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GlycolCore GC-40 Glycol Chiller Skid
Model GC-40
A forty-two kilowatt packaged glycol plant with an insulated buffer tank, sized against the real crash load of your cellar rather than the sum of the jacket areas.
- Cooling capacity
- 42kW
- Connected load
- 16.5kW
- Total volume
- 10hL
- Lead time
- 10 – 12weeks
Description
Glycol plants are routinely oversized, because the easy way to size one is to add up jacket areas and multiply. That produces a machine that short-cycles for eleven months and struggles for one.
Sizing from the schedule
We ask for your tank list and your crash schedule. Cooling load is dominated by two things: the heat of fermentation during the first seventy-two hours, and the crash. Those rarely coincide across a whole cellar, and a buffer tank absorbs what overlap remains.
Why the buffer matters
Without a buffer, the compressor sees the crash directly and must be sized for it. A thousand litres of chilled glycol carries the first fifteen minutes of a crash on its own, which lets a forty-two kilowatt machine do the work of a much larger one.
Engineering highlights
- Digitally modulated scroll compressor tracks a part load instead of cycling, which is where most glycol plants waste their life.
- A thousand litre insulated buffer absorbs the crash spike so the compressor is sized for the average, not the worst minute.
- Duty and standby pumps with automatic changeover — a failed pump is a phone call, not a ruined cellar.
- Sized from your actual tank schedule and crash schedule, which is why our figure is usually smaller than the one you were quoted elsewhere.
Specification
Technical data
| Model | GC-40 |
|---|---|
| Total volume | 10 hL |
| Cooling capacity | 42 kW |
| Connected load | 16.5 kW |
| Material | 304 frame, insulated buffer tank |
| Lead time | 10 – 12 weeks |
| Cooling capacity | 42 kW at -4 °C supply |
| Buffer tank | 1,000 L, insulated |
| Compressor | Scroll, digitally modulated |
| Supply temperature | -6 to +2 °C, settable |
| Pump set | Duty and standby, auto changeover |
| Refrigerant | Low global warming potential blend |
| Installation | Indoor or outdoor rated |
Dimensions are nominal and exclude platforms and insulation. Voltage, frequency and connection standards are built to the destination market.
Process flow, stage by stage
Select any stage to read what happens inside it, the process parameters we hold it to, and exactly which systems in the catalogue cover that part of the line.
Grist milling and dry handling
A two-roller mill cracks the husk without shredding it, then a dust-tight auger drops the grist straight into the hydrator. Gap is set from the panel so the same recipe delivers the same crush every single brew day.
Step mashing under recipe control
Steam or electric elements drive the mash through each enzymatic rest. The controller holds every step within a tight band and logs the whole curve, so a recipe written once repeats on any vessel in the range.
Wort separation and sparging
A fine stainless screen and slow-moving rakes draw clear wort from the grain bed without compacting it. The system watches the flow continuously and adjusts itself before the bed can stick.
Wort boiling and evaporation
An internal steam heater gives a rolling but gentle boil at a controlled rate, driving off unwanted flavours while protecting the colour of the beer. Steam vapour goes to a condenser so the brewhouse stays dry and the heat is recovered.
Settling and clarifying
The wort enters at an angle that sets up a smooth rotation, and the solids gather into a tight cone at the centre of the floor. A short rest leaves bright, clear wort ready for cooling, with very little lost.
Heat exchange and aeration
A two-stage heat exchanger takes the wort from the kettle down to fermentation temperature in a single pass, recovering the heat into the hot water tank along the way. Sterile air is added inline, ready for the yeast.
Fermentation and conditioning
Conical fermentation tanks carry the beer all the way from yeast to packaging without a transfer. Two independent cooling zones let different parts of the tank sit at different temperatures, and every tank holds its own setting.
Counter-pressure filling and seaming
A rotary counter-pressure filler purges each can, fills it under pressure and seams it under a carbon dioxide blanket. Low dissolved oxygen pickup is what keeps the beer tasting the same on week six as on day one.
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Enquiry
Ask about the GlycolCore GC-40 Glycol Chiller Skid
Tell us the beer you plan to brew on it and where it will stand. We will confirm sizing, utilities and delivery, and send a firm quotation.
- Sized general arrangement drawing for your floor plan
- Steam, glycol, power and water loads confirmed in writing
- Delivery window and commissioning plan with the price
Request a quotation
A process engineer replies to every enquiry, usually within one working day.