Wort boiler apparatus with external boiler
First Claim
1. A wort boiler apparatus comprising a wort boiler (1) and at least one separate heater circuit including a heat exchanger (2) for heating or/and boiling the wort, said heat exchanger (2) comprising a group of heat exchanger pipes for the passage of the wort through the heat exchanger, characterized in that said heat exchanger comprises at least one heat exchange section (3) composed of a plurality of heat exchanger pipes and having a wort inlet and a wort outlet, said heat exchange section (3) being provided with pipe connections and valves arranged to permit the wort to flow through said heat exchange section along flow paths of different length, each said flowpath including all of said heat exchanger pipes.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a wort boiler apparatus comprising a wort boiler vessel and at least one separate heating circuit external of the boiler vessel and including a heat exchanger for heating or boiling the wort, the heat exchanger comprising an arrangement of heat exchanger pipes for passing the wort through the heat exchanger. The object of the invention is to provide a heat exchanger adapted to be adjusted to different evaporation values as required for making different types of beer. To attain this object, the invention provides that the arrangement of heat exchanger pipes includes pipe connections and valves in an arrangement permitting the wort to be passed through the heat exchanger along flowpaths of different lengths.
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- 1. A wort boiler apparatus comprising a wort boiler (1) and at least one separate heater circuit including a heat exchanger (2) for heating or/and boiling the wort, said heat exchanger (2) comprising a group of heat exchanger pipes for the passage of the wort through the heat exchanger, characterized in that said heat exchanger comprises at least one heat exchange section (3) composed of a plurality of heat exchanger pipes and having a wort inlet and a wort outlet, said heat exchange section (3) being provided with pipe connections and valves arranged to permit the wort to flow through said heat exchange section along flow paths of different length, each said flowpath including all of said heat exchanger pipes.
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