We have a small Electric boiler at our facility. It is used to produce "clean" steam for sterilization of some piping and a couple small production machines. It is fed with RODI water with conductivities less than 1.00 microS/cm. We have always cleaned it with a citric acid based cleaner. This...
All of my experience is in the pharma field, but our facility has a shot at a small food grade project. We have a process tank that has been out of use for a while and the admin folks want to use it for this project. The problem is this tank has ANSI style flanges on all of its nozzles, and from...
I manage a small RODI system that feeds our PW distribution loop. It has a capacity of 4-5 GPM USP PW. My associate and I have been kicking around ideas for how to either get some work out of, or reuse the RO waste stream. We tried a little trial run of using the waste stream as coolant through...
As part of our PW system, we have a break tank and recirc loop that we installed to isolate our pre-treatment zone from the the municipal mains. The wildly fluctuating pressure of the city water was playing havoc with our softeners mostly. The oddity we have been experiencing is elevated...
