Device for providing clean air in a beverage filling plant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10914477-B2
Application number	US-201615580259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2016
Priority date	Sep 11, 2015
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

A device for providing clean air in a beverage filling plant is described. The device includes an inflow channel with at least one filter for pretreating the air sucked in via a supply-air feed. The inflow channel is adjoined by a first outflow channel with at least one filter for treating the air pretreated in the inflow channel for feeding into a filling cleanroom of the beverage filling plant. The inflow channel is adjoined by a second outflow channel for treating the air pretreated in the inflow channel for feeding into a blowing cleanroom for the blow-molding of plastic containers. A dehumidifying device for dehumidifying the pretreated air is arranged in the second outflow channel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for providing clean air in a beverage filling plant, comprising
an inflow channel with at least a first filter configured to pretreat air sucked in via a supply-air feed;
a first outflow channel with at least a second filter configured to treat the pretreated air and to feed the treated pretreated air into a filling cleanroom of the beverage filling plant; and
a second outflow channel configured to convey the air pretreated by the first filter, but not the second filter, and to feed the treated pretreated air into a blowing cleanroom for blow-molding of plastic containers,
wherein the inflow channel is adjoined by the first outflow channel and the second outflow channel, and
wherein a dehumidifying device configured to dehumidify the pretreated air is arranged in the second outflow channel such that the treated pretreated air fed into the blowing cleanroom is drier than the treated pretreated air fed into the filling cleanroom.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the inflow channel comprises a central fan that conveys the pretreated air through the inflow channel and also through the first outflow channel and the second outflow channel.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least first filter comprises a first dust filter and/or a second dust filter.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the first dust filter and the second dust filter are present, and the first dust filter comprises a filter configured to filter out particles greater than 10 μm in size, and the second dust filter comprises a filter configured to filter out particles between 1 μm and 10 μm in size.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the inflow channel comprises a sound damper configured to damp sound.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the sound damper is disposed downstream of the first filter comprising a first dust filter.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first outflow channel comprises a heat exchanger.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second filter comprises a suspended matter filter.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first outflow channel comprises a sterilization device configured to sterilize areas of the first outflow channel that are downstream of the sterilization device.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the sterilization device is configured to sterilize a suspended matter filter downstream of the sterilization device.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the sterilization device comprises an H 2 O 2 injector.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second outflow channel comprises a heat exchanger downstream of the dehumidifying device.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second outflow channel comprises a sterilization device configured to sterilize areas of the second outflow channel that are downstream of the sterilization device.

14. A device for providing clean air in a beverage filling plant, comprising
an inflow channel with at least a first filter configured to pretreat air sucked in via a supply-air feed;
a first outflow channel with at least a second filter configured to treat the pretreated air and to feed the treated pretreated air into a filling cleanroom of the beverage filling plant; and
a second outflow channel configured to convey the air pretreated by the first filter, but not the second filter, and to feed the treated pretreated air into a blowing cleanroom for blow-molding of plastic containers,
wherein the inflow channel is adjoined by the first outflow channel and the second outflow channel, and
wherein a dehumidifying device comprising an air cooler and a droplet separator is arranged in the second outflow channel such that the treated pretreated air fed into the blowing cleanroom is drier than the treated pretreated air fed into the filling cleanroom.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the inflow channel, the first outflow channel, and the second outflow channel are accommodated in a single housing.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the first outflow channel and the second outflow channel issue from the inflow channel parallel to each other.

17. The device of claim 14 , further comprising an exhaust air fan configured to discharge air from the blowing cleanroom or the filling cleanroom.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the exhaust air fan is disposed in a single housing of the device.

Assignees

• Krones Ag

Inventors

• Braun Franz
• Mueller Holger
• Soellner Juergen
• Brikmann Max

Classifications

• F24F3/16

  by purification, e.g. by filtering; by sterilisation; by ozonisation · CPC title

• F24F3/14 Primary

  by humidification; by dehumidification · CPC title

• B67C2003/227

  Additional apparatus related to blow-moulding of the containers, e.g. a complete production line forming filled containers from preforms · CPC title

• F24F8/10 Primary

  by separation, e.g. by filtering · CPC title

• F24F3/167 Primary

  Clean rooms, i.e. enclosed spaces in which a uniform flow of filtered air is distributed (air distribution by perforated walls F24F7/10) · CPC title