shot gun condenser Q

[buckwild1]

Right now the plan is a 2"x2' shot gun condenser for the top of a column and as a product condenser on a pot. Was planning on 7 3/8" ID tubes. With the length and I.D. of the tubes, would i have a problem with vapor and condensation on the top of a column?
hope this Q makes since to ya.

[1bottler]

I have a SS condensor 750mm long, 32 diameter with 7 x 10mm dia pipes inside. cooling water flows outside small pipes, the temp knock down this gives I reckon it could be half the length.

[maheel]

yours should knock down a lot of heat

i have 5 X 1/2" in a 2" and it can handle 3600w stripping it would be about 2 feet long or so
it pretty much comes of the keg into 135" bend direct into the shotgun

i just put a little SS scrubber up each tube to help break up the vapor flow

[sambedded]

would i have a problem with vapor and condensation on the top of a column?

what is your heat source wattage?

[buckwild1]

would i have a problem with vapor and condensation on the top of a column?

what is your heat source wattage?

going with gas.
just wondering if the condensate will close off the tubes to much as it rolls back down during reflux

[maheel]

disregard my post i thought you were talking about a pot still

whats the shotgun going on top of ?

a VM a LM or ?

how tall is the reflux column etc ?

[buckwild1]

disregard my post i thought you were talking about a pot still

whats the shotgun going on top of ?

a VM a LM or ?

how tall is the reflux column etc ?

planning a 3" boka, 3' tube for packing. want to add 1 or 2 perf plates below the packing. Trying to make it modular so it can be used in different ways and be added to without cutting.
the shotgun will be fine for the pot still. just not sure for the boka.
Sorry I should have put my plans in the first post. I have trouble communicating my thoughts sometimes

[Bushman]

Very similar but at the top of the column it is usually called a dephlagmater and I would guess 6-8" would knock down any vapors you throw at it during reflux. I have a 4" column with a 6" long dephlagmater with 5 holes 3/4" and can get 100% reflux. You will want a longer product ( shotgun condenser).

[buckwild1]

Very similar but at the top of the column it is usually called a dephlagmater and I would guess 6-8" would knock down any vapors you throw at it during reflux. I have a 4" column with a 6" long dephlagmater with 5 holes 3/4" and can get 100% reflux. You will want a longer product ( shotgun condenser).

yeah a dephlagmeter is usually made with the small tubes running the cooling water. mines going vertical with the tubes used to knock down the vapor.
heres my whole plan. A pot still 1 1/2" D. column to 2-1 1/2" long elbows into the 2''x2' shotgun condenser, reduced to a 1" take off. This is for stripping and whiskey. this should allow for relatively quick stripping runs.
I would like to use the condenser from the pot to the top of the boka, just the 3/8" I.D. concerns me for refluxing. Thinking the vapor and condensate would interfere with each other.
for product cooling off the boka a simple liebig is in the plans. And hoping cooling the product off the pot isnt needed?
If you mean I will need a longer shotgun for the pot still then i need to go back to the drawing board.