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CO₂ supply for breweries and beverage plants
Carbonation is only a third of the gas a brewery uses — the rest goes on purging, counter-pressure filling and transfers. We size the tank and vaporizer to that full picture and to the peaks of your filling line.
Equipment by monthly output
| Output | CO₂ at 1 kg/hl | CO₂ at 2 kg/hl | Supply |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 hl/month | 0.5 t | 1 t | cylinders or microbulk |
| 2,000 hl/month | 2 t | 4 t | 10–20 m³ tank |
| 8,000 hl/month | 8 t | 16 t | 20–30 m³ tank |
| 20,000 hl/month | 20 t | 40 t | 50 m³ tank and above |
A well-run plant uses 0.5–1.5 kg of CO₂ per hectolitre; a craft brewery without recovery spends 2–4 kg. The number of purges per litre packaged makes the difference, so we start from your actual gas balance rather than from the table.
Which CO₂ beer and beverages need
Food grade only: the gas touches the product not just in carbonation but in the tank headspace, during purging and counter-pressure filling. Individual contaminants — moisture, oxygen, hydrocarbons, acetaldehyde, sulphur, benzene — are limited at parts per million. A supplier certificate covers the batch at the filling plant, which is why we plan CO₂ quality control at the tank.
What the system includes
- A cryogenic liquid CO₂ tank that takes a full road tanker delivery with a working reserve.
- A CO₂ vaporizer sized for the peak: line start-up, tank purging and a transfer happening at once.
- Pressure regulation close to the points of use, so a long run does not steal pressure at peak.
- Frost reserve: an ambient vaporizer loses capacity in winter.
- Installation, commissioning and pressure vessel documentation.
Nitrogen for beverages
Nitro drinks, liquid nitrogen dosing before can seaming and pressurising still beverages run on nitrogen, not CO₂. If that is your case, we add a liquid nitrogen tank with an ambient vaporizer.
Frequently asked questions
Can a craft brewery work from cylinders?
Up to roughly one tonne of CO₂ a month, yes — that is about 40 cylinders. Beyond that, handling, downtime at swaps and the heel left in each cylinder usually cost more than a small tank.
How much CO₂ actually dissolves in beer?
At 2.3–2.8 volumes of carbonation — about 4.5–5.5 g per litre, roughly half a kilogram per hectolitre. Everything above that on your invoice is purging, filling and losses.
Equipment for this solution
- Cryogenic tanks for liquid CO₂ (carbon dioxide) 10–100 m³Supply of stationary vacuum-insulated cryogenic tanks for liquid CO₂ storage with volumes of 10, 20, 30, 50, 80 and 100 m³. Complete with shut-off and safety valves, pressure control systems, vaporizers and pressure-reducing units. Equipment selection, supply, installation, process piping and turnkey commissioning of the CO₂ system.
- Vaporizers (gasifiers) for liquid CO₂ — 100–1000 kg/hSupply of vaporizers for gasifying liquid carbon dioxide (CO₂) with capacities of 100, 200, 300, 500, 800 and 1000 kg/h. Solutions for greenhouses, beverage production and bottling, food and industrial plants. Selection, supply, installation and integration into the CO₂ supply system.
- Laboratory and analytical equipment for CO₂ quality control (DSTU, ISBT, EIGA)Supply of equipment for laboratory quality control of carbon dioxide (CO₂): CO₂ purity, dew point, moisture content and other controlled impurities. Laboratory setups for CO₂ producers, food plants and beverage manufacturers.
- Cryogenic tanks for liquid nitrogen (LIN, N₂) 10–50 m³Supply of vacuum-insulated cryogenic tanks for storing liquid nitrogen LIN (N₂) with volumes of 10, 20, 30 and 50 m³. Complete with ambient vaporizers, pressure regulators, shut-off and safety valves and pipelines. Turnkey installation and commissioning of nitrogen supply systems.
