The Brewnomic is self-sufficient in terms of energy – because this brewery of the future supplies itself by recycling residual materials from the brewing process. The excessive thermal and electrical energy can be sold.
Due to the variety of types and deviating qualities of raw material, the brewing and filling process is a batch process. Continuous processes are preferred to avoid peak loads at the energy and media supply. The Brewnomic is based on the design of a brewery for a continuous batch process.
Production takes place on seven days a week in the smallest possible batches to reduce the load peaks and to optimise the energetic waste material re-use. This way, also lower plant performances can be used requiring less connected load.
In the EquiTherm brewhouse lays the foundation for the optimal recovery of thermal energy. Another significant factor is the high-gravity process for the mass reduction in the process.
Warm beer filling opens up new opportunities of energy recuperation.
A positive side effect is that condensation will no longer develop on the filled bottles.
Overall energy concepts and the software-based planning of production and consumption round off the concept. Alternative energy is only used if it can also be integrated without redundant systems. Steam as a heating media is replaced with hot water.
The Brewnomic achieves:
* at an output of 2.6 million hectolitres
The operation of the Brewnomic is based on utilising the brewery residuals in a biogas plant and the recovery of heat and power generated in a combined heat and power plant.
The changes in filling concepts and the continuous production over seven days a week reduces the peak loads which are completely equalised through the storage and buffer tanks.
Warm filling of beer with temperatures of up to 30 °C opens up new opportunities for using the cooling energy for secondary processes.
