Dispositivo para monitoração do processo de fermentação de bebidas alcoólicas

Abstract

The process of alcoholic fermentation, consists of one of the most important steps for the process of manufacture of alcoholic beverages, being essential for the formation of characteristic aromas and alcohol concentration, among others. The glass densimeter is one of the equipment traditionally used in this process, for density measurement. However, this equipment has limitations, because it consists of manual measurements, and an operator is required to perform the measurements during the fermentation process, and this can cause a risk of contamination of the product and its waste, when collecting samples of the alcoholic beverage to read the density. So, this work presents the development of a device to improve monitoring in the fermentation process of alcoholic beverages, to automate this density monitoring and reduce the risks of contamination and waste of the product to be fermented. In the project was taken into consideration the development of a hardware, able to make the acquisition of density from the accelerometer sensor and temperature sensor. And that you can send this acquisition information to the customer through wireless communication using low-power Bluetooth (BLE). And a device that meets the requirements of food safety, which can be inserted into the fermenter, without running risks of contamination of the alcoholic beverage during the fermentation process. The results of the devices in operation were presented.