First Time Running Steam Stripper
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:57 pm
Things went very well. The cans are 8 gallon and 16 gallon. The thumper connector is 1 inch diameter and goes down to 1 inch above the bottom, the rest of it is 2 inch diameter.
The heating element is 5500w 240v ultra low watt density, I'm controlling it with an scr from Amazon.
The coolant is water, running it through a radiator with air flow from a box fan.
The radiator and fan slow down the heat increase of the coolant water but doesn't reachequilibrium. It did balance out at 120f when I was heating with a 1500w hotplate. By the end of the run it was up to 140f and I was getting steam out of the condenser so I moved the pump over to another water bucket to get the last half gallon out.
The weird thing is, I was getting a little puking at the end, maybe from the volume increasing?
Went from 6ish hour stripping for runs to like 3ish hours.
Regardless, I'm very happy with the results, very glad I spent the time and money to switch over to steam.
The heating element is 5500w 240v ultra low watt density, I'm controlling it with an scr from Amazon.
The coolant is water, running it through a radiator with air flow from a box fan.
The radiator and fan slow down the heat increase of the coolant water but doesn't reachequilibrium. It did balance out at 120f when I was heating with a 1500w hotplate. By the end of the run it was up to 140f and I was getting steam out of the condenser so I moved the pump over to another water bucket to get the last half gallon out.
The weird thing is, I was getting a little puking at the end, maybe from the volume increasing?
Went from 6ish hour stripping for runs to like 3ish hours.
Regardless, I'm very happy with the results, very glad I spent the time and money to switch over to steam.