Design for a Continuous Still

We don’t condone the use of Continuous Stripping stills as a method of running 24/7 as this is a commercial setup only .
Home distillers should never leave any still run unattended and Continuous strippers should not be operated for longer periods than a Batch stripping session would typically be run to minimise operator fatigue..

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JX8P
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Design for a Continuous Still

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Hello,

After finishing my first still (Nixon-Stone) I've developed an addiction to the building process.

Already I am keen on building another.

So I thought, why not make something a bit more exciting? I then sat down and drew up a design for a continuous still very heavily inspired by the Coffey Patent still.

The only major difference is that I wish to do this with packing and only one plate, the plate being only used for the collection of what will hopefully be near-azeotrope ethanol.

Can anyone see any major problem that could arise in this still design? I know that it will be difficult to control at least, but there are probably some design flaws I've overlooked. I also know it's a complicated and relatively expensive-to-build design - but I've run into some disposable income lately.

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