clean in place system

[Bridgewater Brewer]

Hi

I'm upgrading to a 200l system via some lucky e bay purchases


I was just wondering how others with similar systems manage cleaning. I'm particularly interested in self cleaning systems. I was wondering whether eg people have access hatches in the bottom to take out grain and hops also how people manage washing down in place.

However any advice is very welcome.

Many thanks

 

[zgoda]

You need CIP spray ball in vessel. Feed it with hot caustic then water and then some acid to neutralise. You may want to rinse vessel with water again. That how CIP works.

 

[Awfers]

As mentioned by zgoda, you need a spray ball (head), looks like this : http://www.tankcleaningtechnologies.co. ... balls.html

You'll also need a pump that is up to the job, as well as an outlet at the bottom of the vessel and the CIP ball inlet at the top. This is so you circulate the cleaning solution for a while to make sure you remove anything sticking to the stainless. Note, the vessel being cleaned must be completely sealed when you do this. Leaking / spraying caustic is not skin/flesh friendly….

Note: we rarely used the CIP on the mash/lauter tun, we simply hosed it out and used a broom and cleaning solution, with a final rinse. Only when there was a buildup of any sort did we break out the CIP for the mash/lauter tun. Each caustic soda cleaning cycle was followed by a rinse cycle.

The kettle we did it after each brew (removed caramelised wort etc). Fermenters also.

Each hot caustic soda cleaning cycle was followed by a rinse cycle with clean water. If it was for the fermenters, we then ran phosphoric acid rinse, then another clean water rinse and then a Iodosphor to sterilise.

In terms of general cleaning, I hope your floor has a drain? We used to take a hose to the entire brewhouse once per week (or more often if we had a boil-over).

 

[Bridgewater Brewer]

Many thanks to you both. A very detailed answer. Think it may be better for a while to wheel them out on the patio and use the pressure washer. Great information regarding chemicals. Thank you both very much.