A dilution/sampling apparatus to continuum process monitoring

Author

Zinnai, Angela ; Venturi, Francesca ; Andrich, Gianpaolo

Author_Institution

DCBA, Univ. of Pisa, Pisa

fYear

2006

fDate

9-12 July 2006

Firstpage

609

Lastpage

613

Abstract

This paper reports an automatic apparatus to sample and to dilute samples of must/wine coming from a fermentor utilised in winemaking, to describe the evolution of composition of must/wine during alcoholic fermentation. This new analytical apparatus would allow to individuate rapidly when a reduction of rate or a stuck of fermentation could take place. After an accurate description of the apparatus used, preliminary results connected to its calibration are also reported and discussed. As the evolutions of experimental data collected using this new apparatus do not differ significantly from those obtained by traditional way, the suitability of this new analytical system was tested.

Keywords

calibration; chemical sensors; fermentation; process monitoring; production equipment; wine industry; alcoholic fermentation; calibration; composition evolution; continuum process monitoring; dilution apparatus; fermentor; must; sampling apparatus; winemaking; Alcoholism; Calibration; Computerized monitoring; Information analysis; Optical buffering; Production; Sampling methods; Sensor systems; Sugar industry; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment Identities and Mediterranean Area, 2006. ISEIMA '06. First international Symposium on

Conference_Location

Corte-Ajaccio

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0231-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0232-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEIMA.2006.345012

Filename

4150526