Need Help Making a Condenser

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NADERHANNA1719
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Need Help Making a Condenser

Post by NADERHANNA1719 »

Hi Everyone,

I live in a country in the Middle East, where it's nearly impossible to get a pot still, so I'm having one made by a friend of mine who can make pretty much anything out of copper and stainless steel.

I've been making arak for years on a small still and I cant meet the demand, so I'm now going big - like 900 liters.

I designed the boiler and head which were fairly easy, but I'm having trouble designing the condenser.

I was thinking of building a 300 liter condenser with 10 meters of 1/2" copper tube worm inside, but space is an issue, as this is in my basement, so I'd like to go with a shotgun condenser, but I have several questions.

I'm building a pot still, similar to a traditional moonshine still, but I've only ever seen shotguns on column stills is there a reason for that?

If I were to build a shotgun still, how many tubes should I put in it, and what diameter?

I know you're going to say its related to BTUs not boiler size, but I don't know the BTU's. My boiler is 100cm diameter and I'm using a double ring 80cm gas burner underneath.

If I do go with the traditional worm condenser is 1/2" inner diameter tubing ok for this size still and would 10 meters of tube suffice?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Nader
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Re: Need Help Making a Condenser

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It sounds like you are asking for help to build an illegal commercial still. You won't be getting any help from me.
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