Description
Fractionation Research Inc.: a Distillation culinary technique.
Technical
Fractionation Research Inc. (FRI) is an industry cooperative organization that researches the performance of industrial-scale mass transfer devices such as trays, packings and other column internals. Its objective is to facilitate the design of more economical distillation, absorption and stripping systems. Before the formation of FRI, such research was performed on a small scale by universities or private companies. The latter controlled their results as proprietary information, generally inaccessible by competitors.
Science
Primary Reaction
Separation of ethanol and water
Sensory Profile
Aroma ()
Wine Analogy
Similar to the heads fraction in brandy distillation
Coffee Analogy
Comparable to volatile aromatic compounds released during coffee roasting