Barrel-to-Barrel

Barrel-to-barrel operations can include:

• Barrel-to-barrel rack

  The barrel is racked removing the clear bulk material to a temporary tank, leaving the lees in the barrel. The lees are removed from the barrel to another vessel. Barrels in a VBT may change as the bulk material is moved from barrel to barrel, and the total volume decreases when the lees are removed.

• Rack and back

  The barrel is racked removing the clear bulk material to a temporary tank, leaving the lees in the barrel. The lees are removed from the barrel to another vessel. The bulk material in the temporary tank is returned to the same barrels.

• VBT Maintenance

  The barrel is racked removing the clear bulk material to a temporary tank, leaving the lees in the barrel. The lees are removed from the barrel to another vessel. The bulk material in the temporary tank is returned to the same barrels.

• Split

  Split an existing VBT into two or more VBTs, resulting in new blend lots.

• Merge

  Merge two or more VBTs into a single VBT.

• Add barrels to a VBT

  Increase the capacity of an existing VBT by adding barrels, resulting in a new blend lot.