Kieselguhr-free beer clarification system
Achieve high-clarity beer without kieselguhr using a sustainable system combining centrifugal separation and membrane filtration, ensuring purity and reducing environmental impact.

Clarifies Beer Using Centrifugal and Membrane Filtration
The PROFI System for Kieselguhrfree Beer Clarification by GEA uniquely combines centrifugal and membrane filtration processes to enhance beer purity and quality. This system employs a high-performance centrifuge with a patented hydrohermetic feed, protecting yeast viability and ensuring gentle product handling. By using the disk stack centrifuge, unfiltered beer is effectively clarified, with coarse solids being automatically discharged. The process allows for continuative filtration through hollow fibre membrane modules, ensuring a retentate-free operation and seamless integration into existing production lines. Suitable for various beer types, including craft and lager, the system supports continuous and automated operations, optimizing energy use without the need for kieselguhr, thus simplifying maintenance and ensuring sustainability. Ideal for brewery operators, this system offers scalability and customization to meet specific production needs without compromising on efficiency or product quality.
Benefits
- Enhances beer clarity without kieselguhr, reducing health and environmental concerns.
- Protects yeast viability, preserving the integrity and flavor profile of the beer.
- Streamlines operations with continuous and automated processes, minimizing labor costs.
- Eliminates retentate handling, simplifying waste management and reducing operational complexity.
- Integrates seamlessly into existing brewery setups, ensuring easy adoption and scalability.
- Applications
- Food and drink,Beverage,Beer,Brewing industry
- End products
- Craft beer,Filtered beer,Lager,Non-kieselguhr clarified beer,Ale
- Steps before
- Purification,Fermentation,Brewing
- Steps after
- Packing,Bottling,Canning
- Input ingredients
- unfiltered beer,fine solids,coarse solids
- Output ingredients
- clarified beer,solid discharge
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Automation
- Automated with membrane and centrifuge integration
- Filtration type
- Membrane filtration
- Feed type
- Unfiltered beer with fine and coarse solids
- Clarification method
- Centrifugal and membrane filtration
- Retentate management
- Retentate-free system
- Discharge method
- Solids are discontinuously discharged
- Clarified liquid discharge
- By centripetal pump under pressure
- Clarification stages
- Two-stage
- Feed mechanism
- Hydrohermetic gentle feed
- Solids handling
- Coarse solids slide and discharge
- Working mechanism
- Centrifuge with membrane filtration
- Integrated steps
- Centrifuge pre-clarification,membrane filtration
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Automation level
- SCADA compatible
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Energy efficiency
- Optimized for low energy consumption
- Clarification efficiency
- High performance separator
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Feed method
- Hydrohermetic feed
- Discharge method
- Centripetal pump discharge
- Membrane filtration
- Hollow fibre filter modules
- Control panel type
- PLC / HMI
- Discharge method
- Centripetal pump
- Filtration system
- Membrane filtration
- Integration possibilities
- Custom automation