BREWORX OPPIDUM | Description of the brewing machine

Description of the BREWORX OPPIDUM brewing machine

A powerful compact industrial brewhouse, designed for the production of all kinds of beer wort by the infusion and decoction way of mashing. It consists of six tanks, which together with the platform, stairs, a control panel, tubing and plate cooler make one block. The first tank acts as a mash basin, the second tank as the lauter tun, the third tank as the wort pan, the fourth tank as the whirlpool tun. The fifth and sixth are auxiliary tanks and can be installed separately from the brewhouse – a hot water tank with integrated heat exchanger for heating of water and a tank for ice water with integrated heat exchanger for cooling of water.
The heating of mash tank and wort boiler is provided by the steam generator, located separately from the brewhouse. Steam, coming into the side and bottom of the jacket of mash and wort pans, allows optimum heating rate of works or wort of 1 ° C / min. Straining is forced by a wort pump. The stirrer of the straining tank has a pneumatic vertical throw. The brewhouse has a control panel and a basin with a cooler for samples.

In the distribution system of the brewhouse there is a convertor (for a precise blending of hot and cold water), mash pump, wort pump, fresh wort pump, hot water pump, cold water pump, CIP pump and single-stage full stainless plate cooler of wort. Heat is recuperated by heating the water in the hot water tank during cooling the wort and the subsequent use in another process or sanitation is considerable saving of water and energy.

For the next stage of using heat from the brewing process, you can optionally provide by fitting the brewhouse with a capacitor of secondary steam with recuperation. Cooling of the wort is in the single plate cooler, which is the part of the brewhouse.

The solution of the brewhouse allows continuous production of up to 6 batches of beer at a time, as each production stage of brewing process takes place in a separate container. Thus it is possible to produce up to 6 brews for 24 hours in a continuous production process.

Produced sizes of Brewhouse Breworx Oppidum

We deliver microbreweries BREWORX Oppidum for brew volume 10 HL – HL 40. Total annual production of microbrewery depends on the cooking schedule, the number and type of fermentation and maturing vessels, number and type of service tanks, the selected range of beers and other parameters. The maximum brew volume of the brewery BREWORX OPPIDUM can be up to 60.000 hectoliters of beer per year.

Available models of the BREWORX OPPIDUM brewhouses

Microbreweries BREWORX OPPIDUM are delivered with a volume of brewhouse capacity 1000 HL – 40 HL. Total annual production of the microbrewery is then given by the brewing schedule, number and type of fermentation and maturation vessels, number and type of serving tanks, selected range of beer types and other parameters.

Brewhouse Description

The brewhouse is the main part of each brewery. It is a food machine whose primary function is the production of beer wort. The wort is an intermediate product. The next phase of the production cycle is fermentation and maturation of wort. This raises the final product – beer.

The singleblock brewhouse BREWORX OPPIDUM is a compact industrial machine which includes all necessary equipment to produce 1000-4000 liters of beer wort in one batch. It is six-vessels brewhouse wherein containers are connected by common service platform. This we have achieved full functionality brewing while we retained the traditional design of the Czech type brewhouse which is ideal for producing of world-famous Czech type beer. However, this brewhouse is fully capable for manufacturing all types of beer, which is produced anywhere in the world. Thanks to that the brewhouse enables the production of up to 6 batches of wort (12.000 liters of wort) for 24 hours

The brewhouse BREWORX OPPIDUM includes in standard :

• mash kettle liters – vessel for mixing malt meal with warm water and splitting starch to form a sugar solution
• mash kettle liters – kettle for boilingand for cleave the starch to form a sugar solution
• filtration tank – (lauter tun) – for filtering of wort
• wort storage tank – vessel for storage of wort and keeping its temperature
• wort kettle – vessel for boiling of wort with hops
• whirlpool tank – for separation of hop dregs from wort
• laboratory sink
• control panel
• platform with steps
• all pipes and wires connections
• all mechanically and automatically controlled valves and armatures
• electric switchboard cabinet
• control computer (only version with AC control system)

Options and properties

Two raw materials for production of beer wort :

