BREWERY CHEMICAL PROGRAM

and WATER CONSERVATION

Prepared By
Mike Willis
Certified Water Technologist
CHEMCO PRODUCTS COMPANY

State of California

State of California

What is a CHEMICAL PROGRAM?

Cleaning & Sanitizing
Boilers, Cooling, Waste Water
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Proper Program Saves:

TIME
ENERGY
WATER

Where the Water Goes

Boilers
2%
Bottler
5%
Centrifuge
6%

Keg Cleaner
12%

Brewhouse
44%

Domestic/Irrigation
13%

Washdown
18%

Brewery gallons of water per barrel of beer.

Information provided by Bear Republic Brewing

Cleaning and Sanitizing

What is it?
Four Step Process
Pre-Rinse
Wash
Post-rinse
Sanitize

Cleaning 4 Factors:

Time

Temperature

Flow
(Mechanical
Action)

Concentration

Soils in Brewery

Protein
Carbohydrates, Starches
Minerals
Oils
Form Layers and Matrix (Kettle)

Protein Solubility

Mineral Scales
Beer Stone
Calcium Phosphate
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium Oxilate

Water, Wort
Remove with Acids
New Additives for Caustic
Can remove minerals

Caustic Additives
New additives- cleans better at
lower concentration, eliminate
acid washes
Saves water
Saves time
Saves heat
Saves chemical
Rinse better saving water
Penetrate soils

Wetting Penetration - Surfactants

Water Only:

Soil
Water Plus Surfactant:

Beads Form

Crack

Soil

Rinsing
Manual rinsing may
be most effective in
removing trub.
Know how much
water you need to
rinse. (Validate time
or volume for rinsing)

Burst Rinsing

Principals of CIP Engineering

Types of CIP Systems:
Single Tank
Re-Use
Recovery
Eductor Return

Single Tank CIP

2 Tank Re-Use CIP

3 Tank, Re-Use
Rinse- Recovery CIP

Typical CIP
VERIFICATION
1.

Return Flow Verification

2.

PRE-RINSE TO DRAIN

3.
4.
5.
6.

Return to Drain (repeat as necessary)

Establish Recirculation
Delay to Temperature
Delay to Concentration

7.

WASH

8.

Wash Recovery

9.

POST RINSE

10.

Return to Wash Tank/Reclaim Tank/Drain (repeat as necessary)

11. SANITIZE
12.
13.
14.

Airblow to Drain
Return to Drain (tanks)
Drain System (lines)

Rinsing Sensors
Conductivity Sensor
Turbidity Sensor
CIP validation-

CIP Time Savings with Additives and

Validations

Sanitizing
Use of high-acid sanitizers can
eliminate acid wash or flush
High-Acid PAA
pH = 2-3
PAA
pH = 4-5

Chemical Concentrations
FOLLOW THE SOP!

Boilers and Towers

Use boiler blowdown controller
Return condensate
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
-1000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
-1000

22 Sun

1 Tue

8 Tue

15 Tue

Waste Water
Recycle
Membrane Technology
Boiler/Tower Makeup
Washdown
Bottle Cooler

Water Conservation

QUESTIONS