Pot still with dephlegmator

[Ian Jay]

Philosophically, the challenge may be here:

"The only thing i'd really need to add this is 5 bucks worth of copper, a 7 dollar pot, and some plastic tubing. and it seems simpler than switching things to a vertical layout. Would it really not be worth it?"

End of discussion?

[rad14701]

Sometimes you've just gotta put solder to copper, if for no other reason than to say you've done it or to soothe the soul...

[LWTCS]

http://youtu.be/oS28yrkjntM

[rockchucker22]

http://youtu.be/oS28yrkjntM

Wait wait wait, you don't ride motorcycles! I'm ashamed to associate with such a low life!

[LWTCS]

Wait wait wait, you don't ride motorcycles! I'm ashamed to associate with such a low life!

Would if I could.

I have the soul to do so,,,,but not the funds to ride what I would prefer to ride

[MuleKicker]

Wait wait wait, you don't ride motorcycles! I'm ashamed to associate with such a low life!

Would if I could.

I have the soul to do so,,,,but not the funds to ride what I would prefer to ride

ohh come on LW, vespas arent that expensive

[LWTCS]

Haha
Vespa!

Beach cruiser more like it

[dime]

http://youtu.be/oS28yrkjntM

I didn't realize that you ran that rig without the plates. That gives me a bit more confidence in adding the dephlegmator right over the thumper

Yes, but you still need to address the puking issue because that just isn't normal... You are looking to use that extra chamber as thumper, not a puke box, right...???

I'm assuming its happening because of my 3/8" pipe. The vapor's coming out too hard and when it hits the charge in my thumper the bubbles just go crazy. The extra chamber, I thought, would fix that problem since it would keep the bubbling from getting to the output pipe. But it only reduced it.

If you didn't put a dephlagmater on top of it.

Why would a thumper that size need a drain even with the dephlegmator? Even if I left it in full reflux for the entire run, the thumper would be able to hold everything and have room for about 5 more quarts.

Philosophically, the challenge may be here:

"The only thing i'd really need to add this is 5 bucks worth of copper, a 7 dollar pot, and some plastic tubing. and it seems simpler than switching things to a vertical layout. Would it really not be worth it?"

End of discussion?

I wouldn't say end of discussion, but yeah. For me that's reason enough to go ahead with it and see what happens for myself. As larry said in his video.

[LWTCS]

When run as a typical thumper,,,more often than not there will be very little liquid remaining in the thumper at the conclusion of a run...Especially with my rig as I get really good thermal transfer.

But when incorporating the forced reflux you will be retaining much more liquid and the thing can and will flood if you are not minding your P's & Q's. I flooded to dog doodoo out of mine prior to installing the drain.

[dime]

Just wondering, is it significantly beneficial to have a thumper with a dephlegmator? What if I just put the dephlegmator right over the boiler? I'd think that would still produce a more pure distillate than a standard column.

Edit:
After a little more thought, cycling the vapor through a thumper should be a lot faster than cycling through the boiler. So I guess that answers the question.