USE OF ALKANESULPHONIC ACID FOR CLEANING IN SUGAR INDUSTRY Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC C23G1/02 C13B25/00 C11D7/34 B08B3/08 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to sugar industry, more specifically to cleaning of plants containing reactors, evaporators, containers, valves, hoses, pipelines used in production of sugar from natural plant materials, such as sugarcane or sugar beet. Disclosed is use of one alkanesulphonic acid of formula R-SO₃H, where R denotes a saturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chain containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, for cleaning from solid deposits containing at least one aconitic acid salt. Also disclosed is a method of cleaning a surface from solid deposits containing at least one aconitic acid salt, comprising at least one step of contacting an effective amount of one alkanesulphonic acid, with said solid deposits, which must be removed by contact, immersion, spraying, spraying, application of more or less thick layer.

EFFECT: invention provides efficient removal of solid deposits containing at least one aconitic acid salt, without the need to use EDTA, EDTA salts or strong organic acids.

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