Common problems when using conical fermenter of your brewery equipment
- Mar 17, 2022
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- tiantai
The conical beer fermenters are widely used in most of breweries today. There are may be some problems exist due fermenter design, fermenter manufacturing or your unattended operation during beer brewing. A few common questions as below:
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I. Air leakage
The leakage is common phenomenon during conial fermenter manufacturing process, so strictly pressure testing is must needed during production and before delivery. Air leakage would cause a low CO2 content in beer. The vacuum relief valve, sealing gasket etc should also being checked frequently during operation.
II. Beer frozen
There are two main reasons may cause beer frozen:
(1) The temperature of the glycol liquid is too cold. Usually the glycol water temperature better being controlled at -5~-3 Celsius, maximumly cannot lower -6 Celsius.
(2) The glycol jacket based on a unreasonable design. The glycol inlet should away from the low temperature area for the conical fermenter with much bigger capacity.
III. Bacteria Contamination
(1) The superficial area of fermentation tank is too big, so it is easily being contaminated if without reasonable cleaning.
(2) The beer fermenters with too many ports connections. So please pay more attention to the cleaning and sterilization for all the ports.
(3) The feeding or aeration during fermentation may bring in the infectious microbe.
IV. Instrumental error
The errors mostly shows on temperature, liquid level, pressure gauge etc. So do not just go for low price when purchasing beer fermenters; Checking and revising the instru ments regularly.
Laura Hou
Sales manager
Tiantai Beer Equipment
[email protected]
I. Air leakage
The leakage is common phenomenon during conial fermenter manufacturing process, so strictly pressure testing is must needed during production and before delivery. Air leakage would cause a low CO2 content in beer. The vacuum relief valve, sealing gasket etc should also being checked frequently during operation.
II. Beer frozen
There are two main reasons may cause beer frozen:
(1) The temperature of the glycol liquid is too cold. Usually the glycol water temperature better being controlled at -5~-3 Celsius, maximumly cannot lower -6 Celsius.
(2) The glycol jacket based on a unreasonable design. The glycol inlet should away from the low temperature area for the conical fermenter with much bigger capacity.
III. Bacteria Contamination
(1) The superficial area of fermentation tank is too big, so it is easily being contaminated if without reasonable cleaning.
(2) The beer fermenters with too many ports connections. So please pay more attention to the cleaning and sterilization for all the ports.
(3) The feeding or aeration during fermentation may bring in the infectious microbe.
IV. Instrumental error
The errors mostly shows on temperature, liquid level, pressure gauge etc. So do not just go for low price when purchasing beer fermenters; Checking and revising the instru ments regularly.
Laura Hou
Sales manager
Tiantai Beer Equipment
[email protected]
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