I've concluded that since this is my first build I'll keep it simple and replicate a known success story, namely the VM still.
Here's she is all in 2"
Boiler
50L stainless steel keg with a 6" triclover ferrule fitting and a 2400W stainless heating element
Reflux column = 42"
2" throughout packed with copper mesh and stainless scrubbers with a 2" to 1.5" concentric reducer at the top to act as a reflux centering device
Condenser = 13"
Double helix 1/4" stainless coils
Vapour management
2" to 1.5" T to a 1.5" stainless ball valve (I already had this - would have liked it to be a gate valve...)
Leibig = 36"
Triple wall design with 2" outer...still sorting the sizes of the other tubes to insert...advice welcomed.
Still to do
- Wind the condenser coil
- Finish the drawing for the leibig and construct
- Build heating controller - currently just on/off control
- Buy more PTFE seals
- Listen to advice and make improvements
- Make and drink lots of grog - got the second part of that mastered
And the top of the keg looking inside to the stainless heating element
