We are in the process of designing the steam supply to our HLT, mash/lauter vessel and brew kettle and never having brewed on a steam system we were hoping to find out how other breweries have set up (or wish they had set up) their steam control and valving to each vessel to make sure we do not over-design and complicate the system.
We have a 9 BBL system with a side jacket HLT, side jacket mash/lauter and bottom/side jacket kettle. The brewhouse control panel has PID controllers for the kettle and HLT temperature with on/off switches. No controller or pre-installed temperature probe for the mash/lauter.
Our plan for valving is as follows (I have left out steam traps, pressure gauges, vacuum breakers, air vents, etc.):
HLT: From steam drop, isolation valve -> actuated ball valve connected to HLT controller -> manual globe valve -> side jacket.
Mash/Lauter: From steam drop; isolation valve -> manual globe valve -> side jacket.
Kettle: From steam drop; isolation valve -> actuated ball valve connected to kettle controller -> split to each jacket -> manual globe valve on each jacket leg.
The controllers would open/close the automated ball valves as required to meet temperature set points and the manual globe valves would be used to fine tune steam supply to each jacket and accessed from the brew platform. Is on/off control with manual valve for adjustment the standard set up for this size of system? We had originally planned on modulating control valves instead of actuated ball valves and manual globe valves. We could then place the modulating valve in manual and set the valve opening % to maintain temperature or boil off rate but believe that it might be overkill for such a small system.
We have a 9 BBL system with a side jacket HLT, side jacket mash/lauter and bottom/side jacket kettle. The brewhouse control panel has PID controllers for the kettle and HLT temperature with on/off switches. No controller or pre-installed temperature probe for the mash/lauter.
Our plan for valving is as follows (I have left out steam traps, pressure gauges, vacuum breakers, air vents, etc.):
HLT: From steam drop, isolation valve -> actuated ball valve connected to HLT controller -> manual globe valve -> side jacket.
Mash/Lauter: From steam drop; isolation valve -> manual globe valve -> side jacket.
Kettle: From steam drop; isolation valve -> actuated ball valve connected to kettle controller -> split to each jacket -> manual globe valve on each jacket leg.
The controllers would open/close the automated ball valves as required to meet temperature set points and the manual globe valves would be used to fine tune steam supply to each jacket and accessed from the brew platform. Is on/off control with manual valve for adjustment the standard set up for this size of system? We had originally planned on modulating control valves instead of actuated ball valves and manual globe valves. We could then place the modulating valve in manual and set the valve opening % to maintain temperature or boil off rate but believe that it might be overkill for such a small system.
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