Brewery wort kettle with interior boiler unit under height-adjustable distributor hood

摘要

A brewery has an interior boiler (1) arranged within a wort kettle (10) with a heat exchanger and a wort distributor hood (6). The assembly has a control system which varies the distributor hood vertical position. The hood position is automatically adjusted in accordance with pressure, temperature and mass flow with respect to the liquid level (2). The hood vertical position is adjusted with respect to the wort (9) temperature on the heat exchanger secondary side, or the wort (2) temperature in the work kettle The hood is further adjusted with respect to the temperature and/or pressure of the medium flowing through the heat exchanger primary side. The assembly further incorporates an assembly (23) for the admixture of water to the boiled wort. Also claimed is a method of operation.