


This is a rough schematic of what each plate looks like. There are 4 bubble caps per plate w/ one downcomer in the middle of the plate.

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Thanks! No flavored runs whatsoever. I built this rig to spit out the cleanest, purest neutral spirits possible. I don't think it'd be worth a damn for flavored runs. The cuts are clear and it will produce 95% abv.Centimeter wrote:Beautiful work! Do you do mostly flavored runs or do you run vodka on it too? What kind of ABVs do you see? How clear are the cuts? Etc.
It is not a CM design. It has characteristics of LM, CM, & PM.rad14701 wrote:Could you explain how the reflux section of the take off branch works without any cooling...??? The column appears to be a CM design with plates instead of structured packing... Is the distillate still in vapor form when it reaches the liebig...??? If so, how do you attain liquid reflux back into the column...???
Thanks for the kind words. For someone with little to no tig welding experience, it would be a very difficult build. I suppose it could be done soldering but there's a lot of joints to solder. As far as cost, somewhere around $300 usd. I would suggest a bok slant plate column for your first build. It's an easy column to cut your teeth on and easy to graduate on from there. Besides, I still have some kinks to work out on the bubble cap stillconduktor wrote:Wow she is a beaut man! if you dont mind me asking, I am new to all this and was wondering how hard this is to fabricate/operate and what a build like this would cost on average. Im obviously not going to just jump into this for my first, but was just wondering for a project down the road. Cheers man
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