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Online detection of alcohol in yeast fermentations

Vogelbusch GAS ANALYSER

Application
The Vogelbusch Gas Analyser is applied in yeast fermentations, i. e. the production of alcohol and yeast. The device determines the concentration of alcohol in the exhaust gas, a value which is used as indicator for the process control.

Based on this general notion Vogelbusch designed their first own gas analyser back in the late fifties as there was no adequate instrument available on the market then. The gas analyser passed through a series of improvements since to comply with the demands for modern industrial electronics for quick, reliable and accurate online analysis.

Vogelbusch provides different types of analysers for a variety of applications:

Type GS 2/7:
Baker's yeast fermentation
Pichia yeast fermentation

operating range 0 - 1 vol% alcohol

    Type IR-SD 2/2:
Alcoholic yeast fermentation    

operating range 0 - 15 vol% alcohol

Features
  • No mechanically moving parts
  • Online detection - no sampling during fermentation
  • Signal evaluation by multifunction unit
  • Communication: multifunction unit to PCS via BUS (optional)

TYPE GS 2/7       TYPE IR-SD 2/2

 

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