1_INNOPRO HF
PASTEURIZING AND HEATING SYSTEM

PROCESS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS

Requirements and Solutions
 
The KHS Innopro HF system, process technology for
hot filling, is a heater for the continuous heating
and provision of juices with and without fibers for
filling, such as nectars, iced tea, health and sports
drinks, energy drinks, milk and soy-based
beverages, and sauces. After successful heating
and recooling of the product to filling temperature,
the system supplies the product to the filling
system according to requirements. In order to
enable the system to be specifically adapted to

clean, foamless filling in particular of sensitive
beverages.
 
 
Key Features
 
· The product is heated to deaeration temperature
using energy from the bottle recooler
· The product is heated to a specific beverage
pasteurization temperature
· The product is recooled and trimmed to the
filling temperature

Standard Equipment
 
· Primary feed tank buffers the incoming and
circulating product
· Product heated by plate/tubular heat exchangers
· Product recooled and trimmed by plate/tubular
heat exchangers
· System output regulated by flow meters and
control valves
· Automation system for a fully automatic,
complete basic system, including a control
cabinet to accommodate the control elements

cope with the range of beverages to be processed,
it is equipped with either plate or tubular heat
exchangers, the latter suitable for fibrous and
highly viscous products. Warm product deaeration
with flavor recovery can be optionally implemented
to effectively disperse amounts of foreign gas
dissolved in the beverage, which also contain
oxygen, thereby reducing any residual oxygen
content to an excellently low value. The thermal
energy required for this process can be supplied
through an interconnected energy system to the
bottle recooler. HF process technology ensures

· Fully automatic regulation of the production
capacity between approx. 50% and 100%
· Product quality and system monitored by 15"
touch panels
· Adapted system outputs ensure sustained and
consistent production
· Beverage-specific temperatures adapted by
activating recipes

· Visualization, system monitoring, and logging on
15" touch panels
· Piping exposed to product made of 1.4301
stainless steel (AISI 304)
· Open-design machine frame made of 1.4301
stainless steel (AISI 304)