Hard Surface Detergent Composition with Carboxylic Acid and Alkanolamine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cleaning agents for hard surfaces fail to maintain effective detergency at normal temperatures, leading to increased energy costs for drying and issues with bubble overflow, while attempts to enhance cleaning performance through increased chemical usage do not achieve cost savings and result in operational troubles.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning agent composition comprising a carboxylic acid compound, an alkanolamine compound, and a hydroxyl group-containing compound, along with a glycol ether, which enhances liquid dropping properties and foam inhibition, allowing effective cleaning at normal temperatures without the need for heating.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by stationary object
If the temperature for the cleaning step is lowered to normal temperature, then energy cost is saved, but cleaning performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical composition parameters of the cleaning agent by incorporating specific surfactant combinations (anionic and nonionic surfactants) and chelating agents that enable effective cleaning at normal temperatures without requiring thermal energy input, thus resolving the contradiction between energy savings and cleaning performance
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a composite cleaning agent formulation combining multiple surfactant types (anionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant) with chelating agents and organic acids, creating a synergistic composition that maintains high cleaning performance at normal temperatures, eliminating the need for heating while preserving detergency
2Reliability
If the amount of cleaning agent is increased to compensate for detergency, then cleaning performance is improved, but cost increases and bubble overflow occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the concentration parameters of the cleaning agent formulation, achieving high cleaning performance with reduced amounts through the use of synergistic surfactant combinations and chelating agents that enhance detergent efficiency per unit volume, preventing both cost increase and bubble overflow
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces chelating agents and organic acids as intermediary substances that enhance the effectiveness of the surfactants, allowing lower overall cleaning agent quantities to achieve the same cleaning performance, thus avoiding cost increases and excessive foaming
3Reliability
If conventional cleaning agents are used, then cleaning performance is achieved, but liquid dropping property is poor and drying energy cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the surface tension parameters of the cleaning agent through specific surfactant selection and combination, improving liquid dropping properties and facilitating faster evaporation and drying of cleaned surfaces, thereby reducing drying energy costs while maintaining cleaning performance
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 excellent liquid dropping properties, reducing energy costs by enabling efficient drying and maintaining cleaning performance and foam inhibition at normal temperatures, thus addressing the limitations of conventional agents.
Implementation Method 1
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) an alkanolamine compound, and (C) a hydroxyl group-containing compound having from 8 to 50 carbon atoms
Implementation Method 2
the cleaning agent composition for hard surface of the present invention can be a cleaning agent exhibiting excellent liquid dropping property
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AI summary
The cleaning agent composition for hard surface contains (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) an alkanolamine compound, and (C) a hydroxyl group-containing compound having from 8 to 50 carbon atoms.