ECO-MATRIX® 管道解决方案

The GEA ECO-MATRIX® piping system provides optimum cleaning conditions, thanks to the safe separation of the tank and pipe cleaning regimes. All process lines are directly connected to a compact vertical tank outlet header pipe. There are no dead ends or pockets. The fully automatic piping system ensures fail-safe operation and minimized product losses. GEA ECO-MATRIX® uses GEA’s EHEDG certified VARIVENT® radial sealing double-seat valves with fully drainable safety chamber and integrated double-acting lifting actuator for valve seat cleaning. Their fixed housing connections, welded housings and seat rings mean no seals at the seat ring and thus reduced maintenance.

Efficient, fully automatic fixed piping system for process tanks

• Safety: State-of-the-art mixproof valve technology ensures utmost product safety
• Efficiency: Well-engineered solution provides enhanced product quality and offers significant cost saving opportunities
• Flexibility: Space-saving, expandable and modular system ensures flexibility and easy accessibility
• Reliability: A multitude of installations around the world provides proof of its capabilities, performance and reliability

Features

The use of the ECO-MATRIX® piping system enhances product quality and offers significant cost savings:

• The vertical installation enables a well-balanced heat and mass transfer and thus provides both a homogenous distribution of substances and a uniform product temperature
• Ensuring the optimum growth conditions for yeasts in the header prevents the cell autolysis that would cause a significant increase in pH
• Enhanced product taste and increased foam stability by eliminating the other negative effects of yeast autolysis (such as proteinase A excretion)
• The omission of horizontal tank outlets reduces the risk of insufficient cleaning and recontamination when linked to the tank’s cold CIP process
• ECO-MATRIX® double-seat valves are equipped with a lifting actuator that enables individual lifting of a single valve disk during cleaning of the pipe or the tank
• The cleaning media passes the seal of the lifted valve disc, cleans the safety chamber and then flows through the leakage outlet into the periphery. This way, it is possible to clean all product-contact surfaces of the valve disk seals
• A special rinse valve ensures complete draining of the safety chamber – no residual cleaning media or product can remain

ECO-MATRIX and VARIVENT are registered as a trademark in several countries worldwide. 

总之：我们的酒窖管道概念能够以最低的生命周期成本实现啤酒泡沫和口味稳定性的提升。

优点一览：
关于工厂投资成本
• 与采用阀门矩阵的系统相比，使用的阀门更少
• 更易于安装（使用的阀门更少）
• 更易于自动化（使用的阀门更少）

对于运行成本
• 由于阀门布局合理、管道较短，因此降低了冲洗损失
• 由于集成了 LEFF® 模块，因此降低了 CIP 损失
• 清洗剂损失更低
• 维护工作更少

其他无形价值优点
• 最高灵活性
• 生态无害操作
• 自动防故障操作