
WATERFORD DISTILLERY
JOB TITLE
Conversion of Waterford BBA Facility
COMPANY
Renegade Spirits Waterford Distillery
LOCATION
Waterford City, Co. Waterford
DURATION
12
MONTHS
OBJECTIVES
- Recommissioning existing plant for spirit production
- Integrating reporting system

WATERFORD DISTILLERY
Plant Recommissioning
Waterford Distillery was set up in an existing Waterford Diageo facility. This facility was converted from a brewery into a distillery to allow for the production of spirits. Waterford Distillery uses multiple varieties of grain to produce different flavored whiskeys.
The Waterford Distillery plant contains 4 180T grain silos, a 350hL Brewhouse, 4 1000hL fermenters, 100hL Yeast propagation unit, an 18,000 L Wash Still, 11,500L spirit stills, and multiple CIP vessels. The entire plant includes over 5,000 I/Os.
Customer requirement:
- Initial plant capacity of 1 million La for 5 years increasing to 3 Million Litres of Alcohol at the end of year 5
- Tracking and tracing of product throughout the brewing and distillation process
- Fully integrated SCADA system allowing fully automated control throughout the plant
- Data logging of all required data and trends including temperature, flow rate, and mechanical failure
MWCS during project:
- MWCS provided support for the customer and mechanical and electrical contractors during commissioning.
- We oversaw commissioning of the Dry goods, brewhouse, tank farm, pot stills and CIP vessels.
- We ran full IO testing through different platforms ( Profibus /ASI).
- We managed a change of hardcode settings and main parameters from the previous system
- Full 24 hour cover during operation
Implantation of MWCS System:
- Intake of grain comes from multiple sources with product ID availability
- The process is completed with minimal operator intervention
- Full HMI system allows the operator to interact with the PLC program
- Alarms signal s for program or mechanical errors
- Track-and-trace system allows product to be tracked throughout the plant
- Reporting system provides trend and data analysis