Enhancement of Cleaning Water Properties Through Application of Magnetic Field

Abstract

Food and beverage industries consume large amount of water, detergent substance and energy in cleaning in place system (CIP). This project aims at enhancing the cleaning water properties through application of magnetic field. Caustic soda(NaOH) and Phosphoric acid(H3PO4) solutions were used as model cleaning agents dissolved in water. The solutions were subjected to magnetic field at different operating conditions: continuous flow magnetic stone, batch magnetic stone and electromagnetic field and the conductivity of solutions were measured during time. The results showed that the conductivity of detergent solutions increases with exposure to the magnetic and electromagnetic field. In addition, increasing conductivity of detergent solution with increasing intensity magnetic field. The main conclusion of the present study is that the magnetic stone and electromagnetic field could be successfully applied to enhance the solutions of detergents and thus reduce raw materials consumption.