Patent ID: 8372461
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A23B,A23L,A23V,C02F

Abstract:
1. A process for extending the use of water during the production of products for human consumption comprising: predetermining an amount of peracetic acid required in a chiller tank system at the start of a first production day to provide a starting concentration of about 10 ppm to about 230 ppm of peracetic acid in an aqueous solution; delivering an initial amount of peracetic acid to the chiller tank system to provide the starting concentration of about 10 ppm to about 230 ppm of aqueous peracetic acid solution within the chiller tank system; allowing a first product for human consumption to come in contact with the aqueous peracetic acid solution during a first production day; determining appropriate concentrations of peracetic acid within the chiller tank system during the first production day; adding additional peracetic acid to the chiller tank system to maintain an acceptable concentration of about 10 ppm to about 230 ppm of the aqueous peracetic acid solution in the chiller tank system during the first production day; shutting down production using the chiller tank system at the end of the first production day; retaining the remaining aqueous peracetic acid solution within the chiller tank system at a temperature lower than ambient temperature at the end of the first production day; recharging the aqueous peracetic acid solution retained within the chiller tank system to the starting concentration of about 10 ppm to about 230 ppm of the aqueous peracetic acid solution at the beginning of a next production day; shutting down the chiller tank system at the end of the next production day; and draining the chiller tank system; wherein the steps of shutting down the chiller tank system, retaining the remaining aqueous peracetic acid solution within the chiller tank system, and recharging the aqueous peracetic acid solution retained within the chiller tank system to the starting concentration at the beginning of the next production day, can be repeated to provide up to seven production days before conducting the step of draining the water tank system.