Projeto preliminar de um fermentador cilindro-cônico refrigerado para cerveja artesanal

Abstract

The present work aimed to elaborate the design of a refrigerated fermenter tank for homemade craft beer production. Due to the large increase in beer production and consumption by Brazilians and the evolution of the economic pattern, there is a population that consumes artisan beers, and among these there are potential consumers of equipment for their own production. This assumption gave rise to the idea of designing equipment that meets the needs of home brewers. Thus, the present work, in order to analyze the technical and economic viability, used some steps. First the preliminary design of the equipment was made, soon after a survey of the production process, and finally the economic-financial analysis of the enterprise was carried out. The project was technically promising, but for an industrial production in the established scenario the result was negative.