GEA Varitherm VT-20 Plate Heat exchanger is made of several Varitherm-design stainless steel plates which are combined to form one effective heat transfer unit. Within each plate package the heat exchanger plates support each other at the metal-on-metal profile cross points, which ensure the stable behavior of the plate gap. The plate gasket has so called glue less sealing system. VT-20 is specially designed for cooling and heating of fluids with particle content up to a particle size of 2 mm as well as condensation of vapors, gas cooling and gas dehumidifying. This unit is in good operational condition. Manufacturer: GEA Ecoflex GmbH Type: VT 20 BC-12 Serial no: 170/12982 Year of manufacture: 2000 Frame material: Stainless Steel AISI 4571 Plate material: Stainless Steel Max. operating pressure: 16 Bars Max. operating temp. 100 C Max flow volume: 90 m3/h Width: 337 mm Length: 999 mm. Manufacturer: GEA Ecoflex GmbH Type: VT 20 BC-12 Serial no: 170/12982 Year of manufacture: 2000 Frame material: Stainless Steel AISI 4571 Plate material: Stainless Steel Max. operating pressure: 16 Bars Max. operating temp. 100 C Max flow volume: 90 m3/h Width (plates) 337 mm Length (plates): 1370 mm.
The main description of the plant equipmet is: 1. Brew House Make & Capacity: Steinecker1995 -1999 5 brews/d, 450-500 hl/brew. for 7000 kg malt, 3850 Raw grain Cast-out quantity: 500 hl, 16,5° Plato 8 Brews/ 24 hours, annual capacity 0.85 Mhl Controls are based on Siemens S5 and S7 PCS with, Botec Control system, PC Windows 2000 (Steinecker) Laboratory yield = 97.1% (2.1.09 – 28.5.09, 837 brews) The Brewhouse was installed in 1996 - 1999 by Steinecker to a high standard of control and automation and it contains the following main equipment: Wet Conditioning Mill, capacity 20 tons/hour and it is fully overhauled 2008 Configuration, main characteristics: 1 wet mill plant: 20 t/h 1 mash tun kettle plant: V=550 hl 1 lauter tun plant: D=7200mm 1 weak wort tank: V=155 hl 1 pre run vessel: V=640 hl 1 CIP- water distributor brew/whirpool kettle hot wort max. 520 hl (1 brew / 5 hours) wort cooling 400 hl/h, 10°C - Mash Kettle, a jacketed vessel 550 hl - Enzyme Dosing pot and pump - Lauter Tun complete with spent grain tank and Pondorff pneumatic grains transfer. Tun capacity 814 Hl and diameter 7200 mm, Solids capacity of 7000 kg malt and 3850 kg raw grain. Complete with internal rakes and scrapers - Pre Run Vessel complete with internal heater , volume 640 hl - Wort Boiler/ Whirlpool, gross volume 757 hl net 520 hl - Wort Cooler with aeration – GEA supplied plate heat exchanger (YOM 1990) – rated at 450 Hl/hr cooling the wort from 95oC down to less than 10oC. Cooling achieved with brewing water and then chilled water. Aeration achieved by use of a sintered disc and static mixers, and controlled manually using mass flow meters - 2 Hop Pellet Tanks - 2 Hop Oil Tanks - Brewhouse Weak Wort Tank, volume 150 hl - Alfa-Laval Decanter, year 2008, capacity 100 hl / h - 2 Weak Wort Tanks, volume approx 80 hl each - Gypsum Tank, volume approx 40 hl - Wet starch tank – volume 100 hl - Spent Grains Silo - Spent Grains Drying System - Bulk Acid tank – plastic tank with integral bund and dosing pumps
