Octuple parrallel compound coil

[bum.jug]

First of all: Hi and thanks. I've been lurking for a while and y'all have been a great help over the years.

What do y'all think of this condenser? It goes on top of a 900 gallon pot and is glycol cooled. Note the 2in outlet to reduce pressure. This baby can rip. Theoretically.

[stillvodka]

And your still only a Novice

[eternalfrost]

thats pretty impressive but no offense....

K.I.S.S. just a simple single coil would have done the same thing without 8 miles of soldering, expensive joints, and what looks like a fragile-ass design...


what sort of power input?

do you have a way to exchange the coolant? with 900 gallons of wash, that small reservoir is going to get saturated and overheat

[punkin]

How long is a 900 gallon run gunna take you?

Looks like about 40 or 50mm coming in at the lyne arm?





I would have chosen a double shell condensor myself, much more ease of construction and large flowthrough, huge surface area too.
As in my punkindensor and there's some others on the board too.
But no reason that thing won't work.

[Hack]

Holy crap. Dr. Seuss would be proud. I hope it lives up to your expectations.

900 hundred gallons? That's well beyond hobby stillin in my book.

[violentblue]

900 gallons, you must be selling, in which case hope ya got a licence.

[rad14701]

900 hundred gallons? That's well beyond hobby stillin in my book.

+1
+1 on most of what eternalfrost said too...

[HookLine]

What Hack and violentblue said. That kind of volume is waaaay past hobby distilling.

[schnell]

You wouldn't happen to be in New Orleans?

[violentblue]

You wouldn't happen to be in New Orleans?

good eye, just clicked in my mind too, in which case, 900 gallons and a licence aren't a problem.

[Mud]

What's the deal with New Orleans?

[violentblue]

What's the deal with New Orleans?

RUM

[schnell]

That big white monster in the background looked like something I saw in a video once...

[manu de hanoi]

thanks for the pics, I like big stuff.
I'd like to see a diagram of your pot, is the glycol in the pipe or in the bucket ? There seem to be teflon here and there, arent you scared of glycol leaks ?

[Wai‘ona]

That big white monster in the background looked like something I saw in a video once...

Dat big white buggah in da picture looks like a lagering tank.

Maybe used to be Acadian?

[bum.jug]

Okay, so I am a hobby 'stiller, this picture is from work (yes, a DSP, please don't blow it up), cant go into any more details than that. At home I run just a 15.5 gallon pot with a much simpler condenser, and a 2in LM nixon stone column. I was just blown away when I saw this thing in person, thought y'all might get a kick out of it.
Eternalfrost: this thing has constant coolant in and out via a glycol chiller system. I don't really understand how the chiller itself works but I bet it's kind of like an air conditioner. Glycol is similar to antifreeze coolant.
I get the double shell condenser idea, like it a lot, actually. Probably woulda used that design, Punkin, if i designed this. But, I'm stuck in the bottling room for now. Guy who made this beast used to work in nuke subs. 3/4 in off the lyne. 900 gallons takes 3 12hr shifts.
Anyway, just wanted to see what y'all thought.

[schnell]

I like it!

I love seeing the tools people build to solve their own problems. Nothing sexier than a built to suit still.

The glycol fluid is just a heat exchange medium used in the circulation system. The actual cooling part of the apparatus is pretty much built like a refrigerator thats optimized for liquid cooling instead of air cooling. I've also used similar chillers in the lab that just use water as the fluid. Glycol lets you work an extended temperature range compared to water though.

My only aesthetic criticism is that the 8 different tubes don't exit seperately into a marble fountain, while recombining the parrallel flows into a sculpted parrot that looks like a gargoyle spitting a constant stream of white dog. Otherwise it kicks ass.

[Wai‘ona]

Hey bum.jug, weren't we supposed to judge BOS meads at the '96 NHC together? I was there but you didn't make it. Too bad. You missed some really good meads! Everyone was wondering why you left the building.

If you are who I think, I've tasted your meads (and beers) and they Rock! Glad to see you doing what you're doing now!

Wassail bruddah!

[bum.jug]

Nope, not me... I'm just some low level peon...