Lesson 2 - Wort Clarification Technology and Process Control
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This lesson compares the design and operation of different wort clarification systems. It provides you with the information to help you justify why you would choose one method over another.
Lesson Information
Pre-requisite Knowledge:
- Introduction to Wort Clarification, Cooling and Oxygenation (Wort Clarification, Cooling and Oxygenation/Lesson 1)
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the objectives of wort clarification.
- Describe hot break removal and Stokes’ law.
- Understand and describe the advantages and disadvantages of different systems, designs and typical operational parameters for the following:
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- Whirlpool.
- Hop back.
- Hop strainer.
- Coolship and sedimentation tanks.
- Hot wort centrifuge.
- Kettle whirlpool.