SWIRL ELEMENT, INLET VALVE, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EVAPORATING OR DRIVING OUT HIGHLY VOLATILE SUBSTANCES OR GASES FROM LIQUIDS, AND USE OF THE SAME IN BREWING PROCESSES

摘要

For the first time, the present invention provides a swirl element (1) for an inlet valve (12; 112) for a brewing vessel (18; 118) for introducing a liquid, especially a mash, a wort, a yeast suspension, a sparge water or the like into the brewing vessel (18, 118), in particular into a mash tun, a mash vat, a combined mash/wort tun, a combined mash/wort/stripping tun, a wort tun (220), a combined whirlpool tun, a whirlpool (320), a lautering device, an evaporating vessel or the like, having at least one flow-directing element (8) by means of which an angular momentum can be imparted to the liquid flowing through the inlet valve (12; 112). The invention also relates to such an inlet valve (12; 112). Furthermore, the invention specifies an evaporating device (20; 120) having a brewing vessel (18; 118) also for evaporating and/or for driving out highly volatile substances or gases, in particular highly volatile flavour substances, dimethyl sulphide, carbon dioxide, oxygen or the like from the aforementioned liquids, wherein the brewing vessel (18; 118) has the swirl element (1) according to the invention and/or the inlet valve (12; 112) admitting the liquid. The invention further relates to a method for evaporating and/or driving out highly volatile substances or gases from the aforementioned liquids in a brewing process. Finally, the present invention relates to the use of the swirl element (1) in a brewing process for evaporating and/or driving out highly volatile substances or gases from liquids when said liquids are introduced into a brewing vessel (18; 118).