Alcohol Spray System Features

The alcohol spray system is a total encompassing cleaning facility incorporating a safety control module (to address safety issues related to the use of alcohol), filtering subsystems to filter the alcohol and air prior to entry into the chamber, an air exhaust subsystem to exhaust the air to the atmosphere (including alcohol vapor recovery/treatment), and an alcohol distillation subsystem. Each of these subsystems is described in more detail below. Figure 2 illustrates the spray chamber and gives the flow and control schematic. Patents for the system are pending.

Figure 2 - Alcohol Spray Chamber and Control Features
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The spray chamber is fabricated from stainless steel and utilizes two glove ports for handling hardware and has a translucent metallized polycarbonate window viewport. The polycarbonate is metallized using an electrically conductive coating. This coating is in turn grounded to the structure through surface contact. A spray nozzle attachment is used to apply alcohol at pressures up to 100 psi to the hardware being cleaned. A catch tank for used alcohol is located at the bottom of the spray chamber prior to the alcohol being filtered for reuse and transferred to the alcohol storage tank.

A distillation capability is present to recycle "contaminated" alcohol and replace the alcohol supply tanks with "refined" alcohol. This process eliminates molecular and contamination and moisture buildup in the processing alcohol.