<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper deals with influence of nitrogen compound content on wine fermentation kinetics. It also deals with simulation of refrigeration failure during fermentation. Mathematical model of wine fermentation was adapted. Model is based on kinetics of heat removal, kinetics of fermentation, production of carbon dioxide and ethanol. Ethanol and carbon dioxide concentration profiles during fermentation were obtained as a result. Then the model was used to simulate refrigeration malfunction of a fermentation tank. This might lead to higher energy efficiency and lower cost of winemaking process.</p></abstract>

This paper deals with influence of nitrogen compound content on wine fermentation kinetics. It also deals with simulation of refrigeration failure during fermentation. Mathematical model of wine fermentation was adapted. Model is based on kinetics of heat removal, kinetics of fermentation, production of carbon dioxide and ethanol. Ethanol and carbon dioxide concentration profiles during fermentation were obtained as a result. Then the model was used to simulate refrigeration malfunction of a fermentation tank. This might lead to higher energy efficiency and lower cost of winemaking process.

Wine fermentation kinetic model verification and simulation of refrigeration malfunction during wine fermentation

Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology Slovak University of Technology, 81237 Bratislava, Slovakia

Acta Chimica Slovaca

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

This paper deals with influence of nitrogen compound content on wine fermentation kinetics. It also deals with simulation of refrigeration failure during...

Wine fermentation kinetic model verification and simulation of refrigeration malfunction during wine fermentation

Published Online: Jun 08, 2016

Page range: 58 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acs-2016-0010

Keywords
fermentation, material balance, energy balance

© 2016 Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Wine fermentation kinetic model verification and simulation of refrigeration malfunction during wine fermentation

Published Online: Jun 08, 2016

Page range: 58 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acs-2016-0010

Keywordsfermentation, material balance, energy balance

© 2016 Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
fermentation, material balance, energy balance