• Classical raw materials : Malt + hops + drinking water + brewer’s yeast + (optionally other ingrediences)
• Beer concentrates : Malt extract + hops + drinking water + brewer’s yeast + (optionally other ingrediences)

Four production capacities of the brewhouse :

• 1000-4000 liters of beer wort per day – one batch for 12 hour – source raw materials are malt or malt extract, hops, drinking water and brewer’s yeast
• 2000-8000 liters of beer wort per day – two batches for 24 hour – source raw materials are malt or malt extract, hops, drinking water and brewer’s yeast
• 3000-12000 liters of beer wort per day – three batches for 12 hour – source raw materials are malt or malt extract, hops, drinking water and brewer’s yeast
• 4000-16000 liters of beer wort per day – four batches for 24 hour – source raw materials are malt or malt extract, hops, drinking water and brewer’s yeast
• 5000-20000 liters of beer wort per day – five batches for 24 hour – source raw materials are malt or malt extract, hops, drinking water and brewer’s yeast
• 6000-24000 liters of beer wort per day – six batches for 24 hour – source raw materials are malt or malt extract, hops, drinking water and brewer’s yeast

Practical design :

• SJ – Stainless steel J-design – all vessels are fully made of stainless steel AISI 304, arrangement of containers into the J-shaped
• SC – Stainless steel C-design – all vessels are fully made of stainless steel AISI 304, arrangement of containers into the C-shaped
• BLMS – Brewlock mainholes system – one hand lock-unlock system on all upper mainholes (with the glass design)

Powerful heating systems :

• SH – Steam heating – the heating of kettel is performed by hot steam produced by steam generator. Heating by hot steam significantly speeds up the boiling process and it is better for the heated wort (no caramelization of malt). This system requires a connection of the brewhouse to electric, gas or pellet steam generator that is not included in the brewhouse (see an optional accessories).

Two available control systems :

• MC – Manual control – manual control of a brewhouse, simple push-button control panel with basic control and sensing elements. Brewer manually adjustes pipeline routes, switching of motors and pumps, sets all temperatures and watches all times.
• AC – Automatic control – brewhouse with computer support – the automatically controlled hot process of brewing – fully automatized management of the entire processes of production beer wort.

Why choose AC system for brewing control ? Main reasons are :

• Elimination of human errors – machine accurately and timely perform necessary tasks
• Costs saving for owner – only one worker is necessary for manipulating in the brewery
• Minimize the number of error conditions in the brewery – everything is still under control
• Monitoring and registration of the production process into the computer memory
• Minimization of requirements for constant operator attention – early reaction of machine
• Stable quality of beer – standard manufacturing procedures are always observed
• Six pre-programmed recipes – for production of the most known types of beer : Pils, Lager, Black, Weissenbeer, Ale, Special
• Manual brewing mode – for production of all other types of beer
• Special sanitation mode – for automatic cleaning,sanitizing and sterilization of the brewhouse, wort pipes, armatures and other brewery equipment

Recommendation :

We emphatically recommend choose the automatic brewhouse control system for this type of brewhouse and also the automatic control system for media and fermentation & maturation process !

The brewhouse Breworx Oppidum produces several batches of wort at the same time. This is very demanding of attention, concentration and speed of brewer work. Only computer brewhouse automatic control system always ensures the right brewing operations timing without damaged wort batches.

The automatic control system for media and fermentation & maturation process allows automatic monitoring and controlling of the most important parts of beer fermentation and maturation process (from 1 to 30 tanks max) and operations with media.

How looks the automatic control panel ? This is a main menu. Choose one from several beer types or functions then click and go.

Special functions :

• CIP function – the special mode ensures cleaning, sanitization and sterilization of the brewhouse, wort pipes and optionally also other devices in the brewery

Technical specification

(Example values – valid for the Breworx Oppidum 2000 brewhouse)

Stainless steel wort boiling equipment BREWORX OPPIDUM 2000 consist of:

1. Mash kettle 2000 liters

Vertical, double-walled stainless steel vessel with a spherical cap, designed for mixing malt meal with warm water and splitting starch to form a sugar solution. Internal surface of vessel:Tin cold rolling to a thickness of 4 mm and hot-rolling from a thickness of 5 mm, surface treatment 2B, seams ground to Ra 0,3 micrometers.

