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The pros and cons for different kinds of heating method

The pros and cons for different kinds of heating method

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For brewhouse heating method, there have three styles:
Steam heating method, electric heating method, direct fire heating method.
Otherwise, we need to choose different kinds of heating method due to some reasons, certainly we need know well about the various steam heating method

Steam heating method

Pros: It can provide evently heating and the temperature easy control. It won’t scorch the wort.
Cons:For steam heating method, it need steam boiler. There have a lot of strict demands for export and the cost is high.

Electric heating method

Pros: No need extra equipment, so no need extra investment.
Cons:It directly heating by electric heating tube, the partialy temperature (around the tube)dircetly contact with the wort is higher than other parts. There has a risk to scorch the wort and influence the taste. The electric heating tube maybe also influence the whirlpool.

Direct fire heating method

It need change the structure of tanks and there has a direct fire room. The cost also is high.
Besides also need burner.

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