An experimental study of an NaClO generator for anti-microbial applications in the food industry

摘要

A pilot scale sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) continuous generator is described in this paper, which was used for anti-microbial applications, basically for cleaning-in-place (CIP) or sterilizing-in-place (SIP), in food industry. The electrolytic cell was constructed as a tubular electrochemical reactor with a nylon net membrane between the electrodes and with a layer of rare-earth metallic oxide, RuO_2, as catalytic coating on the titanium-anode surface. The performance of this sodium hypochlorite continuous generator was Analyzed from a reaction engineering view point.