YTC has decades of experience configuring end-to-end brewery solutions as well as individual plants and components, so we really do have detailed knowledge of each stage in your processes, including those upstream and downstream of CO₂ recovery. We use all this combined knowledge and insight to design solutions that can optimize efficiency in both CO₂ recovery and refrigeration, while keeping your capital investment as low as possible.
Where possible our systems can also help to minimize the use of resources and recover energy. The waste heat from the CO₂ recovery system's compressor can be reused in other parts of the brewery, to help to reduce overall brewery energy costs.
The YTC CO₂ recovery technology is fully automated, which further helps to improve energy efficiency when compared with a manually controlled system. There is also less need for manual intervention, freeing up personnel for other tasks.
Process description
1) Raw gas generated by fermenting microorganisms is captured
2) Gas scrubbers purify the gas from any alcohol and aerosols
3) The gas is compressed to reduce volume
4) Then the gas is purified and dried to reduce the relative humidity, prior to liquefaction
5) Gas liquefaction reduces volume and also acts as a first purification step that separates the condensed CO₂ from non-condensable gases, including O₂ and N₂
6) In the stripping and reboiler unit the O₂ content is further reduced to less than 1 ppm. This step results in 99.998% food-grade purity CO₂
7) The purified, liquid CO₂ is then stored until required
Benefits at a glance
• Maximum CO₂ purity (99.998%)
• Heat recovery and automation reduce operating costs, and improve operational reliability and sustainability
• Efficient CO₂ recovery can enable independence from the CO₂ market
