As part of its environ –
mentally conscious approach
to brewing, Korea’s Hite
Brewery Company has
recently installed 25 Hanovia
UV water disinfection
systems at its Massan and
Gangwan plants. The UV
systems ensure water used in
the production processes
remains free from microbial
contamination, for a high
quality, pure final product.

Seven units are installed at
Massan and 18 at Gangwan.

In Massan the UV is used
to treat clean-in-place (CIP)
water (three units), cooling
water injected after the CIP
(three units), and activated
carbon-filtered water (one
unit).

At the Gangwan plant
three UV units are used to
treat water after deaeration
and the remaining 15 units
treat activated carbon-filtered
water.

CIP is used for cleaning
the interior surfaces of
pipework, vessels, filters and
other process equipment.

CIP water must be
completely free from
microbial contamination,
otherwise it could infect the
whole system.