MBAC 35^th Annual One-Day Technical Conference
January 25, 2008
Preconference Seminar

• Conference
• Program & Presentations
• Photo Album
• Pre-Conference Seminar
• Pre-Conference Report

Thursday, January 24, 2008

13h00 To 16h30
The Westin Bristol Place Hotel

Filtration In Larger And Smaller Breweries

An intensive review of the essentials in a series of short presentations by technical staff of member companies, with lots of time for questions and answers after each talk.

• The emphasis will be heavily on the practical and operational.
• Both larger and smaller brewery applications will be covered.

Who May Attend?
Craft brewery staff, larger brewery staff, and allied industry staff may attend at no charge. Please attend and profit from this occasion to see an example of what the MBAA, District Ontario can do for you.

Presenters: Ed Bridge, General Filtration; Michael Duggan, Robt. Simpson Brewing Co.; Bob Latimer, A.O. Wilson Ltd.; Bill Lawrence, General Filtration; Ueli Schrader, Beverage Engineering; Bob Tyler, Pall Corporation.

TOPICS

• Overview: Liquid Solid Separations in the Brewing Process & The ABC’s of Filter Aid Filtration
• Pressure Leaf Filters – Auto-Jet Pressure Leaf Filters and ZHF Filters including PVPP Recovery Filters; large and small candle filters.
• Microbrewery Pressure Filters
• Filter Pad Filtration
• Cold Microbiological Stabilization with Membrane Cartridges
• Utility Filtrations in the Brewery: Water; CO2 – Sterilization and Sparging
• Sum-Up: Filtration Theory in a Nutshell – Darcy’s Law

SUPPORTING WRITTEN MATERIAL:

Participants will receive printouts, six slides to the page, of presenters’ PowerPoints.

Additionally, application notes, process schematics, extracts from O & M Manuals, and similar materials from presenters’ companies will be available in a binder for inspection. Participants who wish to use these as models for creating their own standard operating procedures will subsequently get e-mail copies of the items they are interested in.