"SWIRL ELEMENT, INLET VALVE, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EVAPORATING OR DRIVING OUT HIGHLY VOLATILE SUBSTANCES OR GASES FROM LIQUIDS, AND USE OF THE SAME IN BREWING PROCESSES"

For the first time, the present invention provides a swirl element (1) for an inlet valve (12; 112) of a brewing vessel (18; 118) for introducing a liquid, in particular a mash, a wort, a yeast suspension, a sparge water or the like into the brewing vessel (18; 118), in particular into a mash tun, a mash vat, a combined mash/wort tun, a combined mash/wort/stripping tun, a wort tun (220), a combined whirlpool tun, a whirlpool (320), a clarifying device, an evaporating vessel or the like, comprising at least one flow-directing element (8) by means of which an angular momentum can be imparted to the liquid flowing through the inlet valve (12; 112). Furthermore a like inlet valve (12; 112) is being proposed. In addition, an evaporating device (20; 120) comprising a brewing vessel (18; 118) is specified, also for evaporating and/or expulsing highly volatile substances or gases, in particular highly volatile flavor substances, DMS, carbon dioxide, oxygen or the like from the aforementioned liquids, wherein the brewing vessel (18; 118) comprises the swirl element (1) according to the invention and/or the inlet valve (12; 112) admitting the liquid. In addition a method for evaporating and/or expulsing highly volatile substances or gases from the aforementioned liquids in a brewing process is specified. Lastly, the present invention relates to the use of the swirl element (1) in a brewing process for evaporating and/or expulsing highly volatile substances or gases from liquids during their introduction into a brewing vessel (18; 118).