Just another idea.

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Just another idea.

Postby IceStiller » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:57 pm

So I was running my still last night, a basic sugar wash, only 10L so I added 5L of water and did some temp testing.
After it got to 58-60°C and started boiling nice there was not much to do but to finish some dynamics calculations for school.
Finished surprisingly quick and started thinking about making a pot still for stripping and maybe some flavored stuff.
I got an idea a while back of using a small corny as a thumlper so jotted some sketches down.
Here is what i ended up with.
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Just an idea


EDIT: Its not to scale

Don't really have the time or money to try this anytime soon but i would much appreciate what you think.
If this is a viable system i might start planing the holidays more precisely.
Ölur eg varð, varð ofurölvi, að ins fróða Fjalars, því er öldur bast, að aftur of heimtir, hversitt geð gumi
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Re: Just another idea.

Postby LWTCS » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:05 pm

Thats a thumper set up.

Start looking at some posts in the pot still module so you can render your thoughts more closely to scale.
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Re: Just another idea.

Postby IceStiller » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:34 pm

I realize that its not really a pot still. dose not really look like it at all.
But theoretically using an air cooled pot still connected to a column still, sub surface (thumper). So that most of the vapors would condense but not all.
Would the effort be worth it.
Ölur eg varð, varð ofurölvi, að ins fróða Fjalars, því er öldur bast, að aftur of heimtir, hversitt geð gumi
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Re: Just another idea.

Postby LWTCS » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:38 pm

Is that a heat source on your secondary boiler?
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Re: Just another idea.

Postby IceStiller » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:15 pm

yes just a copper coil.
In the corny i use now i got 4m of 8mm copper coil with hot water running through it.
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