Sodium Hypochlorite as Bleach Sanitizer

Brian,

The compound they are using is indeed TRICHLORO-S-TRIAZINETRIONE (found it on Wiki very quickly). You first need to get prices for each. After that, you need to know how much of each will treat the same surface area. If you can't get those, or at least an estimate, you are SOL.

Mike

http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&q=TRIAZINETRIONE&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=TRIAZINETRIONE&fp=fdb7627fc4f0229c

http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&safe=off&q=%22chlorine+bleach%22+%2Bpowder&meta=&aq=f&oq=%22chlorine+bleach%22+%2Bpowder&fp=fdb7627fc4f0229c

Also take in consideration to compare stability sodium hypo is not stable, corrotion, safety to worker, application process (dilutions), shelflife etc.. I think your customer should be aware of sodium hypo advan and disadva.

Hi Brian,

for our clients in Europe and to avoid use chlorine for the colateral effects of this, We recomended to use a Aqua Salveo Water Desinfectanct (ASWD) www.aquasalveo.com, this product replace totally the sodium hypochlorite in all his complete actual applications, with enormous vantages.

Don't produce any reaction for the human menbranes, is the only disinfectant approved for Human comsumption, and when you use this product is possible to gain enormous vantages that today the chlorine kill.

This product is approved for the food industry (sabs 1827 mark ),

I hope this can to help you.

Best regards,

Gustav

First, your customer should have an MSDS that specifies WHAT the chemical is. Also, pricing should tell you if it's simple HOCl or a more complex molecule.

Have you considered using ozonated water for these sanitisation activities.... you don't have to transport chemicals - it's therefore safer, its environementally favourable, more effective, already used extensively in the food processing industry, etc..

What you are looking for is the percentage of chlorine in the product. It's the same in the pool chemical business. The higher percentage of chlorine in the product the less you have to use in order to achieve the same sanitizing levels. Liquid/gas chlorine is 100% but you'll most likely never see it unless at a public pool of sufficient capacity to justify the hazards associated, not to mention the special training associated with it. Dichlor has less chlorine % wise than trichlor, so you need more. Sodium hypochlorite in a 12.5% concentration is approximately household bleach.

The more concentrated it is the less you will use. Your supplier with the 5 gallon and 55 gallon containers is making a killing because the customer is paying a lot of money to buy and have water shipped. Also, liquid bleach will lose its potency over a period of time. Every time you open the container, a small amount of gaseous chlorine will be lost.