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008: ASPIRIN PILOT PLANT TEST (AUTOCLAVE TEST) ASPIRIN PILOT PLANT

Step

Step Description

Results

Precondition

System is OFF

 

open/close the valves   

Open all valves from the control panel and reclosed them after few minutes

Release the air from the system  

Switch on the heater

 Turn on the heater from the control panel

THE SYSTEM IS heating the water till reach 134°C

Sterilization the tank 1 (reactor)

Open the autoclave valve (autolave--->Autoclave valve)

-The steam is filling the reactor 

PS: there is leaking of steam in mixers rollings.

Sterilization the tank 2 (cooler)

Open the tank 1 (Reactor) valve V1 to sterilize tank 2 (cooler)

(Reactor---->Reactor valve V1) 

-No results

Sterilization the tank 3 (HOT WATER TANK)

Open the tank 3 (HOT WATER TANK) valve V6 to sterilize tank 3 

(HOT WATER TANK---->HOT WATER TANK valve V6)

-No results

Sterilization the tank 4 (Crystallizer)

Open the tank 2 (cooler) valve V2 to sterilize tank 4 (crystallizer)

(crystallizer---->crystallizer valve V3)

-No results

Sterilizaiton the tank 5 (Filter)

Open the valve V3 to sterilize tank 4 (Crystallizer) to the tank 5 (Filter)

(crystallizer---->crystallizer valve V3)

 -No results

Sterilization the tank 6 (Waste)

Open the valve V4 (Filter) to sterilize tank 6 (Waste)

(Filter---->Filter valve V4)

-No results

Open the manual discharge valve

Open the discharge valve manually

-No results

CLose the valves

 close ALL the valves from the control panel and the discharge valve manually

-No results

switching OFF the system

switch off the system

the system is OFF

Postcondition

system is OFF

 

008video: video 3.3 (test 2) autocalve whole test 14/12/2023 

 

Overview: The leaking of the steam in mixers rolling make the test unsuccessful, we can't reach 2 bar in any tank due to leaking.

so the next step will be to focus this leaking and retest the aucolave system