Intelligent Whirlpool System
Increase brewing yield with wort recovery from the whirlpool, while maintain or even improve wort quality reducing energy and water consumption using the Intelligent Whirlpool System (IWS).
Fast and flexible Whirlpool System
- Reduce whirlpool losses down to max. 0.1%
- Thus, increase brewing yield for 1-3% in breweries and much more in solids intensive craft breweries
- Maintain or increase wort quality parameters, mainly due to up to 10-20% shorter whirlpool process time – based on technical validation report by VL
- Keep 100% process traceability (recovered wort returned to the same brew)
- Turn trub waste into valuable by-products such as animal feed
The Alfa Laval Intelligent Whirlpool System (IWS) works with our Foodec decanter centrifuges to deliver unparalleled efficiency. A shorter whirlpool time improving wort quality, while increasing operation speed. IWS enables higher hop utilization by separating residual solids in the decanter. It minimizes fouling and clogging in the wort cooler and reduces trub amount in the fermentation. IWS is suitable for brew sizes larger than 50 hl (43 bbl). Alfa Laval optimized IWS scope of supply, with fully automated, predesigned compact modular decanter solution, with gradual equipment sizing, is providing optimal customer investment cost, with fast and easy start-up and operation.