounts of chemicals by using compounds specifically selected for their efficiency and low foam-generation characteristics
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the potentially harmful effect of bubble generation into a beneficial outcome by selecting compounds that minimize foam while maintaining cleaning efficacy, thus preventing overflow issues
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition achieves sufficient detergency and reduces bubble generation at room temperature, enabling energy cost savings by eliminating the need for heated cleaning baths.
Implementation Method 1
the cleaning agent composition for hard surface containing (A) at least one kind of carboxylic acid compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, a polycarboxylic acid, and any neutralized salt of these, (B) a compound represented by the following General Formula (B-1)... (C) a compound represented by the following General Formula (C)... and (D) a compound represented by the following General Formula (D)
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AI summary
The cleaning agent composition for hard surface contains at least one kind of carboxylic acid compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, a polycarboxylic acid, and any neutralized salt of these, a specific first alkyleneoxy group-containing compound, a specific second alkyleneoxy group-containing compound, and a specific oxypropylene group-containing compound.