Water quality management in the food and beverage industry by hybrid automation using the example of breweries

Blomenhofer V, Groß F, Procelewska J, Delgado A, Becher T (2013)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply International Water Association Publishing

Publisher: International Water Association Publishing

Book Volume: 13

Pages Range: 427–434

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.2166/ws.2013.038

Abstract

Water of drinking water quality is one of the most important resources in the food and beverage industry, e.g. for breweries. In this 'Water Quality Management' project, a new strategy of partial process water stream treatment is presented. Based on our own investigations, a water saving potential of 10-20% of the entire water consumption is possible with regard to displacement and rinsing water. The separation of different water qualities in real time, via the water switch, is achieved by several measurement techniques and the exploration of the desired information by multivariate data analysis. In combination with the water switch, the generation of drinking water quality regarding sterility is assured by a ceramic ultra-filtration membrane. Aside from basic on and inline measurement parameters in breweries, e.g. pH-value, temperature, electrical conductivity and turbidity, modern measurement techniques, e.g. infrared sensor, which can measure several parameters, such as Brix and organic acids, are utilized. The combination of the rule-based fuzzylogic system and expert knowledge is called a hybrid methodology. In the current study, the experimental design (DoE) techniques were applied to reduce the number of required experiments. The experimental results were then explored by the well-known projection method, i.e. principal component analysis (PCA). © IWA Publishing 2013.

Authors with CRIS profile

Verena Blomenhofer Lehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik Frauke Groß Lehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik Antonio Delgado Lehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik

How to cite

APA:

Blomenhofer, V., Groß, F., Procelewska, J., Delgado, A., & Becher, T. (2013). Water quality management in the food and beverage industry by hybrid automation using the example of breweries. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 13(2), 427–434. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2013.038

MLA:

Blomenhofer, Verena, et al. "Water quality management in the food and beverage industry by hybrid automation using the example of breweries." Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 13.2 (2013): 427–434.

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