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- Sun May 23, 2010 8:51 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Height Vs Diameter ratio
- Replies: 90
- Views: 38633
Re: compact column design
yeah i know that you had 12 actual plates i read your post but your 12 plates are equivalent to 3 ideal plates. go back to HD and read about theoretical plates ect.
- Sun May 23, 2010 7:57 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Height Vs Diameter ratio
- Replies: 90
- Views: 38633
Re: compact column design
yeah OD plates sound awesome! their hard to manufacture and they get really high abv your hearts were getting 80% on you plated The Evil Twins Still and it was really efficient like eight feet of column and they were equivalent to 3 plates! wow i want that! yeah OD sarcasm aside i cant build any thi...
- Sun May 23, 2010 1:36 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Height Vs Diameter ratio
- Replies: 90
- Views: 38633
Re: compact column design
yeah so the question still stands: as the diameter increases is it necessary that the height increase? i want proof does any one have 3 stills of three different sizes with the same packing tested? the best proof i can find is on page 6 they give a performance table by different sizes fo stills http...
- Sun May 23, 2010 11:57 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Height Vs Diameter ratio
- Replies: 90
- Views: 38633
Column Height Vs Diameter ratio
MOD EDIT____Ive split this from --compact column design --- NOW PLAY NICE ---hmmm thanks lwtcs i guess the issues is best left until there is more data on to a more productive question. Why is it that as diameter increases a taller height is needed to achieve the same purity all other things being e...
- Sun May 23, 2010 10:13 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: compact column design
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14092
Re: compact column design
@kiwi yeah there is bottom draining look at the diagram see the blue arrows thats the drain that empties the Reflux in to the column beside it. and the whole point of this is to make it possible for a person with low ceilings to have a 3 incher thats 90 inch height equivalent. yeah OD your still is ...
- Sat May 22, 2010 10:19 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: compact column design
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14092
Re: compact column design
@LWTCS of course there will be a reflux head at the top this is just the colum design, not the head, the top part could be LM VM or Even CM if some one wanted to the vapor entry ports would be higher then the reflux exit lines so there would he no bubbling and hence it would have no thumper like qua...
- Sat May 22, 2010 10:02 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: compact column design
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14092
Re: compact column design
from what i have read the mos important thing is the temp gradient in determining effective column height, but it is true that that design is missing a some reflux but the reflux would always be centered in the design which is a plus. im not sure about eight or nine feet. but i might move in the nea...
- Sat May 22, 2010 9:36 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: compact column design
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14092
compact column design
i was thinking about a way to have a very tall column in a low ceiling room. this is what i though of, and i want to know what you guys thought. the red arrows are the vapor and blue is the reflux.
- Mon May 17, 2010 4:52 am
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Hallo from the Depressed Uper Mid-West
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1222
Re: Hallo from the Depressed Uper Mid-West
Oy we need to get you a bigger pot like a 55 gal so you can do it all in one run.Vulture wrote: eleven 22 liter washes to strip) I took 3 days off work to process it all.... PSII HC 7.2 GAL Still from Brewhaus
- Sat May 15, 2010 9:07 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Hallo from the Depressed Uper Mid-West
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1222
Re: Hallo from the Depressed Uper Mid-West
ur right that ford is not sunk like the others but still its not what it use to be! ford sold Jaguar and Land Rover! and will be selling volvo later this year! that leaves them with just ford, lincoln, mercury cars. Mercury is selling fewer than 200,000 units a year, which is less than both Plymouth...
- Fri May 14, 2010 4:50 am
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Howdy from Oregon
- Replies: 10
- Views: 794
Re: Howdy from Oregon
If it's not too much trouble getting a hescher would be nice. heksher isn hard to get for what every you make unless it is for peasch (passover) or if it has any grape in it. heksher dealing with any amout of grape product, or peasch heksher is a real pain for a small time guy. for win stuff the ce...
- Fri May 14, 2010 4:39 am
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Greetings from Brooklyn
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3093
Re: Greetings from Brooklyn
Sorry Yishai, We inadvertently hijacked your welcome thread. RD you didnt hijack nothing i wanted to talk about this... yeah the pda 2 is a simple LM bok (maybe slant plate) design heres a guy who runs his mico with it http://www.sptimes.com/2006/05/17/Taste/A_clear_distinction.shtml" onclick=...
- Thu May 13, 2010 9:17 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Greetings from Brooklyn
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3093
Re: Greetings from Brooklyn
@ rubberduck manu does have a good reputation it all really depends on price if it is cheap and good then why not save the trouble.
@ rednose i agree about the bokakob... and the pda 2 is a 4 incher by 5 foot.... nothing crazy
@ rednose i agree about the bokakob... and the pda 2 is a 4 incher by 5 foot.... nothing crazy
- Thu May 13, 2010 7:03 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Greetings from Brooklyn
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3093
Re: Greetings from Brooklyn
hey blanik, i was thinking of getting a pda1 with the column extension but the fitting on the bottom looks like a choking hazard what do you think?
- Thu May 13, 2010 6:54 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Howdy from Oregon
- Replies: 10
- Views: 794
Re: Howdy from Oregon
anuran, what do you wanna make?
- Thu May 13, 2010 3:45 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Hallo from the Depressed Uper Mid-West
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1222
Re: Hallo from the Depressed Uper Mid-West
if you wanna talk about depressed i grew up in Michigan. OY! my parent are successful, thank G-d, but they tell me a lot of horror stories about whats going on there. now that the big three are basically gone michigan has become well known for having the highest emigrant rate in america
- Thu May 13, 2010 3:33 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Greetings from Brooklyn
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3093
Greetings from Brooklyn
Hi my name is Yishai and Im from Brooklyn. i have never used a still before but i have read a lot about them :D . I am a Chabad Lubavitcher which means im a certian kind of orthodox Chasidic Jew, in terms of alcohol, chabad drinks a LOT of vodka :ebiggrin: i would like to make a vm or lm still in th...