ITECH1100: Examining the Impact of Cavitation on the Beer Industry

This report examines the impact of cavitation technology on the beer industry, focusing on its cost-effectiveness, energy savings, and disruptive potential. It discusses both the advantages, such as reduced production costs and environmental benefits, and disadvantages, including increased noise pollution and potential job displacement due to automation. The report also addresses regulatory and ethical considerations, such as high taxes on beer production and the impact of beer consumption on society. Furthermore, it provides a video script outlining the key points of cavitation's influence, including its role in reducing environmental emissions and improving beer quality. The report concludes by highlighting the overall shakeup in the beer industry caused by this new technology, emphasizing its economic benefits and the importance of adapting to these changes.

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Table of Contents
Research......................................................................................................................................................4
Brainstorming..............................................................................................................................................4
Cost effectiveness....................................................................................................................................4
Energy savings........................................................................................................................................4
Increased noise........................................................................................................................................4
More job opportunities............................................................................................................................5
Decrease in cost of production.................................................................................................................5
Loss in industry technology.....................................................................................................................5
Regulations and ethics.................................................................................................................................5
High tax...................................................................................................................................................6
Unskilled workers................................................................................................................................6
Disruption....................................................................................................................................................6
Video script.................................................................................................................................................8
High tax...................................................................................................................................................8
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Research
Beer is an alcoholic beverage that is often made from malted cereal grain such as barley, brewed
by slow fermentation and flavoured with hops and is widely consumed throughout the world.
The industry focuses on the colour, flavour and smell of the beer so as to produce the best quality
which is needed by the consumers. They also need to choose their market wisely so that they can
have easy transportation and distribution. Over the years, they have not been using an efficient
method in the beer production but with the rise of the new technology, the industry has embraced
cavitation as a technology(Barty,,2010). Cavitation is the scientific way to improve the beer
making process by formation of tiny bubbles of vapour inside the liquid. Scientists came up with
this technology to change the way beer is fermented for the production of an exemplary type and
taste of beer.
Brainstorming
Cost effectiveness
The technology of cavitation pulps the malted barley which makes it unnecessary to do the
milling in advance; it therefore leads to reduction of production cost also the spent malt which is
a by-product in beer making is highly biodegradable and good for the environment(Beer,2009).
Energy savings
The technology reduces the amount of starch left in the malt after the whole process of
manufacturing beer; this means that the rinsing of the malt to separate sugar and starch becomes
unnecessary. This leads to saving a lot of energy that could have been used if the technology
was not available.
Increased noise
Before the introduction of cavitation technology, employs used to have a noise free environment
but after the industry embraced cavitation technology in the beer making process there has been
a lot of noise produced which leads to poor working conditions and increased noise
pollution(Burrell,2014).
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More job opportunities
Beer industries technology creates more jobs for people in more careers. This industries employ
all sort of human race in their careers. This careers include selling managers engineers and many
others that are supposed to help the company achieve their production target.
Decrease in cost of production
In the current society the industries that manufacture beer have greatly increased hence a burden
of it in the market. This really affects the society since a large population consumes it without
understanding its effect. Due to this the government is striving to fight the production of beer
through imposing high tax to products that are used to make beer e.g. grains. The government
imposes high tax fees to grain farmers so that at the end the price of beer will be more than
expected. This increases the price of grains hence affecting more people that use grains for other
purposes.
Loss in industry technology
Many beverages including beers act as stimulant .Meaning when they are consumed they have a
great impact to the mind of the users. Some people take beer while driving this increases the
number of accident in roads(Gardner,2013) .Most of the accidents are caused by drunkard
drivers .More so in manufacturing industries like beer industry there cases that they are on fire.
The main reason of this is that beer is more flammable hence any mistake fire is lightened. Fire
not only causes loss to the company property but also it pollutes the environment through
burning of beer by releasing smoke to the environment.
Regulations and ethics
Beer and its technology have many impacts to the society and some other factors that prevent
them from achieving their targets. Likely this industries create jobs but at some time there factors
that causes them not to employ more workers .This factors include the following.
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High tax
Many believe that beer is illegal including many government at this days. They order its
production to stop but what they really do is impose high tax in its production for it to have low
consumption rate to discourage the companies from producing it. The company then make less
profit than expected hence they do not employ more workers or even at times fire some workers
so that they remain with those that they can cater for their needs.
Unskilled workers
A large population has no qualifications to work in industries. Although the company may
require to hire more employees but it is discouraged due to low educational level qualification
of the available population.
The technology strives to reduce labour costs in that the employees that used to work in the
industry are laid off and trained personnel are recruited so as to operate the new technology. At
some point this tend to cause strikes and go slows from those opposed to the technology which
end up in the labour courts(LEGRAS,2009). The technology increases output within a short
duration that brings higher returns in the industry as compared to when they used manual
fermentation process. Reduces energy required for beer making process thereby indirectly
leading to the reduction in operation costs.
Disruption
As a new technology, cavitation in one way or the other has greatly brought a shakeup in the
beer industry this ranges from change in the physical; process and the end results. To start with,
cavitation has reduced environmental emissions like the amount of waste being disposed and the
energy consumed from the national grid. Secondly, there is an improvement in the end product
which is beer in terms of taste and flavour(Jaskula,2009). This has resulted to a boom in the
entertainment industry whereby many people are enjoying the new products. Lastly, the
economic sector has benefitted a lot from the technology since many beer producing companies
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are buying the technology at the same time increasing their production that results in high
amounts of taxable income.
The following process are involved in its manufacturing
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Video script
Beer is an alcoholic beverage that is often made from malted cereal grain such as barley, brewed
by slow fermentation and flavoured with hops and is widely consumed throughout the world.
The industry focuses on the colour, flavour and smell of the beer so as to produce the best quality
which is needed by the consumers. They also need to choose their market wisely so that they can
have easy transportation and distribution. Beer has some impacts to industrial technology.
Cost effectiveness -technology of cavitation pulps the malted barley which makes it unnecessary
to do the milling in advance it therefore leads to reduction of production cost also the spent malt
which is a by-product in beer making is highly biodegradable and good for the environment.
Another impact is .
Decrease in cost of production
In the present society the enterprises that make beer have incredibly expanded thus a weight of it
in the market. This truly influences the general public since a substantial populace consumes it
without understanding its impact. Because of this the government is endeavoring to battle the
generation of beer through forcing high expense to items that are utilized to make brew e.g.
grains. (Moore,2013)The administration forces high assessment charges to grain ranchers so that
at the end the cost of lager will be more than anticipated. This expands the cost of grains
henceforth influencing more individuals that utilization grains for different purposes.
More so beer and its technology have many impacts to the society and some other factors that
prevent them from achieving their targets. Likely this industries create jobs but at some time
there factors that causes them not to employ more workers .This factor include the following.
High tax
Many believe that beer is illegal including many government at this days. They order its
production to stop but what they really do is impose high tax in its production for it to have low
consumption rate to discourage the companies from producing it. The company then make less
profit than expected hence they do not employ more workers or even at times fire some workers
so that they remain with those that they can cater for their needs.
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Lastly in this new technology, cavitation in one way or the other has greatly brought a shakeup
in the beer industry this ranges from change in the physical; process and the end results. To start
with, cavitation has reduced environmental emissions like the amount of waste being disposed
and the energy consumed from the national grid.
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