GE Introduces FoodPro ST Water Treatment Chemicals

GE has introduced a line of environmentally friendly molybdate-free water treatment chemicals called FoodPro ST8069 and FoodPro ST8070 to prevent corrosion in sterilizers and pasteurizers used in the food and beverage industry. Due to the absence of the expensive raw material molybdate, these new FoodPro ST chemicals can be sold at a less expensive price, providing, on average, 30% more cost-effectiveness when calculated on the treatment costs for 1 cu meter of water.

GE designed the product family for use under soft water conditions where corrosion of food packages and sterilizer equipment can lead to severe problems. It offers equal or better levels of corrosion and scale inhibition than current molybdate-based products tested by GE, which contain heavy metals such as molybdate or zinc.

Molybdate often is used as a corrosion inhibitor in the treatment of process water in closed systems or in sterilizers, but discharge regulations in a growing number of countries restrict its use. The products will enable users in the food and beverage industry to improve product quality and to protect sterilizer and pasteurizer equipment from corrosion even under soft water conditions, without the need for heavy metal-based corrosion inhibitors.

The products use a synergistic blend of organic corrosion inhibitors and phosphonates. The blend enables food and beverage industry customers to improve the cleanliness of cans, leading to less required manual cleaning of spoiled food packages and to fewer rejects from can corrosion. It reduces the need for repair and maintenance of sterilizer and pasteurizer equipment, helps users meet discharge limitations and reduces overall water treatment costs.

“Food and beverage companies are continually seeking ways to optimize their sterilizer and pasteurizer operations in order to minimize outages to achieve the highest levels of food safety and to ensure that productivity is not impacted by inadequate process treatments,” said Han Engelen, Europe marketing director—water and process technologies for GE Power & Water. “In this case GE offers customers a solution, which is, simultaneously, more effective, less costly and more environmentally friendly than the other molybdate-based products tested by GE.”

Source: GE