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Offline ceddes

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Fermenter cooling capacity
« on: August 16, 2024, 03:37:22 AM »
Hello everyone,

I have a question/calculation regarding the cooling capacity of a 180m3 fermenter:

The heat production was measured at 15°C/h for a fermentation at 37°C and the fermenter is able to evacuate this produced heat.
For another fermentation, the heat production was measured between 10 and 12°C/h throughout the fermentation. The only difference is that the first fermentation take place at 37°C, while the second take place at 30°C. One question remains: is the 10-12°C/h heat generation feasible at 30°C?

I just have this information and tried to calculate the heat balance but I think I need more information. Maybe you have other ideas or know what important information I should collect.

Thank you in adave for you feedback

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Re: Fermenter cooling capacity
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2024, 12:48:36 PM »
Fermentation has its own quirks, but where it works it is not much different from every other chemical process/reaction - at higher temperatures it goes faster, so I would expect the heat of fermentation to be higher (twice the speed, twice the amount of heat produced per time unit).
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