Flowmeter boosts efficiency and quality at distillery
Promass Q undeterred by difficult conditions at North British Distillery
The North British Distillery is one of Scotland’s oldest and largest Scotch grain whisky producers. When two of North British Distillery’s density meters failed within a week of each other, a modern replacement was needed to measure the alcohol concentration of their product. The Promass Q Coriolis flowmeter has enabled measurement of mass and volume flow, density and temperature with one single sensor, meeting the distillery's demanding requirements.
Promass Q takes readings directly off the still in an ATEX zone
Accurate measurement improves product quality and efficiency
The benefits
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Improved product quality and efficiency through accurate density and concentration measurement
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Problems are easily detected through clear information provided
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Verification without process interruption through Heartbeat Technology
“It gives you clear information so you can manage your process better.”
North British Distillery
The challenge
Flow and density measurements are used to determine the alcohol by volume (ABV) percentage of the spirit, which in turn reveals the quality of the product and the efficiency of the process. But the distillery’s accuracy requirements (±0.1%), need for reliability and the high temperature of the process had proved challenging for other instruments.
The solution
The Promass Q Coriolis flowmeter has been developed for challenging applications in the food & beverage and oil & gas industries. Mass and volume flow, density and temperature can be measured with one single sensor. Although the temperature of the process is higher than the standard alcohol density tables for the Promass Q, a trial determined that it could work within the process parameters.
Precision for productivity
Due to the success of the trial, North British Distillery purchased a Promass Q for each of its four stills. “Endress+Hauser did an awful lot of trial work even before they came and installed them, which meant they were more accurate than the old ones. We were hoping for ±0.3% and we got to ±0.1%, which is quite nice,” says Brynjar Ólafsson.
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