I am designing my first winery currently and I was wondering if anyone knew if the winery production area is an NSF location and do I need to specify the lights with an NSF rating? Thanks in advance.
While it is absolutely important to consider sanitation, there is more to designing winery and other alcoholic products facility.
I’ve worked on brewery equipment and commissioning-- fermentation related telemetry and instrumentation (temperature, liquid refractory properties etc.) and fire suppression.
Wine production is no different.
During the fermentation process ethyl alcohol occurs naturally—a by-product if you will.
Concentration of alcohol fumes create a hazardous environment as in explosive conditions.
Here is an excerpt on studies regarding this.
“Ethyl alcohol is a flammable, toxic, colorless liquid with a sweet, wine-like characteristic odor. It is used as a solvent and a raw material (and is sometimes a by-product) in the production of alcoholic beverages, antifreeze, cleaning chemicals, cosmetics, detergents, dyes, elastomers, explosives, inks, gasohol, lubricants, mouthwash, paints, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and many other chemicals and products. Ethyl alcohol is the alcohol present in beer, wine, whiskey, and all other alcoholic beverages.
It exists in grades designated as absolute, completely denatured, industrial, specially denatured (SD), USP, and as various proofs (one-half the proof number equals the percentage of alcohol by volume). Properties and hazards listed for ethyl alcohol are for the pure, anhydrous alcohol (which really is not totally anhydrous, since it contains up to one percent water).”
I don’t specialize in design of facilities involving hazardous materials. . . I’m just pointing out that as I said “There is more to it than meets the eye.”
There is forum member that specializes in this field (Hazardous Classification)
You are an apprentice and I don’t want to mislead you.
For more check this link
https://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-143/issue-3/features/ethyl-alcohol.html
Good luck