Fiberglass fermentation storage tanks have become an ideal alternative for fermentation equipment.
Release time:
2019/01/28
In recent years, with the continuous advancement of science and technology, the fermentation industry, which is closely related to the national economy and people's livelihoods, has made rapid progress, and fermentation equipment has also been updated from traditional to modern.
In recent years, with the continuous advancement of science and technology, the fermentation industry, which is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, has developed rapidly, and fermentation equipment has also been updated from traditional to modern. Currently, the fermentation industry has several performance requirements for fermentation equipment:
1. Non-toxic materials that can come into contact with food.
Fermentation equipment must meet the hygiene requirements for holding food.
3. Beneficial for preventing and controlling contamination.
Contaminating bacteria or bacteriophages during the fermentation process are the arch-enemies of the fermentation industry. Contamination not only hinders the growth of production strains and the synthesis of products, disrupts normal production management order, but also affects the product quality of subsequent processes. In severe cases, it can lead to dumping, where the fermentation liquid is discharged into the sewer, causing significant losses in production. Therefore, the equipment must be designed to have no dead corners, no leaks, and its materials must be free of dirt, not prone to breeding or retaining harmful strains.
3. Corrosion resistance.
There are three main types of corrosive media in the fermentation industry: first, the corrosion from intermediates and products during the production process, such as salts in citric acid, acetic acid, and soy sauce; second, various auxiliary materials and cleaning and sterilization products necessary for the process, such as various salts, inorganic salts (hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, sulfite, etc.), and alkalis (sodium hydroxide, ammonia water); third, mixtures of the above two types, as well as waste gases and waste water that need to be treated for environmental protection.
4. Certain strength and rigidity.
In addition to storage tanks for finished products and raw materials in the fermentation industry, some equipment also has requirements for temperature, pressure, and stirring, such as various fermentation tanks, neutralization tanks in monosodium glutamate production, ion exchange columns, and vacuum concentration tanks for citric acid production. Therefore, the materials used to manufacture the equipment must have certain strength and rigidity.
Fiberglass storage tanks are a type of fiberglass product, primarily made from fiberglass as a reinforcing agent and resin as an adhesive, manufactured through microcomputer-controlled winding to create a new type of composite material. The fiberglass storage tanks produced by Beihai Yueda Fiberglass Products Co., Ltd. have the following characteristics:
1. The fiberglass fermentation storage tank uses food-grade resin for the inner lining, which meets hygiene requirements.
2. Lightweight and high strength. The specific gravity of fiberglass is only1.4-2.0, while the tensile strength of fiber-wound fiberglass can reach300-5--Mpa, exceeding the ultimate strength of ordinary steel, and it has the advantages of convenient transportation, installation, and maintenance.
3. Good surface performance and easy to clean and sterilize. Since fiberglass is formed as a whole without seams, the inner wall is smooth, and when in contact with chemical media, there are rarely any corrosion products or scaling, and it does not breed bacteria or microorganisms. Therefore, it does not contaminate the media and is very easy to clean. After inspection by food and drug management departments, fiberglass has met the requirements for food brewing and pharmaceutical industries.
4. Good designability. Fiberglass is a composite material that can change the type, quantity ratio of its raw materials, and the arrangement of reinforcing materials to meet different performance requirements.
5. Excellent corrosion resistance. By selecting the type and brand of resin and using suitable molding processes, fiberglass products can be produced that are resistant to various acids, alkalis, salts, and organic solvents.
6. Good construction technology. Uncured resin and reinforcing materials have the ability to change shape, so they can be easily processed into the required shapes through different molding methods and molds. This feature is most suitable for large, integral, and structurally complex equipment and construction requirements, applicable for on-site construction and assembly.
7. Overall cost is relatively low. As a new functional material, fiberglass has a higher price for the raw materials used. Generally speaking, the price of fiberglass equipment is higher than that of carbon steel equipment and some plastic equipment, but lower than that of stainless steel and other non-ferrous metal equipment. However, due to the advantages of lightweight, good corrosion resistance, long service life, and low maintenance, its installation, usage costs, and overall cost are low.
It is precisely because fiberglass storage tanks have the above advantages that fiberglass fermentation storage tanks have become an ideal product for upgrading fermentation equipment, widely applicable in many fields such as food brewing, fermentation, distillation, water treatment, and ultra-pure water preparation.