Patent ID: 9138497
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A23C,A61L

Abstract:
1. A method of presterilizing an aseptic tank configured to store a ready-treated sterile liquid food product and connecting conduits configured to convey the ready-treated sterile liquid food product wherein a certain quantity of cold water is initially pumped into said tank and said conduits; and that the cold water is caused to pass through a heat exchanger in which the cold water is heated to 120-150° C. to simultaneously increase pressure in the aseptic tank and the connecting conduits, whereafter the water heated to 120-150° C. is pumped under pressure across the tank and the conduits so that the aseptic tank is presterilized to receive and store the ready-treated sterile liquid food product and so that the conduits are presterilized to convey the ready-treated sterile liquid food product into the presterilized aseptic tank.