Tetra Therm® Aseptic Visco SSHE
Continuous indirect UHT treatment module for viscous products with
or without particles
Application
Continuous aseptic processing module for indirect
UHT treatment in Contherm scraped surface heat
exchangers of tomato products, soups & sauces,
desserts and other low or high acid viscous products
with or without particles.
Working Principle
The module is fully automated to safeguard the aseptic
status while in production. The operation can be divided
into three steps;
• Pre-sterilisation
• Production
• Cleaning-in-place, CIP
Before production can commence it is necessary to
sterilse the aseptic area of the module by circulating
pressurised hot water for 30 minutes. An internal
sterilising loop minimises the energy consumption and
start-up time. After sterilisation the module is cooled
down step by step to production temperatures. Finally
sterile water is circulated through the production circuit.
Production starts by filling the module with product via
the balance tank. The product displaces the water/
product mix to drain or reject tank. When a downstream
tank or filling machine is ready production can start.
If product supply fails or a stop at a filling machine
occurs, sterile water replaces the product and goes into
sterile circulation.
The product is indirectly heated by means of steam.
The product is held in a holding tube for the required
period of time. A temperature guard automatically
monitors the product temperature after the holding
tube. If the temperature should drop below the pre-set
value,
Tetra Therm Aseptic Visco SSHE – Continuous indirect UHT treatment
module for viscous products with or without particles
Capacity
production will automatically cease and the filling Modules with fixed capacities from 1 500 up to 3 000 l/h.
machine inlet valve close. The product is pre-heated by
entering the bottom of the vertical Contherm scraped- Basic unit
surface heat exchangers before final heating in the next
Contherm. Cooling to packaging temperature takes Feed module
place in a set of Contherm scarped-surface heat . Product balance tank BTD 125/300 l with level
exchangers. After each production run the module is control
cleaned with both lye and acid. In special cases . Positive displacement product feed pump, fre-
modified formulated detergents is recommended. The quency controlled
standard Tetra Therm Aseptic Visco plant is based on . Multistage centrifugal CIP by-pass/booster pump
AISI 316L stainless steel in all product-wetted parts in . Pre-sterilisation cooler, Tetra Spiraflo tubular heat
heat exchangers and holding tube. exchanger
. Dosage pumps for CIP detergents
Processing parameters . Integrated CIP heater, Tetra Spiraflo tubular heat
Example of a temperature program exchanger
25/30 – 121/137 – holding – 30/35 °C

Simplified flowchart

Pre-sterilisation
cooler

Ice water Heater 1

Steam
Steam Steam
NaOH Pre-sterilisation
HNO3 return

Product
 Heat exchanger module Options
1. Contherm scraped-surface heat exchanger with 1 Deaeration module for low and medium viscous
electric motor for a fix speed drive of the rotor products
2. Holding tube with bends for pre-set holding time 2 Homogeniser
3 Connection set for homogeniser. Necessary when
Control panel option 2 is selected.
. Stainless steel control panel with process controller, 4 Circular chart recorder
operator interface and motor starters 5 US standard if UL approval is required
. Siemens S7 and TPOP, Human-Machine-Interface 6 Documentation in other languages than English or
(HMI), mounted on the control panel EEA
7 Supervision during installation and commissioning
Other equipment 8 CIP cleaning from a central cleaning station
. Centrifugal pump for cooling water circulation 9 Aseptic intermediate cleaning, AIC
. Set of instruments and transmitters 10 Direct heating module, DHM
. Set of automatic process and service valves 11 Other automation systems
. Set of process pipes in AISI 316 stainless steel 24 Rice feed module
. Commissioning kit intended for start-up at the 25 Centrifugal feed pump
customer's site 26 Pre-heater, PHE
27 Pre-heater, THE
Pre-assembly of the modules on stainless steel 28 Pre-sterilisation cooler, PHE
frames 29 Holding tube for rice
30 By-pass of rice holding tube
Engineering and programming 31 By-pass for rice feed module
32 CIP strainer, to be included if products with particles
Technical documentation are produced
33 Header/batch cleaning system
Seaworthy export packaging 34 Dosing pumps for CIP concentrates incl. containers
35 Back pressure pump, to be included if products
with particles are produced

Pre-cooler Final cooler

Ice Ice
Water Water water water

Product
to filling
 Tetra Therm Aseptic Visco SSHE – Continuous indirect UHT treatment
module for viscous products with or without particles
Technical data
Approx. consumption data for module 3 000 l/h
Steam, 6 bar 500 kg/h, peak 1 000 kg/h
Cooling water, 11 000 l/h during production
3 bar, 20°C 6 000 l/h during pre-sterilisation
Rinsing water, 18 000 l/h during CIP rinsing
3 bar
Instrument air 50 Nl/m, total not depending of capacity
Electricity 115 kW, excl. homogeniser
380/400 V, AC,
50 Hz

Dimensions
Approx. measurements including required
service area in mm

Option 29
Approx. 3 400

Option 24 Option 35

Approx. 9 200

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