• Usable capacity 2 826 liters
• Dimensions Ø 1 500 mm, height 1 600 mm
• Steam bottom area 1.85 m2
• Steam jacketing area 2.50 m2
• Steam valve ASCO jucomatik DN 15
• Steam condensate discharge DN 15
• Four-arm agitator with gearbox output power 650 Nm, input power 2.2 kW
• Lighting 24V 100W
• Sanitary manhole Ø 510 mm
• Hopper for crushed malt DN 100
• 2x Sanitary rotating shower DN 20
• Steamer DN 100, 3x spraying device
• Gearbox LBC 110/50 615 Nm sf 1.1
• Agitator blades 4 pcs
• Double jacket bottom with a slope of 12° heating area warmer 2.50 m² 50 mm entrance
• External jacketing stainless steel 1.5 mm
• Top cover in stainless steel, welded seams and polished to Ra 0.1-0.3
• Steam outlet to the central air exchanger DN 100

2. Mash kettle 1000 liters

Vertical, double-walled stainless steel vessel with a spherical cap, designed to cleave the starch to form a sugar solution.

• Usable capacity 1 493 liters
• Dimensions Ø 1 315 mm, height 1 100 mm
• Steam bottom area 1.40 m2
• Steam jacketing area 1.62 m2
• Steam valve ASCO jucomatik DN 15
• Steam condensate discharge DN 25
• Four-arm agitator with gearbox output power 450 Nm, input power 2.2 kW
• Lighting 12V 35W
• Sanitary manhole Ø 410 mm
• 2x Sanitary rotating shower DN 20
• Steamer DN 100, 3x spraying device
• Gearbox LBC87/50 430Nm sf 1.1
• Agitator blades 2 pcs
• External jacketing stainless steel 1.5 mm
• Top cover in stainless steel, welded seams and polished to Ra 0.1-0.3
• Steam outlet to the central air exchanger DN 100

3. Filtering tank (lauter tun)

• Usable capacity 2 649 liters
• Dimensions Ø 1 500 mm, height 1 500 mm
• Filtration bottom 8 segments with 18% permeability
• Nozzles for rinsing under wire 3 pcs
• Stirrer 2 arms, 18 blades
• Gearbox LBC 130/100 640 Nm 2200 W
• Lighting 12V 35W
• Mechanical temperature indicator 0-120ºC stainless steel
• 2x Sanitary rotating shower DN 25
• Three-way setting valve with sight glass DN 80
• Brewer’s grains discharge 420*540
• Equipment for automatic grains discharge
• Insulation 50 mm plasticized cotton,
• external jacketing stainless steel 1 mm
• Top cover in stainless steel

4. Wort kettle

Vertical, stainless steel tank with a spherical cap. Steam heating is secured by coil, located inside the container. Spiraly area 1.2 m².

• Usable capacity 2 715 liters
• Dimensions Ø 1 315 mm, height 2 000 mm
• Steam bottom area 1.50 m2
• Steam valve ASCO jucomatik DN 15
• Steam condensate discharge DN 25
• Lighting 12V 35W
• Sanitary manhole Ø 410 mm
• 2x Sanitary rotating shower DN 20
• Steamer DN 100, 3x spraying device
• Insulation 50 mm plasticized cotton,
• external jacketing stainless steel 1 mm
• Top cover in stainless steel

5. Wort storage tank

Vertical, stainless steel tank with a spherical cap for storage of wort and keeping its temperature. Steam heating is secured by coil, located inside the container.

