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Method of cooling beer within a fermentation tank

US4206237A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1979
Grant dateJun 3, 1980
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Expiry dateMay 23, 1999

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12C11/006
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of cooling beer, wherein beer contained in a cylindrical fermentation tank of a large capacity and undergoing a fermentation process extending from the beginning of fermentation to the termination of fermentation, is cooled by employing cooling jackets mounted on the external wall surface of the sidewall of the tank and on the bottom of the tank and wherein cooling is more intense at the lower layer of beer in the tank.

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