Using Batches for Modeling and Optimizing the Brewhouses of An Industrial Brewery
(1993) EUROPEAN SYMP ON COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS ENGINEERING - 2 ( ESCAPE - 2 ) — Location: TOULOUSE(France) (5.October.1992)
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- A detailed simulation model of the four brewhouses of an industrial brewery has been developed with the help of BATCHES, a software dedicated to the simulation of batch and semi-continuous processes. The use of this model has allowed a thorough study of the utilization rates of the pieces of equipment of the brewhouses as well as an analysis of the energy consumption profiles. Taking into account that the utilization rates are generally quite low and that some pieces of equipment are largely oversized, two new configurations for the brewhouses have been proposed, reducing by up to one third the number of pieces of equipment. On the side of the energy study, the combination of the proposed modifications of the process, namely a better standardization of the brewing plant, an adequate production planning and a voluntary limitation of the steam availability level, permits a considerable reduction of the peak energy demands. From the most unfavourable to the most favourable situation encountered during this simulation study, the global reduction amounts to 46%.
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Mignon, D., & Hermia, J. (1993). Using Batches for Modeling and Optimizing the Brewhouses of An Industrial Brewery. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 17, S51-S56. https://doi.org/10.1016/0098-1354(93)80208-5 (Original work published 1993)