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Atlas Copco to showcase at Brewers Congress 2026
Atlas Copco will introduce its BREW N2 8-130 skid system, alongside process filtration, oil-free compressed air, and process cooling solutions, at The Brewers Congress 2026.
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Atlas Copco will exhibit its dedicated brewery utilities portfolio on Stand 102 at Big Penny Social in London on 29 and 30 September. The presentation highlights the new BREW N2 8-130 skid system, which enables commercial breweries to generate on-site, food- and beverage-grade nitrogen from compressed air for blanketing, purging, transfer, and packaging operations.
Integrated Nitrogen Generation and Filtration Architecture
Engineered specifically for brewing operations, the BREW N2 skid provides a plug-and-play, pre-assembled, and tested package designed to connect directly into a facility's existing compressed air network.
The integrated system comprises:
- Core Nitrogen Separation: An Atlas Copco NGP+ pressure swing adsorption (PSA) nitrogen generator paired with air and nitrogen buffer storage vessels.
- Gas Treatment & Purification: An integrated refrigeration air dryer, multi-stage pre- and particulate filtration, a proprietary nitrogen polishing stage, and a final food-grade sterile membrane filter.
- Control & Batch Traceability: An onboard Elektronikon Touch controller that provides automated system management, remote monitoring capabilities, and batch-specific nitrogen purity logging to satisfy food and beverage safety compliance standards.
In addition to the skid package, Atlas Copco will display the standalone NGPs 9 nitrogen generator, demonstrating compact PSA separation technology designed for lower-flow brewing and dispense operations.
Utility Co-Optimization: Filtration, Cooling, and Air
Atlas Copco’s technical showcase also highlights complementary brewery utilities:
Utility Co-Optimization: Filtration, Cooling, and Air
Atlas Copco’s technical showcase also highlights complementary brewery utilities:
- Brewery Process Filtration: Pre-filters, trap filters, and sterile membrane filters selected according to contaminant load, process flow rates, clean-in-place (CIP) regimes, and targeted microbial retention.
- Process Cooling Systems: Industrial chilling solutions engineered for precision thermal control across wort cooling, fermentation temperature regulation, and cold-conditioning stages.
- Class 0 Oil-Free Compressed Air: Contaminant-free air supplies for sensitive brewing processes, including wort aeration, bulk product transfer, can seaming, bottling, and end-of-line packaging.
Additional Context
This section details technical specifications not included in the original news release.
Pressure swing adsorption systems for beverage-grade nitrogen utilize Carbon Molecular Sieve (CMS) adsorption media inside dual pressurized columns. When compressed air is cycled through the online column at operating pressures typically between 7 and 10 bar, oxygen molecules are preferentially captured within the microporous pore structure of the CMS (pore diameters of approximately 0.3 nanometers), allowing dry, inert nitrogen to flow through to buffer storage. In brewing applications, maintaining dissolved oxygen (DO) levels below 10 to 30 parts per billion during carbonation, counter-pressure bottle filling, and bright beer tank purging is critical to prevent downstream oxidative degradation and cardboard-like off-flavors caused by trans-2-nonenal.
Food-grade nitrogen purity for brewing complies with European E941 and Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) purity guidelines, requiring oxygen concentrations typically below 0.5 to 0.01 percent (99.5% to 99.99% nitrogen purity), total hydrocarbon content under 5 parts per million, and water dew points below minus 40 degrees Celsius. Sterile gas polishing filters utilize hydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or polyethersulfone (PES) membrane cartridges rated at 0.2 micrometers absolute pore size, validated via forward-flow or bubble-point integrity testing to ensure complete bacterial retention (Brevundimonas diminuta) before nitrogen contacts active wort, fermented beer, or packaging line surfaces.
Edited by Romila DSilva, Induportals Editor, with AI assistance.
This section details technical specifications not included in the original news release.
Pressure swing adsorption systems for beverage-grade nitrogen utilize Carbon Molecular Sieve (CMS) adsorption media inside dual pressurized columns. When compressed air is cycled through the online column at operating pressures typically between 7 and 10 bar, oxygen molecules are preferentially captured within the microporous pore structure of the CMS (pore diameters of approximately 0.3 nanometers), allowing dry, inert nitrogen to flow through to buffer storage. In brewing applications, maintaining dissolved oxygen (DO) levels below 10 to 30 parts per billion during carbonation, counter-pressure bottle filling, and bright beer tank purging is critical to prevent downstream oxidative degradation and cardboard-like off-flavors caused by trans-2-nonenal.
Food-grade nitrogen purity for brewing complies with European E941 and Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) purity guidelines, requiring oxygen concentrations typically below 0.5 to 0.01 percent (99.5% to 99.99% nitrogen purity), total hydrocarbon content under 5 parts per million, and water dew points below minus 40 degrees Celsius. Sterile gas polishing filters utilize hydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or polyethersulfone (PES) membrane cartridges rated at 0.2 micrometers absolute pore size, validated via forward-flow or bubble-point integrity testing to ensure complete bacterial retention (Brevundimonas diminuta) before nitrogen contacts active wort, fermented beer, or packaging line surfaces.
Edited by Romila DSilva, Induportals Editor, with AI assistance.
