Efficiency Assessment of Improved Disinfection Method for Automatic Bottle Washer / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To find out the defects existing in the rinsing and sterilizing process of the automatic bottle washer and to put forward an improvement measure and efficiency assessment.Methods To make the washer more effective,an automatic brush pre-washing process and a rotary spraying device were designed and used.The total bacteria amount,the total coliform group and the disinfectant (ClO2) residual level were employed as the assessment parameters.Results An external automatic pre-washing machine was installed on the bottle washer;the bottle washer was innovated so that its spray nozzle could be in directions and the rinsing and sterilizing process could be enhanced.The results showed that the improved machine ran well in treating the polluted and recycled bottles and all the assessment indexes were better than that of before improvement.Conclusion The improved automatic bottle washer is considered effective in cleanout and sterilization of bottles with a satisfactory result.