Description of image: Vacuum breaker
This diagram illustrates the proper installation of a clean in place (CIP)-type vacuum breaker so that the air intake is not a source of contamination. The components in the diagram are as follows:
- Constant level tank
- Plate heat exchanger
- CIP-type Vacuum breaker Vacuum breaker's air intake at 30 cm (12 inches) above highest potential raw line
- Umbrella deflector
- Funnel
- Air gap that is 2 times the diameter of the vacuum breaker's air intake line
- CIP return line to constant level tank
- Pasteurized product tank