Combined Heat and Power for Brewing Beer

摘要

A malt house has an extremely high demand for energy - both electrical and thermal. For this reason, the German malt producer, Durst Malz, has been operating two combined heat and power (CHP) plants from MTU Onsite Energy. The type GC 357 N5 CHP plants deliver around 1 MW of heat, which is used to dry the malt. The approximately 700 kW of electrical energy, which the plants generate in addition to the thermal energy, are fed into the company's own grid, resulting in an overall efficiency level of almost 90%.