Towards computational fluid dynamics applications in brewing process

K Jagiełło, W Ludwig - European Food Research and Technology, 2024 - Springer
The popularity of beer and the complexity of its formation call for simulating and optimizing
the operations that take place during brewing in order to reduce energy costs, minimize the …

A novel settling tank for produced water treatment: CFD simulations and PIV experiments

MT Shah, HB Parmar, LD Rhyne, C Kalli… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
Removal of solids is a critical step in the treatment of produced water generated by offshore
hydrocarbon exploration. Present work evaluates a new design of a settling tank that can be …

Sedimentation tanks for treating rainwater: CFD simulations and PIV experiments

K Czernek, M Ochowiak, D Janecki, T Zawilski… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The removal of solids is the most important step when treating rainwater. The article
evaluates two designs of sedimentation tanks that can be used for the continuous separation …

Simulation and experimental research on the flow inside a whirlpool separator

M Jakubowski, M Sterczyska, R Matysko… - Journal of Food …, 2014 - Elsevier
The whirlpool settling vat is the prevalent separator in brewing, employed to remove hot trub
in the process of wort boiling. During this process, the so-called tea leaf effect is present, ie …

Rheological and microbiological characteristics of hops and hot trub particles formed during beer production

M Sterczyńska, M Zdaniewicz, K Wolny-Koładka - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the production of beer, and especially beer wort, the main wastes are spent grain
and hot trub, ie, the so-called “hot break.” Combined with yeast after fermentation, they …

Secondary flows occurring in a whirlpool separator–A study of phenomena–observation, simulation and measurements

M Jakubowski - Chemical and Process Engineering, 2015 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
The whirlpool separator, used for hot trub separation, is prevalent in the brewing industry. It
is a kind of a hydrocyclone inside of which a tea leaf effect occurs, which is sediment …

Flow in a symmetrically filled whirlpool: CFD modelling and experimental study based on Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)

M Jakubowski, W Wyczalkowski, A Poreda - Journal of Food Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract This study presents Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation analyses and
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) experimental research on two-sided (symmetrical) filling of …

A novel micro-spiral pneumatic selection system for the separation of fresh tea leaves

M Cao, Y Yang, C Wu, C Cai - International Journal of Food …, 2021 - degruyter.com
There are no standard machines or systems used for grading the new tea leaves in the
market, a micro-spiral pneumatic selection system was designed to separate fresh tea …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of polygonal vortex flows in a cylinder with a rotating bottom

A Rashkovan, SD Amar, U Bieder, G Ziskind - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present paper provides a physically sound numerical modeling of liquid flows
experimentally observed inside a vertical circular cylinder with a stationary envelope …

Dimensionless numbers of structural and process similitude of a whirlpool hot trub separator

J Diakun, M Jakubowski - Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The paper presents an application of a dimension similitude theory in an analysis of the flow
in a hot trub separator. It presents a procedure for derivation of dimensionless numbers …