Process heating control for malting expansion

The control characteristics associated with process gas burner technology from Lanemark International have been at the heart of a major plant development recently undertaken at Bairds Malt - part of GrainCorp Malt.

The expansion at the site in Arbroath has incorporated the installation of a new design Eco-Steep, the first in the UK. Steep water heating is a fundamental part of the production process and now benefits from a Lanemark TX 40 water heating system that features a burner arrangement utilising a small diameter, multi-pass immersion tube heat exchanger. This is fitted directly to a 13.5m high water storage and supply vessel, for the steeping process, with the burner control system set to deliver process water during winter months at 12°C, which satisfies an essential condition for optimum barley growth.