Water and Wastewater Solutions For The Food and Beverage Industry
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Brewery Reuses Water For Factory Wash-Down
11/11/2013
Looking to reduce its water footprint, Shepherd Neame Brewery invested in a complete membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater recovery and re-use plant. Learn how the new plant's aeration system has helped to reduce the brewery's water-to-beer ratio to an industry-leading value of 3:1.
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KETOS Ensures Consistent Product Quality With Water Quality Monitoring
3/22/2021
A microbrewery utilizing groundwater as one of the water sources in the brewing process had difficulty receiving permits. A full lifecycle remediation and monitoring process needed to be in place to receive permits.
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Environmentally Sustainable Waste/Wastewater Treatment System For Leading Snack Manufacturer
4/22/2016
Jack Link’s, a leading protein snack producer, was in need of a water treatment solution at its facility in Alpena, South Dakota.
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Why Ultrapure Water Demands Ultraprecise Chlorine Analysis
10/30/2021
Across a variety of precision-minded industries — semiconductor, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, etc. — concerns about water purity far exceed the demands of municipal drinking water. In applications that depend on reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, and where a delicate chlorination/dechlorination balance demands extreme sensitivity and reliability, new online chlorine analyzers are smoothing the path to more cost-efficient performance.
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Inside The Technology: 3M Liqui-Cel Membrane Contactors
4/19/2021
While dissolved gas can give beverages distinctive flavors and fizz, it can also corrode boiler equipment and cause problems in microelectronics. With 3M’s advanced gas transfer membrane technology, you have the power to control dissolved gases with precision. Dive in to learn the ins and outs of 3M Liqui-Cel technology.
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Magnetic Flowmeter Used In Winery For TTB Audit Compliance
11/26/2019
The U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (or TTB for short) oversees industry compliance with U.S. government laws and regulations governing the tobacco and alcoholic beverage industries. Both large and small wineries are scrutinized for their compliance with regulations addressing alcohol content, fill levels in bottles, etc. For example, TTB guidelines require a traceable check and balance system verifying the amount of gallons used for wine blending equals the amount of gallons produced by the blending process.
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Alcoholic Beverage Fusel Alcohol Testing With Static Headspace
9/2/2014
A static headspace method was developed using Teledyne Tekmar automated headspace vial samplers to meet the method requirements of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the US Department of the Treasury (TTB) method SSD: TM:2001 for testing fusel alcohols in alcoholic beverages.
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Pumps Improve Wastewater Treatment In A Sugar And Bioethanol Plant
7/24/2018
In the sugar and bioethanol industries, robustness and reliability of the equipment are of paramount importance. The XFP pumps were taken into operation in 2013 and have been running continuously since then, without any interruption or specific maintenance.
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Coriolis Installation At Brewery Indicates Bright Future For SITRANS FC330
1/10/2019
A global beverage company produces, markets, sells and distributes a variety of beverages including beer, malt, soft drinks, fruit juices and mineral water. The brewery has utilized several types of SITRANS F flowmeters from Siemens to regulate all aspects of the brewing process for more than a decade, including SITRANS F C Coriolis meters to monitor the sugar concentration in wort prior to fermentation.
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New Methods In Photometry: Testing A New Spectrophotometer
7/10/2017
Photometry is an important part of modern laboratory activity within a beverage company. The determination of bitterness units, colour and photometric iodine samples are just some examples of the routine analysis that takes place in a brewery laboratory. These methods involve various enzymatic detections, such as the determination of alcohol or sugars (sucrose, fructose and glucose).