Clean in Place (CIP) System Study

CLIENT: Major Food Manufacturer

PROJECT: CIP System Study

BACKGROUND: A site was experiencing issues with their existing CIP system including overflowing vessels and inadequate cleaning in the circuits requiring manual cleaning and having to run circuits multiple times.

CHALLENGES:

• Existing documentation on equipment and circuits was limited.
• Programming for circuits was not well understood.

WORK COMPLETED:

• ADF performed a walk through of every CIP circuit and documented the flow paths on process P&ID drawings with color codes to clearly identify each circuit.
• ADF documented and assessed each circuit supply and return pump and recommended modifications to VFD speeds and pump sizes to ensure line cleaning was minimum of 5 fps in each circuit and that vessels would not overflow.
• ADF evaluated existing spray balls and specified replacement rotary spray balls which have lower flow requirements to achieve good cleaning performance.
• ADF recommended instrumentation and automation upgrades to reduce water and chemical usage and to provide better feedback and traceability on cleaning performance.

SUMMARY:

The client followed ADF’s recommendations for improvements to their CIP systems. The result was dramatically improved the cleaning performance and significantly reduced the number of overall CIP cycles the site runs.

For additional information on process debottlenecking and cleaning studies, please contact ndeutsch@adfengineering.com or mwilliamson@adfengineering.com