The whirlpool is a simple device, but there are many variations on its basic design used in commercial breweries. The most common design is a flat-bottomed vessel with a slight pitch toward the drain.
Item No. | ZJ-1000BW01 |
Product name | Brew kettle/ whirlpool |
Capacity | 1000L, customizable |
Material | SUS304 or SUS316 |
Heating way | Steam heating |
Voltage | 200v, 208V, 220V, 240V, 380V, 400V, 415V (customizable) |
Control | Manual control |
Dimensions | Diameter: 1600mm, Height: 2500mm |
Thickness | Inner tank: 3mm, outer shell: 2mm, insulation: 80mm |
Application | Whirpool process |
Whirlpooling is a common method used in commercial breweries to separate hop pellets and trub from wort after the wort boil. Essentially the wort is pumped into the whirlpool vessel at rapid velocity, usually about 15 feet per second, to cause the wort to start spinning like a whirlpool.
Kettle, the vessel in which beer wort is boiled with hops. Proper wort boiling achieves a number of effects, including sterilization of the wort, denaturing of enzymes, extraction of hop components, coagulation of proteins and polyphenols, wort concentration, color development, and the driving off of unwanted volatiles. Modern kettles are designed to carry out these tasks in the most efficient manner possible while still yielding high-quality wort.
The whirlpool is a simple device, but there are many variations on its basic design used in commercial breweries. The most common design is a flat-bottomed vessel with a slight pitch toward the drain.
This gives a great trub pile but also allows the trub to slide toward the outlet if the pile is loose. Some designs have a low point in the center and an outlet drain that is a little higher than the low point. This prevents trub from leaving with the wort. Your keg/kettle will behave like this system.