Food & Beverage Industry

The food and beverage industry makes high demands on the raw material water. Water is used to dilute fruit juices as well as water for production of beer and soft drinks. Rinse with pure water is the last step in the bottle washing machine. To reach the necessary low bacteria counts, UV-doses of 600-1,000 J/m² are required. Also sugar syrup and juice concentrates are fairly suitable for UV disinfection.

Maintaining a high standard of air quality in this industry also provides many quality benefits to food items and worker satisfaction and productivity.

Ultraviolet equipment provides an economical means of water disinfection for beverage and bottled water manufacturing facilities. There are three primary types of applications for UV systems.

The first application provides disinfection from the feed water source to the storage tank. The water can be re-circulated from the storage tank back through the UV equipment in order to maintain bacteria reduction.

The second application involves disinfection of the facilities bulk tanker water supplies. Water flows from the tanker through the ultraviolet unit prior to entering the storage tank.

The third application is for ozone destruction as the water leaves the storage tank for the bottling lines. This method also provides the added benefit of secondary water disinfection after the ozone system.