Peroxide based cleaning compositions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hard surface cleaners are limited in their ability to provide consistent cleaning performance across multiple surfaces and often pose environmental and safety hazards, with bleach cleaners being particularly destructive and hazardous, while peroxide-based cleaners are unstable and challenging to formulate.
Innovation Solution
A peroxide-based cleaning composition comprising hydrogen peroxide, an anionic surfactant, a polyol stabilizer, and a builder, such as sodium bicarbonate, which stabilizes hydrogen peroxide and enhances its cleaning efficacy on both hard and soft surfaces without the hazards associated with bleach.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If bleach cleaners are used for cleaning mold and mildew, then cleaning capability is improved, but surface destruction and safety hazards increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces chlorine bleach with hydrogen peroxide as the active cleaning agent, fundamentally changing the chemical parameter of the cleaner. This substitution maintains effective cleaning capability for mold and mildew while eliminating the destructive and hazardous properties of chlorine bleach, including surface degradation, fabric damage, and toxic fume generation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent addresses the instability of hydrogen peroxide by incorporating stabilizing agents that prevent premature decomposition. This converts the potential harm of peroxide instability into a benefit by maintaining controlled stability during storage while preserving the cleaning efficacy when applied
2Object-affected harmful factors
If peroxide-based cleaners are formulated, then environmental friendliness and safety are improved, but formulation stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces stabilizing agents as intermediary substances that mediate between hydrogen peroxide and other formulation components. These stabilizers prevent unwanted decomposition reactions while allowing the peroxide to maintain its cleaning effectiveness, thus resolving the contradiction between safety and stability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite cleaning formulation that combines hydrogen peroxide with specific stabilizers, surfactants, and builders. This composite approach allows each component to contribute its beneficial properties while minimizing individual drawbacks, achieving both environmental friendliness and formulation stability
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional cleaners are used for multiple surfaces, then versatility is improved, but cleaning performance consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent develops a universal peroxide-based cleaner that effectively performs on multiple surface types including hard surfaces, fabrics, and grout. The formulation achieves this universality while maintaining consistent cleaning performance through the synergistic combination of peroxide's broad-spectrum cleaning ability and stabilizing agents that ensure reliable operation across different applications
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 effectively cleans various soils from multiple surfaces while being environmentally friendly and safe, maintaining stability and cleaning performance over time, offering a safer alternative to bleach-based cleaners.
Implementation Method 1
a peroxide stabilizer, wherein the peroxide stabilizer comprising a polyol
Implementation Method 2
Peroxide has both antimicrobial properties and cleaning ability through denaturing of certain organic soils
Implementation Method 3
an anionic surfactant
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure describes a peroxide based cleaning composition comprising a peroxide; a builder; a surfactant; a peroxide stabilizer; and remainder water and optional adjuvant. In various embodiments, the cleaning composition comprises hydrogen peroxide, sodium bicarbonate, a vegetable fatty acid potassium soap, glycerin, water and essential oil. The peroxide based cleaning composition exhibits storage stability for up to about 9-months and provides cleaning efficacy on a wide variety of hard surfaces and fabrics.