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Informationen zum Autor Nathan Starbard is Millipore Corporation's manager for the North American beverage market. In this position he works with customers in the bottled water, wine, beer, soft drink, and spirits industries to expand their understanding of filtration technology, develop new applications within industry, as well as perform trouble-shooting and optimization of beverage filtration processes. He was previously the lead engineer for food and beverage applications within North America. Prior to Millipore, Nathan held former positions at E. & J. Gallo Winery including serving in Process Engineering/R&D where responsibilities included filtration related applications within wine, spirits, and grape juice manufacturing, and as a Technical Production Manager responsible for the world's largest single site beverage microfiltration department. Nathan holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Klappentext Beverage Industry Microfiltration covers the engineering basics of microfiltration and gives a detailed understanding of the filtration media, filter formats, and equipment. The proper operation and monitoring of filtration processes are fully covered. Specific applications and industry examples are given for the primary beverage microfiltration markets, including the wine, beer, bottled water, spirits, dairy, soft drinks, sports drinks and juice industries. The book can serve as a general learning tool; troubleshooting reference; filtration process optimization guide; means for selecting the proper filtration media/format; design and sizing guide for filtration equipment; and as a reference for new applications. Unlike any previous book on microfiltration, Beverage Industry Microfiltration is completely geared towards the beverage industry and its unique problems. Zusammenfassung Beverage Industry Microfiltration covers the engineering basics of microfiltration and gives a detailed understanding of the filtration media, filter formats, and equipment. The proper operation and monitoring of filtration processes are fully covered. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix 1 Introduction 3 Introduction 3 Principles of Filtration 6 Beverage Contaminants 19 Plugging Component Analysis 31 FDA CFR 21 Guidelines 34 2 Cartridge Filters 37 Cartridge Filters 37 System Operation 72 Common Cartridge Failure Modes 107 3 Sheet and Lenticular Filters 111 Filtration Media 111 Sheet Filters 116 Lenticular Filters 123 Manufacturers and Distributors 129 4 Bag Filters 131 Bag Filters 131 System Operation 137 Bag Filter Manufacturers and Distributors 140 5 Crossflow (Tangential Flow Filtration) Systems 141 Crossflow Systems 141 Crossflow Formats and Media 143 System Operation 148 6 Filtration System Selection and Design 153 Determining the Filtration Stage(s) 154 Determining the Format of Filtration 159 System Sizing 160 Auxiliary Equipment Design and Selection 170 Parallel Filter Skids 173 CIP Design 175 System Manufacturers and Suppliers 175 7 General Industry Filtration Processes 177 Bottle Washing 177 Facilities Water 178 Steam 179 Microfiltration in the Lab 179 Gas Filtration 181 Vent Filtration 183 CIP Solutions and Chemicals 184 8 Wine Industry 187 Clarification 188 Prefiltration 193 Final Filtration 193 Gas and Air Filtration 194 Specialty Applications 196 Process Testing: Filterability (Fining) Index 201 Miscellaneous Considerations 202 9 Beer Industry 207 Clarification and Trap Filtration 208 Prefiltration 209 Final Filtration 210 CO2 Filtrati...
