Abstract: Sterilized air has an important role in aseptic pouch packaging machine. The main use of sterilized air is in maintaining sterile condition in the filling and a slight positive pressure in relation to the environment, and in removing excess H2O2from the packaging material surfaces. In present study, an air sterilizer was designed and its performance was evaluated. The test was carried out with natural microflora. The bacterial count at velocity of40; m/s varied from 0 to 42; at 30 mls air velocity, bacterial count varied from 0 to 35 while at 20 mis, it was found to vary from 0 to 20 cfu/m3 Bacterial counts were found to be zero above 100 °C at all velocity. The hot air, free from any bacterial load, was used in aseptic pouch packaging machine for different purposes.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-09-30
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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