Cleaning Compositions Using Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cleaning compositions for removing baked-on, burnt-on, and charred organic food and oil residues are harsh, environmentally unsafe, and damage surfaces, while existing solutions either fail to effectively remove residues or require high pH levels that are hazardous and costly to maintain.
Innovation Solution
Compositions comprising surfactants, yeast-derived stress proteins, and hydrogen peroxide, which are applied to surfaces to break down and remove residues without causing damage, and can be used in a concentrated form to reduce the need for harsh chemicals and extend equipment life.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If harsh cleaners are used to remove baked-on residues, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but surface damage increases and environmental safety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the chemical parameters of the cleaning composition by using high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (10-50%) combined with specific surfactants and builders, replacing traditional harsh alkaline cleaners. This parameter change enables effective removal of baked-on residues through oxidation rather than harsh chemical etching, thus maintaining cleaning effectiveness while reducing surface damage
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs hydrogen peroxide as a strong oxidizing agent to break down and remove baked-on, burnt-on, and charred organic residues. The oxidizing action decomposes the carbonized materials into removable substances without requiring harsh mechanical or chemical abrasion, thereby achieving effective cleaning while protecting surface integrity
2Productivity
If high pH cleaners are used to remove residues, then cleaning performance is improved, but worker safety deteriorates and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention shifts from high pH (alkaline) chemistry to high concentration hydrogen peroxide (oxidizing) chemistry. This parameter change maintains cleaning performance through oxidation mechanisms while eliminating the safety hazards associated with handling and storing high pH substances, as hydrogen peroxide decomposes into water and oxygen
3Productivity
If traditional cleaners are used to remove residues, then some cleaning is achieved, but environmental safety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses hydrogen peroxide as an environmentally benign oxidizing agent that decomposes into water and oxygen, replacing traditional phosphates, chlorine-based cleaners, and other environmentally harmful substances. This enables effective cleaning capability while significantly reducing environmental impact through biodegradable and non-toxic composition
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs a formulation where hydrogen peroxide serves as a consumable oxidizing agent that decomposes after use, leaving no persistent harmful residues. This disposable oxidizing action provides effective cleaning while the breakdown products are environmentally safe, contrasting with persistent environmental contaminants from traditional cleaners
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 compositions effectively remove baked-on residues at moderate pH levels, reduce reformation, and control odors, improving worker safety and equipment longevity while starting the wastewater treatment process by uncoupling microbial metabolic processes.
Implementation Method 1
Compositions comprising surfactants, yeast-derived stress proteins, and hydrogen peroxide, which are applied to surfaces to break down and remove residues
Implementation Method 2
Compositions comprising surfactants, yeast-derived stress proteins, and hydrogen peroxide
Implementation Method 3
Solutions comprising stress proteins are previously described... methods of producing stress proteins, such as heat-shock proteins or stress proteins produced as the result of chemical or mechanical stress
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a solubilizing agent for the removal of burnt-on, cooked-on, baked-on, dried-on and charred organic food and oil residues from surfaces comprising alcohol, a coupling agent, water, an anti-deposition agent, a pH buffer and a surfactant system that preferably includes a fermentation supernatant, where the supernatant contains essentially stress proteins. Further enclosed are methods of cleaning for ovens, industrial cooking equipment and the like.