Kvasny Prum. 1958; 4(4): 73-75 | DOI: 10.18832/kp1958009

Czechoslovak micro malting plant at Brussels World Exhibition 1958.Peer-reviewed article

M. RŮŽIČKA

Micro-malting plant has been designed and developed to meet specific requirements of Czechoslovak malt industries which owing to the prevailing climatic conditions and properties of home grown barley adhere to the floor system of preparing green malt and to drying in double-pan dryers. The development of double-pan dryers follows therefore the line indicated above. The latest type of dryer provided with combined heating secures an output of up to 180 kg/24 hr per 1 m³of dryer working surface. This capacity is to be understood with natural draft i. e. without auxiliary fans. The fuel consumption calculated on row fuel basis (not from heat contents of steam or hot water) is just under 100 000 kcal/100 kg of dry green malt. The single-pan dryer which has been developed simultaneously with the bigger type serves for determining production costs and for systematic checking the quality of malt on samples. The next research work will be concentrated upon comparison of pneumatic and floor systems of producing malt. The research is a preparatory step considered necessary before final decisions as to mechanisation of malting process is taken. The mechanisation should under no condition deteriorate the traditionally high quality of Czechoslovak malt.
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Keywords: micro malting plant, world exhibition, Brussels, 1958

Published: April 1, 1958