Conceptual design of portable electrolyzed water cleaning rig using TRIZ method

N.A Jalil,F.S Taip,S Sobri,N Ab Aziz,N.S Sulaiman,N.I Khalid

doi:10.26656/fr.2017.5(s1).048

Abstract

The limited budget allocation and storage chemicals space are the main reasons food SMEs manufacturers took cleaning and sanitation for granted. A portable Electrolyzed Water Cleaning Rig which can generate sanitation solution and at the same time generated high-speed water will ease the cleaning and sanitation process for SMEs. In this study, the theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ method) is applied in the development of portable electrolyzed water cleaning rig. A new conceptual design for the rig, which is robust and affordable is proposed. The rig could improve cleaning efficiency significantly in SME food industry in Malaysia, which is a major cause of a low number of SME with GMP certification. However, the final conceptual design has to undergo several modifications for assembly and manufacturing purposes, which will be performed in further study. The idea of generation for the portable electrolyzed water cleaning rig design was illustrated based on the TRIZ contradiction matrix. This portable unit will be able to generate both strongly acidic electrolyzed water (AcEW) and strongly alkaline electrolyzed water (AlEW) solution continuously. Both cleaning solutions are green cleaning solutions which can replace the commercial cleaning sanitation solutions. The development of the conceptual design of the portable Electrolyzed Water Cleaning Rig will help food SMEs tremendously.

Highlights

Electrolyzed water can be separated into two types of solutions which are alkaline electrolyzed water (AlEW) and acidic electrolyzed water (AcEW) with the presence of the membrane (Huang et al, 2008; Rahman et al, 2016)
After the solution principle have been proposed on the contradiction matrix, the most relevant principle will be selected as a guideline to develop a new portable electrolyzed water cleaning rig design
The description of how the TRIZ method solves the problems in the development of the new design of a portable electrolyzed water cleaning rig is given

Summary

Introduction

Electrolyzed water can be separated into two types of solutions which are alkaline electrolyzed water (AlEW) and acidic electrolyzed water (AcEW) with the presence of the membrane (Huang et al, 2008; Rahman et al, 2016). Both solutions have high potential to be used in the cleaning process of the food industry as the alkaline solution containing sodium hydroxide that is highly effective in grease-cutting cleaner (Hsu, 2005; Hricova et al, 2008). Electrolyzed water can be used as a green cleaner to clean and disinfect foodborne pathogens as it is environmentally friendly. Electrolyzed water is being used in various fields of application such as in the medical, dental, foodprocessing, agriculture, and dairy industries for cleaning purpose (Kim et al, 2000; Al-Haq et al, 2005; Hung et al, 2008)

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