The Wachusett Brewing Company is a microbrewery that is looking to improve the sustainability of their quality assurance programs. Through process validation and optimization, we identified their current cleaning procedure of their bright tanks and subsequently developed a revised procedure based on a benchmarking matrix. Through analytical testing methods, both procedures were within the limit of our defined quality metrics. The use of this revised procedure would improve sustainability by saving time, money, labor, energy, and water.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Palmer, Joshua Michael
• Manning, Jacob Hans
• Deraney, Nicholas F.
• Morse, Lauren Elizabeth

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042215-141239

Advisor

• Wobbe, Clarence Richard
• Kmiotek, Stephen J.

Year

• 2015

Sponsor

• Wachusett Brewing Company

Date created

• 2015-04-22

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright