Thermal treatment units for wine processing

Optimize your wine and spirits production with precise temperature control, enabling effective tartaric stabilization, color extraction, and fermentation processes, ensuring consistent quality from grape to bottle.

Heats, Cools, and Stabilizes Wine and Beverages

The Thermal Treatment Units, available in SH, SVM, and SV models, offer precise temperature control for must, wine, spirits, and fruit juice. These units, engineered by The SERAP Group, utilize direct expansion technology for effective heating and cooling within a range of -9.9°C to +40°C. Designed for applications like tartaric acid stabilization and malolactic fermentation, they serve wineries, beverage manufacturers, and fruit juice processors.

The SH model provides a horizontal design, optimized for tartrate precipitation with capacities ranging from 21 to 245 hectolitres. The SVM model, with its cylindrical shape, supports variable capacities from 15 to 135 hectolitres, offering flexibility in processing batches. The SV model is suitable for continuous operations, providing high-capacity storage between 100 to 300 hectolitres with a compact footprint.

These thermal units facilitate a wide range of processes, including cooling, heating, clarification, and fermentation, supporting both batch and continuous operations. Each unit is constructed using durable materials, ensuring corrosion resistance suitable for the food and beverage industry. They integrate seamlessly into pre-processing, processing, and final conditioning stages, allowing for manual operation as needed.

The units are equipped for efficient energy use, contributing to lower operational costs. They are designed to be user-friendly, with easy maintenance provisions for sustained performance over time. For specialized requirements, customization options and technical support are available, ensuring these units meet specific production demands.

Benefits

  • Optimizes production efficiency by enabling precise temperature control, crucial for fermentation and stabilization.
  • Accommodates variable processing needs with flexible capacity models, ensuring operational adaptability.
  • Reduces energy costs through efficient thermal exchange in heating and cooling processes.
  • Facilitates seamless integration into existing production lines, enhancing operational continuity.
  • Minimizes maintenance downtime with durable, corrosion-resistant construction.

General


Applications
Must,Fruit juice,Spirits,Wine
End products
Fermented grape must,Heat-stabilized spirits,Settled grape must,Tartaric acid stabilization wine,Cold-pressed fruit juice,Clarified wine,Malolactic fermented wine,Pre-bottling temperature-controlled wine
Steps before
Must settling,Alcohol monitoring
Steps after
Bottling,Malolactic fermentation triggering
Input ingredients
must,wine,spirits,fruit juice
Output ingredients
clarified wine,temperature controlled storage,fined wine,bottled wine,settled must,heated wine,fermented wine
Market info
Groupe Serap is renowned for specializing in the manufacturing of industrial cooling and thermal energy storage equipment, primarily serving the dairy and wine industries with advanced milk cooling tanks and wine fermentation storage solutions.

Technical Specifications


Capacity
15 to 300 hectolitres
Temperature range
-9.9°C to +40°C
Shape
Horizontal and cylindrical
Isothermal storage
Available
Clarification process
Cooling
Agitation type
Direct expansion agitated

Operating Characteristics


Working mechanism
Direct expansion
Temperature range
-9.9°C to +40°C
Batch vs. continuous operation
Batch or Inline
Processes integrated
Cooling,heating,clarification,color extraction,fermentation
CIP/SIP
Possible but not specified
Isothermal storage
Available
Automation level
Not specified
Flexibility
Handles variable capacities

Material Compatibility


Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
Yes
Biological compatibility
Food-grade
Cleanability
CIP compatible

Product type Characteristics


Application
Must / Wine / Spirits / Fruit Juice

Physical Characteristics


Tank Shape
Horizontal / Cylindrical
Model Capacity
15 to 300 hectolitres
Footprint
Large capacity for a small footprint
Tank Design
Optimized for tartaric precipitation

Custom Options


Control panel type
HMI / PLC
Integration possibilities
SCADA / DCS
Design flexibility
Horizontal / Vertical / Cylindrical
Capacity range
15 to 300 hectolitres
Operating temperature range
-9.9°C to +40°C