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ECO-FERM™ Optimized Beer Fermentation

ECO-FERM™ Optimized Beer Fermentation

ECO-FERM™ Optimized Beer Fermentation

Product catalog summary
Introduction to ECO-FERM™ System
GEA's ECO-FERM™ system is designed to enhance fermentation efficiency and homogeneity in fermentation tanks through gentle liquid jet mixing. This system supports the natural upward flow in vertical fermenters, improving fermentation, maturation, and cooling times without compromising quality.
System Specifications
The ECO-FERM™ utilizes a GEA jet mixer driven by a liquid flow from a centrifugal pump. The design allows for significant mixing with only a quarter of the total flow needing to be supplied by the pump. It accommodates batch sizes from 500 hl to 12,000 hl.
Benefits of ECO-FERM™
  • Faster fermentation and maturation, leading to shorter cooling times.
  • Increased tank throughput and improved production scheduling.
  • Consistent high-quality beer with a stable flavor profile.
  • Higher raw material yield and increased returns due to higher final attenuation.
Special Features
  • Low-shear mixing prevents mechanical stress on yeast cells.
  • No moving parts, leading to easy installation, low energy use, and minimal maintenance.
  • Existing tanks can be retrofitted, with side installation possible.
  • Hygienic installation ensured by specially developed process connections.
Performance Example
A specific application shows that the threshold for diacetyl completion is reached after 6.5 days, saving over 24 hours with ECO-FERM™.
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Catalog excerpts

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Optimized fermentation with ECO-FERM™ Improved quality and higher capacity in the fermenting cellar GEA’s revolutionary ECO-FERM™ cooling of the beer, without affecting of the mixed liquid is drawn into the system for gentle liquid jet mixing quality parameters and filterability, jet mixer through its side openings, in fermentation tanks has been entrained by the driving flow and especially developed to further shows that particularly good results boosted upwards. Due to the special improve fermentation efficiency may still be achieved with flocculent design, only a quarter of the total yeast and unfavorable height to mixing flow created in the tank has to that is centrally directed upwards diameter ratios of fermenters. be supplied via the centrifugal pump. process in vertical fermenters A GEA jet mixer, driven by a liquid Different unit sizes are available and flow, is utilized and supplied by a capable of handling batch sizes from convection. Significant time savings centrifugal pump fed from the tank in fermentation, warm maturation and bottom. Inside the tank, the majority supports the natural upward f

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ECO-FERM™ Low-shear jet mixing improves process consistency and production planning ECO-FERM™ – A system with special features: • ow-shear mixing principle prevents excessive mechanical L stress on active yeast cells • ith no moving parts, jet mixing devices offer quick and easy W installation, low energy consumption, minimal operational costs and no maintenance. Existing tanks can be easily retrofitted; side installation into the bottom tank cone is also possible • pecially developed process connection ensures perfect hygienic S installation The diagram describes a particular application where...

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