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Monitoring the Different Stages of Industrial Cleaning using Ultrasonic Sensors

Watson, Nicholas J.; Escrig Escrig, Josep; Woolley, Elliot; Rangappa, Shreedar; Simeone, Alessandro

Authors

Nicholas J. Watson

Josep Escrig Escrig

Elliot Woolley

Shreedar Rangappa

Alessandro Simeone



Abstract

Clean-in-Place (CIP) technologies use a combination of time, temperature, chemicals and mechanical force (caused by flowing water) to clean processing equipment in the food and drink, pharmaceutical and fast moving consumer goods sectors. One of the major challenges facing CIP processes is that they often over clean affecting a factory’s productivity and environmental impact. This paper presents an ultrasonic sensor method which can be used to monitor and therefor optimize the cleaning of pipe work. In this work we monitor the cleaning of different industrially relevant fouling materials in a flat pipe section. As each fouling material has different cleaning stages we propose the use of machine learning techniques to identify these stages of cleaning and determine when the pipe is clean.

Citation

Watson, N. J., Escrig Escrig, J., Woolley, E., Rangappa, S., & Simeone, A. (2019, May). Monitoring the Different Stages of Industrial Cleaning using Ultrasonic Sensors. Paper presented at 7th International Symposium on Sensor Science, Naples, Italy

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name 7th International Symposium on Sensor Science
Start Date May 9, 2019
End Date May 11, 2019
Deposit Date Jul 5, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Keywords Ultrasonic Sensors, Process Analytical Technologies, Clean-in-Place
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2273908
Related Public URLs https://i3s2019napoli.sciforum.net/

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