I have been working from the Build A World Class Still Plans, and I have combined the two designs. I built an offset head vlaved reflux still. however, as the title suggests, I used A Jacket Condenser instead of a coil condenser. My still is a smaller version of these, and it uses 3/4" pipe instead of 2". It is very difficult to fit a coil inside of 3/4" pipe, so I figured the jacketed version was my best option. It has been proven to work in the internal reflux model where all of the reflux occurs in the column, but in the valved reflux model all of this will occur in the jacket (which is in the same place as the coil condenser in the original design, on the top of the offset head) I am not sure it will provide enough cooling.
To simplify this, does anyone with the Build A World Class Still Internal Reflux Design notice that the water coming out of the jacketed condenser is warm?
And Even better, has anyone tried using a jacketed condenser in the head of a valved reflux column?
I will post My Blueprints later, and then any results, but hopefully i will get some replies before my next wash is done.
Thank you all who reply
Valved Reflux With Jacketed Condenser?
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