Commercial brewery heating and cooling – Challenges and solutions
Optimizing temperature control in brewing processes
Effective temperature management is vital in commercial breweries, as it directly impacts fermentation, maturation and overall beer quality. Utilizing advanced heating and cooling equipment not only ensures precise temperature control but also enhances energy efficiency, helping brewers maintain consistent production standards while minimizing operational costs.
Cooling
Cooling beer is essential during the transfer of from fermentation to storage, or for chilling final beer before filtration or transfer to stabilization tanks.
Challenge
- Risk of freezing
- High energy consumption
- during transfer from fermentation to storage
- during cooling of green beer
- during chilling of final beer before filtration or transfer to stabilization tanks
Solution
Outcome
- Cooling based on energy efficient plate heat exchanger
- Minimizes risk of freezing
Heating
Heating and boiling beer is essential to maintaining optimal fermentation temperatures and ensuring proper cleaning of equipment.
Challenge
- High energy consumption in production of utility steam and hot water
Outcome
- High quality brewery utility steam or hot water based on the most cost-efficient fired boilers available in the market
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