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Online monitoring of gravity, FAN and ß-glucan during mashing

  • M. Mitzscherling
  • , T. Becker
  • , A. Delgado
  • , W. Back
  • , M. Krottenthaler
  • , F. Kühbeck
  • Hohenheim University
  • Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU)
  • Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

The paper presents a measurement system that is based on an array of non-specific sensors and the installation of both in a pilot and in an industrial mash tun. Three calibration strategies were pursued to predict gravity, FAN and β-glucan during mashing in combination with three different multivariate calibrations (PCR, CPCR, PLS). The over all best calibration had RMSPEs of 0.78%, 1.56 mg/100 mL and 181.73 mg/L for gravity, FAN and β-glucan, respectively. The measurement system makes it possible to monitor online the three major sub-processes of mashing (amylolysis, proteolysis, and cytolysis), which is the precondition for a situational control of the mashing process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)293-301
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of the Institute of Brewing
Volume113
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CPCR
  • Mashing
  • PCR
  • PLS
  • Process analysis

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