Beer sterile filtration system for large breweries
Achieve 100% bacteria retention and preserve flavor without thermal degradation in your beer production process, utilizing a fully integrated sterile filtration system that ensures maximum process security and minimal product losses.
Filters and Sterilizes Beer for Quality Assurance
The Beer Sterile Filtration Module from Alfa Laval offers an efficient solution for breweries seeking to maintain beer quality and taste. Utilizing a membrane filtration system, it employs Sartorius cartridges for complete microorganism removal without thermal degradation. This system is designed for both large breweries and craft brewers, offering versatility in applications ranging from filtered lager to sterile craft ale.
The BSF module integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, providing a fully automated or manual operation tailored to your needs. It optimizes the use of Sartorius filters for high throughput, ensuring bright beer passes through with minimized product loss and low oxygen pickup. Its design eliminates the need for a buffer tank, reducing its footprint and saving valuable space.
Alfa Laval’s system is PLC-controlled, incorporating CIP for efficient cleaning and maintaining sterile conditions. The filtration cartridges are pre-filtered to prevent blockage while regularly cleaned with caustic solutions and sterilized with hot water, keeping maintenance straightforward and contamination-free. This robust solution ensures reliable operation, safety, and cost efficiency, making it an essential component in any advanced beer production environment.
Benefits
- Ensures consistent beer quality by removing microorganisms without affecting flavor.
- Saves space with a compact design that eliminates the need for a buffer tank.
- Minimizes product loss and oxygen pickup, preserving beer freshness.
- Reduces maintenance frequency with integrated CIP and hot water sterilization.
- Seamlessly integrates into existing lines, enhancing production flexibility.
- Applications
- Beverages,Craft beer,Beer
- End products
- Sterile craft ale,Microbrewery beer,Filtered lager,Canned beer,Bright filtered beer,Bottled beer
- Steps before
- Bright beer filtration
- Steps after
- Routing to filler,Packing
- Input ingredients
- bright beer,microorganisms,water,CIP liquids,sterile gases
- Output ingredients
- sterile beer,microorganism-free beer,bright filtered beer
- Market info
- Alfa Laval is renowned for its expertise in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling technologies, providing innovative, energy-efficient engineered-to-order solutions for various industries including food, marine, and energy.
- Bacteria retention
- 100%
- Membrane retention rate
- 0.45 µm / 0.65 µm
- Automation
- Fully automated
- Oxygen pick-up
- Low
- Product loss
- Close to zero
- System footprint
- Compact
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Sterilized with hot water
- Gas supply
- Sterile gases for integrity testing
- Working mechanism
- Sterile filtration module
- Integrated steps
- Pre-filtration,sterile filtration
- Batch vs inline flow
- Batch
- CIP Principles
- Effective CIP with standard caustic solutions
- Automation level
- Automatic / Manual for BSF Mini
- Process security
- Integrity check before processing
- Space optimization
- Small footprint
- Product losses minimization
- Close to zero product losses
- Density/particle size
- 0.65–0.45 μm
- Machine footprint
- Compact footprint,small footprint
- Integration capability
- Easy to integrate into existing production lines
- System size options
- Large breweries (BSF) / Craft brewers (BSF Mini)
- Automation
- Fully automated (BSF) / Manual (BSF Mini)
- Control panel type
- Automatic
- Integration possibilities
- Easy to integrate into existing production lines
- Footprint
- Compact,no buffer tank required
- Automation level
- Fully automated / Manual for Mini Module