Process and apparatus for thermal control of winemaking
AssigneeSociete Thermique Generale Vinicole
InventorAdrien Laude-Bousquet
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Abstract
A process and apparatus are provided for controlling the temperature of various phases in the winemaking process by means of a heat-exchanging fluid circulating in at least one flexible exchanger, the thermoregulating action of which is exerted in a horizontal plane to favor stratification of the temperatures. The apparatus comprises at least one removable heat exchanger consisting of a flexible or semirigid tubular structure made of a neutral material whose density is less than the density of the winemaking juice. The structure is placed in a horizontal plane in the winemaking vat.
Claims16
A process for thermally controlling the winemaking process in a vat containing juice to be fermented by regulating the temperatures of each winemaking phase comprising:
- introducing into the vat at least one flexible exchanger;
- regulating the temperatures of the phases of the winemaking process by means of a horizontally-placed heat-exchanging fluid circulating in the at lest one flexible exchanger to promote stratification of temperatures;
- said flexible exchanger being independent of the vat and exhibiting a density less than the density of the winemaking juice.
Apparatus for thermally controlling the winemaking process in a fermentation vat comprising:
- at least one removable heat exchanger;
- said heat exchanger consisting of a flexible or semi-rigid tubular structure made of a neutral material having a density less than the density of the winemaking juice;
- said apparatus placed in the horizontal plane in the vat.
Apparatus for thermally controlling the winemaking process in a vat containing juice to be fermented by regulating the temperatures of each winemaking phase comprising:
- heat exchanger means comprising at lest one flexible exchanger in the vat;
- means for regulating the temperatures of the phases of the winemaking process by means of a horizontally-placed heat-exchanging fluid for circulating in the at least one flexible exchanger to promote stratification of temperatures;
- said flexible exchanger being independent of the vat and exhibiting a density less than the density of the winemaking juice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.