Brewing Process and Brewery Installations
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsKlaus-Karl Wasmuht, Cornelia Folz
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Abstract
A brewing process including taking off a fluid having a starting temperature from a heat store; feeding the fluid to a plurality of heat consumers for releasing heat; and returning to the heat store the fluid which has a final temperature. The brewery installation has a heat store for controlling the flow of the fluid in the installation, and a plurality of heat consumers each of which is connected to the primary circuit for releasing heat. Improved efficiency is achieved in part by the final temperature of the fluid which flows out of the respective heat consumers is measured and the return of the fluid is controlled as a function of the measured final temperature.
Claims22
Brewing process, comprising the steps of:
- taking off a fluid having a starting temperature (TA) from a heat store,
- feeding the fluid to one or several heat consumers for releasing heat, and
- returning the fluid having a final temperature (TR) to the heat store, and
- detecting the final temperature (TR) of the fluid flowing out of the respective heat consumers and controlling the return of the fluid is controlled as a function of the detected final temperature (TR).
Brewery installation, comprising:
- a heat store receiving a fluid,
- a primary circuit of the fluid connected to the heat store,
- a flow controller unit designed to control the flow of the fluid in the installation,
- one or several heat consumers which are each connected to the primary circuit for releasing heat, and
- downstream of a heat consumer, at least one temperature sensor is provided for detecting the final temperature (TR) of the fluid flowing out of the heat consumer, wherein the temperature sensor is coupled to the flow controller unit such that the fluid flow can be controlled as a function of the detected final temperature (TR).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.