With Food & Beverage UV system designs unparalleled in performance, Aquafine is committed to provide superior quality and the latest advancements in UV technology.
The Food & Beverage market includes diverse industries, such as bottled water, food packaging, crop irrigation, carbonated & non-carbonated beverages, dairy plants and meat and poultry processors. Ultraviolet (UV) technology has been successfully used in these related industries for control of pathogen microorganisms. While the most common application for UV light in water treatment is disinfection, the technology can also be utilized in TOC (total organic carbon) reduction, chlorine/chloramines reduction and ozone destruction.
Aquafine UV systems are also used to disinfect any product water used as an ingredient in food or beverage products. Bottled water and product water for concentrates, soft drinks, tea and beer are commonly disinfected with Aquafine 254nm UV systems.
Heat treatment-pasteurization techniques are efficient in handling low UV transmittance (UVT) and some degree of suspended solids (SS) and total dissolved solids (TDS) and are preferred by many product producers, however pasteurization is expensive and thus UV can be more green and efficient as the pasteurization and energy costs continue to rise. UV is a non-chemical process and doesn’t change any physical characteristic of the fluid and concerns of chemical handling and cost of removal of chlorine from the water stream are eliminated. Most importantly, UV treatment does not promote the generation of disinfection by-products, such as Trihalomethanes (THM), which regulatory agencies have classified as carcinogenic at certain levels in drinking water.
Aquafine UV systems can also be used to replace carbon beds, or be used in conjunction with carbon beds to minimize or eliminate chlorine and chloramines while providing 3 log or better reduction of organisms. UV offers a cost effective means to not only disinfect, but eliminate chlorine and chloramines in the pretreatment phase.