BC Inline carbonators

The Moravek range of BC Inline Automatic Beer Carbonators offer the brewer a number of key benefits for his packaging operations in terms of production, but most important of all the consistent high final product quality of packaged beer it produces.

The Moravek BC Beer Carbonator is specifically designed to automatically inline carbonate beer and can also be used to carbonate other products such cider, hard cider, sparkling wines, soft drinks and mineral water in the CO2 content range of 2 to 8g/litre ( 1 to 4 volumes) CO2 content.

In conjunction with keg filling the BC system can also be used to nitrogenate stouts, porters and nitro keg style ales.

The Moravek BC Beer Carbonator range is well proven technology for the company having been in production for over ten years, with a highly satisfied brewery customer base around the world.

The Moravek BC Inline Automatic Beer Carbonator uses the gas atomise method of carbonation which offers a number of key final product quality benefits:

Smooth natural carbonated finish product taste and mouth feel

Smaller CO2 bubbles that result from efficient gas atomise carbonation gives beer, cider or wines a smooth natural carbonated finish.

Lower dissolved oxygen DO levels

Product de aeration – reduction in DO (Dissolved Oxygen) content is achieved through a process of gas stripping which takes place in the carbonating chamber as part of the carbonating process. When close coupled to the Moravek range of tribloc beer fillers ultra low DO contents are achieved see NUBC DO results below;

Northern United Brewing Co. DO Results

Beer type NUBC Siren Amber Ale
Original bright beer in tank DO content 0,2 mg/L
Final Bottle sample DO content 0,08mg/L
This represents a DO content reduction of – 0.12mg/L across the bottling process against the typical industry norm of DO pick up of + 0.25mg/L

DO content reduction results

Greater head retention after pouring from bottle (or keg)

Bottled beer from the same brew batch – glass on the right with Moravek’s BC gas atomise beer carbonation – glass on the left without. Ozzbeco Brewery Nairobi Kenya, Beer type: Viennese Lager.

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Consistent carbonation levels

Set temperature and carbonating pressure ensure consistent carbonation levels are maintained at all times and product cannot be over carbonated. By Boyles laws of physics; a set temperature and pressure achieves a set product saturation point which makes over carbonation impossible with the BC system.

Improved filler performance

The Moravek carbonator delivers stable efficiently carbonated product to the counter pressure filler resulting in efficient filler performance.

Moravek’s standard high quality and robust machine construction along with careful attention to process engineering detail and inbuilt automation technology provides the brewer with a number of operational benefits when bottling or kegging;

Simple and Reliable System

The BC beer carbonating unit has a minimum of moving parts and the principle law of physics it uses in carbonation control means the system is inherently simple and reliable requiring minimum servicing.

Off the button performance beer packaging

Through a combination proven technology, high quality engineering, integral process control and full pre delivery factory testing the Moravek achieves “off the button” on start up commissioning which continues into reliable day to day production performance.

Inline process saves on:

  • Preparation time.
  • BBT tank specification and costs – needs only 0.5 bar blanket pressure in BBT prior to the BC inline carbonator and filling. 3 bar pressure tank rating not required as is the case for in tank carbonation.
  • CO2 consumption – gas atomise carbonation is 85% efficient compared to in tank carbonation is 65% efficient. Also no need to purge large volumes of CO2 into the BBT’s which is required with in tank carbonation.

 

Easy operator use with automatic beer delivery system to the filler

  • Automatic filler prime
  • Automatic filler run out by controlled gas purging – reduces beer losses

 

Full Automatic CIP control of carbonator (optional sterile filtration) and filler

The BC unit can take CIP solutions from the breweries central CIP system or Moravek can provide a dedicated CIP set for packaging. On the BC control panel you can select a number of CIP programmes which will then automatically control and monitor the cleaning process of the complete carbonating, (filtration) and filler to achieve repeatable sanitisation of the system, time after time. An important feature when handling beer.

 

Optional Inline Sterile Beer Filtration – Moravek BF Module

  • Simpler process alternative to flash and tunnel pasteurisation with low energy cost and compact space requirements
  • Sterile filtration located right at the point of filling which is technically the ideal location.
  • Integrated into the carbonator and filler fully system automatic CIP system

 

Moravek Inline Automatic BC Beer Carbonator Range; 

  • BC15 – 1,500LPH output
  • BC30 – 3,000LPH output
  • BC60 – 6,000LPH output