Kvasny Prum. 1960; 6(11): 243-247 | DOI: 10.18832/kp1960046

Modern cooling equipment for breweries and malting plants.Peer-reviewed article

V. CHLUMSKÝ

The article deals with the cooling equipment of Czechoslovak breweries and malting plants and compares it with the state at modern plants abroad. The reliability of existing automatic installations permits to introduce direct cooling practically everywhere, since there is no danger of temperature variations. Direct cooling brings substantial saving of capital investments and reduces operating costs. The electric energy consumption can be reduced in average by some 20 %. Waste heat can be utilized at breweries in absorbtion type cooling installations. To prevent propagation of moulds air conditioning and cleaning can be recommended. The article contains further the description of cooling equipment of Carlsberg brewery in Copenhagen. Artificial cooling of malting floors at malting plants permits to extend malting season. New technology of manufacturing ice blocks improves the efficiency of installations and shortens the process.
(In Czech, English summary only)

Keywords: brewery, maltery, cooling equipment

Published: November 1, 1960