Yeast monitoring solution
COMPACT Yeast Monitor
The COMPACT Yeast Monitor is a small yet powerful instrument for real-time measurement of live yeast concentration in brewery processes, ensuring accurate readings and seamless integration.
Last updated: June 26, 2024
COMPACT Yeast Monitor
Real-time yeast concentration monitor
The COMPACT Yeast Monitor is a highly efficient and compact instrument tailored for real-time yeast concentration measurement during brewery processes. Capable of handling live yeast concentrations of up to 70% viable spun solids, this single-channel system offers accurate and reliable readings.
Contained within a small yet durable IP65 stainless steel housing, the COMPACT Yeast Monitor houses all the necessary yeast monitoring processing power, making it a complete and self-sufficient instrument. Its design allows for easy fitting onto standard instrument housings, such as the Tuchenhagen varivent, ensuring seamless integration into existing setups.
Primarily used for online measurement of yeast slurries in delivery pipelines, the COMPACT system provides real-time signals that can be utilised to trigger pitching and cropping operations. Additionally, it finds application in measuring yeast concentration in fermentation or propagation vessels.
The core component of the COMPACT system is the COMPACT unit, which serves as the main processing engine. Packed with both analog and digital processing capabilities, this standalone instrument delivers outstanding performance while maintaining its compact form factor. The integrated probe further contributes to the instrument’s simplicity and ruggedness, ensuring reliable operation.
Your benefits
- Provides online yeast concentration measurements in real-time
- Easily integrates into existing brewery setups, minimising installation complexities and downtime
- With its electric field-based capacitance signal, the monitor counts only intact and fermentable yeast cells
- Housed within a rugged IP65 stainless steel casing, the COMPACT Yeast Monitor is built to withstand the demands of brewery environments while maintaining a small footprint
- Can be utilised for measuring yeast slurries in delivery pipelines or fermentation and propagation vessels, offering flexibility and adaptability to different brewing stages
- Requires no regular maintenance, delivering hassle-free and reliable yeast monitoring
| Technical Specifications* | *Subject to change without notice | |
|---|---|---|
| Measuring frequency | 312KHz | |
| Measuring ranges | 0 to 400 pF/cm 0 to 100% Viable Yeast Spun Solids 0 to 5x109 Cells/ml Conductivity range of 0.75 to 10 mS/cm | |
| Cell concentration range | Depends on cell sizes, but typically: Yeast (6 μm): 106 Cells/ml to 1010 Cells/ml | |
| Resolution | Resolution: 0.1 pF/cm. Approximately: Yeast or Animal Cells 0.05g/L or 1 x105 Cells/ml The relationship of these capacitance values to biomass levels depends upon the cell type and line. | |
| Accuracy | Typically better than ± 3% or ± 2% of the reading | |
| Stability | Better than ± 0.2 pF/cm at constant temperature with standard conductivity solution of ~1.4 mS/cm | |
| Linearity | Better than ± 1% over 100 pF/cm | |
| Precision | Typically <±0.5 pF/cm, no filter active. | |
| Power supply | Natively 24V DC. This is supplied by the YM V350 | |
| Environmental | MAXIMUM OPERATING PRESSURE FOR COMPACT UNIT: 10 BAR IP65 rated; Safe ambient operating temperature range: 5°C to 40°C | |
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