• Usable capacity 3 533 liters
• Dimensions Ø 1 500 mm, height 2 000 mm
• Steam jacketing area 2.90 m2
• Steam valve ASCO jucomatik DN 15
• Steam condensate discharge DN 25
• Lighting 12V 35W
• Sanitary manhole Ø 510 mm
• Sanitary rotating shower DN 25
• Steamer DN 100, 3x spraying device
• Insulation 50 mm plasticized cotton,
• external jacketing stainless steel 1 mm
• Top cover in stainless steel

6. Whirlpool tank

• Usable capacity 2 649 liters
• Dimensions Ø 1 500 mm, height 1 500 mm
• Sanitary manhole Ø 510 mm
• 2x Sanitary rotating shower DN 60
• Tangential nozzle DN 32
• Level indicator DN 40
• Fermenting valve 1x DN 40, 1x DN 50
• Insulation 50 mm plasticized cotton,
• External jacketing stainless steel 1 mm

Piping, armatures

• Primary line DN 50, 5x flap valve DN 50
• Drain line DN 50, 3x flap valve DN 50
• Sanitary line DN 32, 4x valve DN 32
• Water supply and additional lines DN 32, 5x valve DN 32
• Beer wort filter 2xDN 32, 1xDN 40 4 000 l/h
• Mashing /fermentation pump DWO 150 Ebara
  • Input power 1.400 W
  • H max. 2.2 bar
  • pump controlled by frequency converter Fronic 2.2 kW

Electric installation

• Main switch 3x 25A with central stop button
• Motor starter 3x 2,5-4A
• 1x Frequency converter Fronic mini 1.5 kW
• 2x Frequency converter Fronic mini 0.75 kW
• Digital temperature regulator of mash kettle Dixel XR20D
• Digital regulator of beer wort output temperature Dixel XR20D
• Circuit breaker 6A 230V
• Circuit breaker 10A 230V
• Circuit breaker 4A 230V
• Plastic DIN switchboard, 36 modules
• Wiring
  • 5*1,5 18 m
  • 5*2,5 10 m
  • 3*1 48 m

Connections:

• Beer wort discharge DN 32
• Cold water supply DN 32
• Hot water supply DN 32
• Drain line DN 60
• Electro 5*2,5 18 000 W

Auxiliaries:

• Wash basin with combined lever taps assembly
• Cooling device for samples
• Flow meter DN 32 of water supply
• Water filter

Main technical data:

• Total weight 3 700 kg
• Minimum height 3 600 mm
• Width 7 600 mm
• Depth 7 100 mm

Transport

This equipment is usually shipped in assembled state with exception for stainless steel covers, steamer for steam condensation, steps of service bridge and electric switchboard.

Warranty:

• Boiling equipment OPPIDUM 36 months
• Pump 24 months
• Electrical components 24 months

Optional accessories

• ACS – Automatic control system – automatic wort brewing process fully controlled via computer
• STG – Steam generator – necessary only for version with SH heating system
• WCS – Wort cooling system – equipment for controlled hot wort cooling to the fermentation temperature (7°C or 25°C depending on the type of beer)
• MMG – Malt mill – equipment for grinding of malt – necessary only for production of wort from malt (not necessary for production of wort from malt extract)
• LEA – Laboratory equipment and accessories – saccharimeters, alcoholmeters, graduated cylinder, wooden rod for manual level measurement
• HWT – Heat water tank – insulated vessel for storaging of heat water purchased from wort cooling process. It is necessary to have hot water available for some parts of boiling cycle in the brewhouse.
• ITWT – Ice treated water tank – insulated vessel for cooling, storaging and pumping of ice water which is necessary in wort cooling process. This treated drinking ice water is heated in wort cooling process and becomes then hot water storaged in HWT. If is not available drinking water with requested chemical composition, it is needed to use some equipment for water treatment – WTS. Available for breweries with one-level wort cooling system – we recomment it for brewhouses with production capacity above 1000 liters of wort per one brew instead ICWT.
• ICWT – Ice cooling water tank – insulated vessel for cooling, storaging and pumping of ice water which is necessary in wort cooling process. This treated drinking ice water is heated in wort cooling process and then is comming back to the cooling system. Available for breweries with two-level wort cooling system – we recomment it for brewhouses with production capacity max.1000 liters of wort per one brew instead ITWT.
• WTS – Water treatment systems – equipment for treating of cold water that has not requested chemical composition available for brewing of choosed type beer. It is needed a chemical analysis for assessment of suitable water chemical composition.

Optional services

BTS – Brewer´s training services for starting of a new microbrewery and also for already operating microbreweries – all courses are teached by certificated Czech brewer in Czechia or in the country of the customer.

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