Chemical cleaning methods

There are six major chemical cleaning methods circulation, fill and soak, cascade, foam, vapor-phase organic, and steam-injected cleaning. 

With circulation cleaning, the rate of flow through the equipment is critical. Large-diameter connections are preferred, and a high-capacity pump may be necessary to produce the required circulation. After cleaning, the equipment is drained, neutrahzed, flushed, and passivated. 

It involves filling the equipment with the cleaner and draining it after a set period of time. This may be repeated several times. The equipment is then water flushed to remove loose insolubles and residual chemicals. 

Fill and soak cleaning offers limited circulation. The poor access of fresh cleaning solution to the metal, together with the inability to maintain solution temperature, may cause the cleaning action to cease. 

Steam-injected cleaning involves the injection of a concentrated mixture of eleaning chemieals into a stream of fast-moving steam. The steam is injected at one end of the system and condensed at the other. It atomizes the chemicals, increasing their effectiveness, and ensures good contact with the 

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The chemical cleaning methods used for aluminum will have slightly different effectiveness with different aluminum alloys. The permanence of these bonds will also depend on the type of alloys used because of their different corrosion rates under extreme environmental conditions. The yield strength of the alloy also has an influence on bond strength when stressed in shear. The peel test is usually considered a more meaningful... 

Cras, J. J., Rowe-Taitt, C. A., Nivens, D. A., and Ligler, F. S. (1999) Comparison of chemical cleaning methods of glass in preparation for silanization. Biosens. Bioelectron. 14, 683-688... 

Since all membranes eventually foul, a cleaning cycle is necessary to restore flux and operability. Many membrane systems have limited abilities to be regenerated due to restrictions in the chc ce of cleaning chemicals. Hie formed-in-place membrane is compatible with a wide rai e of chemical cleaning methods, enabling in-place regeneration of flux. In situatimis where the membrane becomes irreversibly fouled, the formed-in-place membrane can be stripped and reformulated on-site. 

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