Method for cleaning piping and cleaning system for piping

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9744569-B2
Application number	US-201314439496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2013
Priority date	Oct 29, 2012
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A method for cleaning piping including the steps of supplying an acid to a cleaning water to prepare a cleaning water having pH of 4 or lower, mixing ozone gas to the cleaning water, and passing the cleaning water through the piping to be cleaned, or a cleaning system for piping, the system including a reservoir which retains cleaning water, an acid providing means supplies an acid to the cleaning water, an ozone generation means which generates ozone gas, a circulation flow path including a circulation pump which connects the reservoir and the ozone generation means in the form of a closed circuit, and circulates the cleaning water between the reservoir and ozone generation means, a conduction flow path including a conveying pump which communicates the reservoir and the piping to be cleaned, and conveys the cleaning water retained in the reservoir through the piping to be cleaned.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for cleaning inside piping by conveying cleaning water through the piping to be cleaned, the system comprising:
a reservoir for retaining the cleaning water;
an acid providing device which supplies an acid to the cleaning water;
an ozone generation device which generates ozone gas;
a circulation flow path including a circulation pump which connects the reservoir and the ozone generation device in the form of a closed circuit, and circulates the cleaning water between the reservoir and ozone generation device;
a conduction flow path comprising a conveying pump which communicates the reservoir and the piping to be cleaned, and conveys the cleaning water retained in the reservoir through the piping to be cleaned;
a return flow path which connects an end of the piping to be cleaned from which conveyed wastewater of the cleaning water is discharged to the reservoir;
a reflow flow path which connects the recirculation flow path and the conduction flow path by bypassing the reservoir;
an ozone concentration measuring device provided on the recirculation flow path, the ozone concentration measuring device measuring the ozone concentration of the cleaning water in the recirculation flow path; and
a control valve provided in a connection position of the recirculation flow path and the reflow flow path,
wherein the cleaning system circulates the cleaning water containing the acid through the circulation flow path, mixes the ozone gas into the cleaning water, and passes the cleaning water through the piping to be cleaned via the conduction flow path, and
wherein when the ozone concentration is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the control valve opens a flow path from the recirculation flow path to the reflow flow path and closes a flow path from the recirculation flow path to the reservoir.

2. The cleaning system for piping according to claim 1 , wherein the system further includes a temperature control device provided on the circulation flow path or the reservoir.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Suematsu Takaaki
• Kure Tokuo
• Saito Kenji
• Higashi Eiji
• Araki Tomoyuki

Classifications

• B08B2203/005

  the liquid being ozonated · CPC title

• B08B9/032 Primary

  by the mechanical action of a moving fluid, e.g. by flushing (B08B9/04 takes precedence {; by fluid jets mounted on cleaning devices B08B9/0433}) · CPC title

• B08B9/027

  Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages · CPC title

• F28G9/00

  Cleaning by flushing or washing, e.g. with chemical solvents (appliances using jets of fluid for removing debris F28G1/16, F28G3/16) · CPC title