Beer Production & Malt Storage Humidity Control

Control moisture in wort, filtration, bottling and malt storage with industrial desiccant dehumidifiers. Vision Air Conditioning delivers turnkey solutions across Canada & USA.

Beer Production & Malt Storage Humidity Control

Humidity challenges in beer production and malt storage

Breweries often face excessive humidity in key process areas:

  • Wort boiling and hopping vessels
  • Cooling, aeration, and filtration zones
  • Bottling lines and label application
  • Dry storage of hygroscopic ingredients
  • Malt silos and granule stockpiles

When humidity rises above optimum levels, malt moisture jumps from 3-4% to 5-6%, causing loss of fragility and quality.

Excess moisture leads to condensation on equipment, electronic failures, production line stoppages, mildew growth, label slippage, and structural corrosion.

Why choose desiccant dehumidifiers?

  • High drying efficiency with low energy consumption
  • Effective at low ambient temperatures
  • Compact size and easy installation
  • Fully automatable humidity control
  • Stainless steel and aluminum-zinc corrosion resistance
  • Compliance with EU quality and safety directives

Vision Air Conditioning supplies these systems throughout Canada and the USA; see our standard dehumidifier range or DL series for compact solutions.

Installation benefits

  • Prevents condensation and corrosion in brew kettles
  • Eliminates mildew and bacterial risks in filtration areas
  • Ensures consistent label adhesion on bottling lines
  • Maintains dry storage for malt, hops, and adjuncts
  • Reduces downtime and maintains production uptime
  • Creates the ideal microclimate for ingredient handling

Our full-service support covers installation and maintenance plus 24/7 technical support across North America

How desiccant dehumidifiers work

Process air passes through a silica-gel rotor where moisture is adsorbed. A second air stream, preheated to 90–140 °C, regenerates the rotor. The warm, humid exhaust is vented outside.

Desiccant rotor operation diagram showing moisture adsorption process

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