BREW Series - Greater efficiency increases profitability - Alfa Laval - #1

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Alfa Laval has supplied high-quality separators to the brewing industry for decades. Alfa Laval brewery separators have proved crucial in enabling breweries around the world to achieve higher yields from greater efficiency, and in helping them meet changing demand patterns while maintaining profitability. Brewery separators from Alfa Laval ensure minimal levels of oxygen pick-up during passage through the separator, which is a major quality requirement for brewers. Hygiene issues are also a prime focus in all aspects of the design of these brewery separators. The table below shows the maximum capacities of the different units in the Alfa Laval brewery separator range, for different applications. The figures in the table are indications only. The final achievable capacity depends on the concentration of the solids. Greater efficiency increases profitability Brewery separators *Applications VNPX 507S BREW 301 BREW 500 BREW 2000 BREW 3000 BRPX 714 BREW 700 FEUX 510 Clarification of hot wort at 98 Cº n.a. 200 420 500 550 n.a. n.a. n.a. Clarification of cold wort n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 130 260 n.a. Beer clarification 60 270 470 650 750 250 650 n.a. Beer polishing n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 200 400 n.a. Beer recovery from surplus yeast (20-40% v/v) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 50 BREW 3000 Separator *Approx. max. capacity in hl/h