Ozone Bubble Sanitation for Beverage Dispensing Lines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current sanitation methods for beverage distribution systems in restaurants and breweries pose safety risks, logistical challenges, environmental impacts, time-consuming processes, and lack reliable control mechanisms, leading to health risks and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A sanitation device utilizing ozone generation and bubble technology, including microbubbles and nanobubbles, with automated control and communication capabilities, to sanitize beverage distribution systems efficiently and safely without manual intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If chemical sanitation is used to sanitize beverage distribution systems, then sanitation effectiveness is improved, but safety risks increase due to potential contamination of beverages with chemicals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates chemicals from the sanitation process entirely, using only physical methods (high-pressure water, mechanical sponges, and ozone generation) to sanitize the beverage distribution system, thereby removing the harmful chemical contamination risk while maintaining sanitation effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces chemical sanitation with a mechanical-sanitation system comprising high-pressure water pumps, mechanical sponges, and ozone generators, achieving sanitation through physical mechanisms rather than chemical agents
2Reliability
If combined chemical-mechanical sanitation is used to improve sanitation effectiveness, then cleaning quality is improved, but time consumption and logistical demands increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges high-pressure water pumping, mechanical sponge cleaning, and ozone generation into a single integrated sanitation device that performs all functions simultaneously through one automated process, eliminating the need for separate chemical and mechanical sanitation steps
Solution Approach 2:
The sanitation device is fully automated and self-operating, requiring no manual intervention for adding chemicals, switching flow directions, or recording sanitation data, as the system automatically controls all sanitation parameters and communicates results to a supervisory system
3Reliability
If sanitizing sponges are used to improve cleaning quality, then mechanical cleaning effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases due to potential sponges getting stuck and requiring disassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates flow meters and control units that continuously monitor the sanitation process, detecting when sponges are properly positioned and when cleaning cycles are complete, allowing the system to automatically adjust operations and prevent sponges from getting stuck in the distribution lines
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual monitoring and adjustment of sponge positioning with an automated control system that uses sensors and feedback mechanisms to manage the mechanical cleaning process, eliminating the need for personnel to manually disassemble and reposition components
4Device complexity
If manual sanitation procedures are used to reduce device complexity, then operational simplicity is improved, but productivity decreases due to high time requirements and manual intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The sanitation device automatically performs all sanitation operations including water pumping, sponge deployment, ozone generation, flow direction control, and data recording without human intervention, dramatically increasing productivity while maintaining manageable device complexity through integrated automation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent designs a multi-functional sanitation device that combines pumping, cleaning, disinfection, monitoring, and reporting capabilities in one unit, allowing the system to perform multiple sanitation tasks simultaneously without requiring separate manual operations for each function
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 device provides safe, efficient, and automated sanitation, removing deposits and biofilm while reducing time and logistical burdens, with real-time reporting and compliance with hygiene standards.
Implementation Method 1
behind which an ozone generator is connected
Implementation Method 2
a bubble generator, such as microbubbles and nanobubbles, is further connected
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AI summary
Sanitation device for sanitizing beverage distribution systems containing the main section (16) of the sanitation device with a mains water inlet (1) with a flow meter (3), to which a low-flow valve (4) and/or a tuning valve (5) is connected, behind which is an ozone generator (6) connected to the water outlet (9) to the second section (17) with at least one keg coupler adapter, to which a bubble generator (15) is further connected. The main section (16) of the sanitation device includes a main control unit (8) for enabling communication with a supervisory system, which is a backend (10) suitable for controlling the sanitation process, connected to a low-flow valve (4) by an ozone generator (6) and a bubble generator (15). The second section (17) with keg coupler (19) adapters contains a treated water inlet (11) with ozone connected to the controlled valves (12) of the sanitation outlets (14), wherein the control of the water outlet (9) is connected to an auxiliary control unit (13), which is connected to the main control unit (8), to which the control of the controlled valves (12) is connected.