The vegetable raw materials that are processed in these types of industries contain many organic salts, particularly calcium oxalate. During heating processes, these salts precipitate on surfaces and, precisely because these are heated surfaces, they progressively dehydrate, forming deposits of high hardness and impenetrability. Caustic solutions, which are better suited to dissolving organic matter, are not able to dissolve these deposits while they act effectively on the other components of the deposits. It was only after years of unsuccessful attempts that it was realised that it was necessary to 'crumble' the salt deposits with oxidising agents added to the washing solutions. Chlorine is the first option and certainly the most effective, but washing often takes place at rather high temperatures and in any case above the canonical 55-60°C considered the line not to be crossed with chlorine-based products, which are also expensive.
AEB SOLUTION: the use of ADDING OX, thanks to its oxidising action released during the recirculation of the caustic solution, allows effective and rapid crumbling of deposits without the risk of corrosion of surfaces.